October 24, 2024, 12:21pm Clark County News
Local criminal justice officials sounded the alarm Tuesday at a Clark County Council work session over what the passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would add 80 new police officers, could mean for what they say is already a strained system. Read story
October 23, 2024, 3:09pm Clark County News
Clark County announced Wednesday it has agreed to pay the family of Kevin Peterson Jr., a 21-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies during a drug sting in October 2020, $1.25 million to settle a federal wrongful death lawsuit. Read story
October 23, 2024, 8:26am Courts & Crime Free
Washington’s ban on the sale or advertising of over-the-counter sexual assault evidence kits was upheld by a federal judge on Monday. Read story
October 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News
A 13-year-old human trafficking victim came to the Children’s Justice Center nine times but refused to testify against those who were exploiting her. Tracking her down after she fled was difficult, said Amy Russell, executive director of the social service agency that helps children and families through child abuse cases. Read story
October 21, 2024, 5:02pm Clark County News
A Vancouver man is accused of shooting into a woman’s SUV — with her children inside — in northwest Vancouver following a road rage incident Sunday evening. Read story
October 18, 2024, 1:07pm Clark County News Free
The FBI’s Seattle office is continuing to ask for the public’s help finding missing Vancouver woman Cristina Ase. Read story
October 17, 2024, 4:38pm Clark County News
After more than a year of negotiations, the city of La Center has a formal contract for full-time police services with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Read story
October 17, 2024, 4:04pm Clark County News
State auditors dinged the city of Vancouver for not having systems in place to adequately track Vancouver Police Department equipment, such as firearms. Read story
October 17, 2024, 1:36pm Clark County News
A former Battle Ground High School teacher was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison for trying to meet with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl for a sexual encounter in Albany, Ore. Read story
October 15, 2024, 2:35pm Clark County News
Skamania County did not have a system to effectively track agency assets and evidence or other items held in custody by the sheriff’s office, according to an audit by the state covering 2022-2023. Read story
