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Sophia Johnson reacts in November 2005 to a jury acquitting her of first-degree murder in the death of her mother-in-law. Sitting next to her is Therese Lavallee, her lawyer, who won the retrial of her murder conviction.

True crime podcast revisits murder of Brush Prairie woman, trials of daughter-in-law Sophia Johnson

Sophia Johnson reacts in November 2005 to a jury acquitting her of first-degree murder in the death of her mother-in-law. Sitting next to her is Therese Lavallee, her lawyer, who won the retrial of her murder conviction.

April 12, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

A Boston-based radio series is revisiting the 20-year-old unsolved case of a Brush Prairie woman found brutally bludgeoned to death in her home — and features the woman who was once convicted of her murder. Read story

Clark County Sheriff’s Office investigating armed robberies in Salmon Creek, Orchards

April 11, 2024, 5:40pm Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is investigating multiple armed robberies at stores in Salmon Creek and Orchards. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

Vancouver man, 18, gets 366 days in parking lot shooting that wounded one person

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

April 10, 2024, 4:12pm Clark County News

An 18-year-old Vancouver man was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison for shooting at a large group of people and wounding a man during a June fight in the parking lot of the Clark County Family YMCA in east Vancouver. Read story

Ethan Alexander Clonts, then 18, of Ridgefield makes a first appearance Sept. 16, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide stemming from a crash the night before on northbound Interstate 205 at the Northeast 134th Street exit.

Homicide case reopened in death of 17-year-old in 2022 crash on Interstate 5

Ethan Alexander Clonts, then 18, of Ridgefield makes a first appearance Sept. 16, 2022, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide stemming from a crash the night before on northbound Interstate 205 at the Northeast 134th Street exit.

April 10, 2024, 11:51am Clark County News

Prosecutors reopened a 2022 vehicular homicide case against a Ridgefield man accused of driving recklessly, striking an Interstate 205 guardrail and killing his 17-year-old passenger. Read story

Former Camas High School girls head wrestling coach Mark Yamashita appears Tuesday at the Clark County Courthouse for sentencing in his child molestation case. Yamashita was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

Ex-Camas High School girls wrestling coach sentenced to 20 months in prison for molesting girl, 16

Former Camas High School girls head wrestling coach Mark Yamashita appears Tuesday at the Clark County Courthouse for sentencing in his child molestation case. Yamashita was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

April 9, 2024, 6:06pm Clark County News

A judge sentenced a former Camas High School girls wrestling coach Tuesday to 20 months in prison for molesting a 16-year-old girl in 2022. Read story

Clark County Sheriff&rsquo;s deputies saw a gun in a Toyota Highlander suspected of being involved in drive-by shootings north of Vancouver.

Early morning drive-by shooting spree damages cars, churches in Clark County

Clark County Sheriff&rsquo;s deputies saw a gun in a Toyota Highlander suspected of being involved in drive-by shootings north of Vancouver.

April 9, 2024, 12:14pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 23-year-old Felida man early today on suspicion of drive-by shootings that damaged two churches and two cars. Read story

Camas police are investigating a former Vancouver police officer for possible perjury allegations.

Former Vancouver police officer under criminal investigation in potential perjury case

Camas police are investigating a former Vancouver police officer for possible perjury allegations.

April 9, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

A former Vancouver police officer is under criminal investigation for allegedly lying about his job experience when applying for search warrants in some of his assigned cases. Read story

Video footage caught Benjamin J. Silva, 36, forcefully pushing past police lines at the tunnel entrance of the Capitol building&rsquo;s Lower West Terrace, and placing one hand against an officer&rsquo;s riot shield, according to a federal affidavit. Silva declined comment about the allegations.

Yacolt man pleads guilty to charge in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Video footage caught Benjamin J. Silva, 36, forcefully pushing past police lines at the tunnel entrance of the Capitol building&rsquo;s Lower West Terrace, and placing one hand against an officer&rsquo;s riot shield, according to a federal affidavit. Silva declined comment about the allegations.

April 8, 2024, 12:52pm Clark County News

A Yacolt man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a felony charge of civil disorder for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol and disruption of a joint session of Congress convened to confirm the 2020 presidential election results. Read story

Richard Vanderhoek, 46, of Vancouver appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree murder. He is accused of killing a man with a bow and arrow.

Medical examiner IDs 42-year-old Vancouver man killed with bow and arrow

Richard Vanderhoek, 46, of Vancouver appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree murder. He is accused of killing a man with a bow and arrow.

April 5, 2024, 12:06pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a 42-year-old Vancouver man as the person fatally shot Tuesday with a bow and arrow in the Minnehaha area. Read story

Vancouver Mall.

Police make arrest in Vancouver Mall gun threat

Vancouver Mall.

April 5, 2024, 12:04pm Clark County News

Police arrested a man Friday morning who they say pointed a gun at a parent trying to break up a March 22 fight between teenagers at the Vancouver Mall. Read story