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Tacoma, Washington in August 2021.United States Courthouse sign outside of Union Station in the downtown area.

Former CFO at Vancouver’s Barrett Business Services to serve 15 days for falsifying financial report

Tacoma, Washington in August 2021.United States Courthouse sign outside of Union Station in the downtown area.

August 11, 2023, 6:59pm Business

The former chief financial officer of Barrett Business Services Inc., James Miller, was sentenced to jail time Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Read story

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15-year-old suspect flees after one wounded in accidental shooting in Clark County, later surrenders

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August 10, 2023, 9:57pm Clark County News

A boy was wounded in a Thursday afternoon shooting in a Sherwood-area neighborhood in Clark County, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. A 15-year-old boy suspected in the shooting was arrested after initially fleeing the scene and then surrendering to law enforcement. Read story

Officer Andrea Mendoza of the Vancouver Police Department escorts a suspected shoplifter into a patrol car Oct. 12, 2022, at the Fred Meyer store in Cascade Park. Mendoza is facing fourth-degree assault, a gross misdemeanor, after she was captured on video threatening to use her Taser on the genitals of a suspected shoplifter in May.

Vancouver police officer pleads not guilty to assault

Officer Andrea Mendoza of the Vancouver Police Department escorts a suspected shoplifter into a patrol car Oct. 12, 2022, at the Fred Meyer store in Cascade Park. Mendoza is facing fourth-degree assault, a gross misdemeanor, after she was captured on video threatening to use her Taser on the genitals of a suspected shoplifter in May.

August 10, 2023, 6:58pm Clark County News

A Vancouver police officer charged with misdemeanor assault — after she was captured on video threatening to use her Taser on a man’s genitals — has entered a not-guilty plea after waiving formal arraignment. Read story

Montana man pleads guilty to Woodland drive-by shooting

August 10, 2023, 7:39am Clark County News

A Montana man charged with committing a Woodland drive-by shooting in May pleaded guilty and was sentenced to more than a decade in prison Wednesday morning in Cowlitz County Superior Court. Read story

Defendant Abran Raya Leon enters the courtroom Tuesday for his felony murder trial in Clark County Superior Court. He is accused of participating in a firearms trafficking scheme with his wife, Misty Raya, and brother, Guillermo Raya Leon, who allegedly fatally shot Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Jeremy Brown.

Defense says Abran Raya Leon not complicit in Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Brown’s death

Defendant Abran Raya Leon enters the courtroom Tuesday for his felony murder trial in Clark County Superior Court. He is accused of participating in a firearms trafficking scheme with his wife, Misty Raya, and brother, Guillermo Raya Leon, who allegedly fatally shot Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Jeremy Brown.

August 8, 2023, 7:11pm Clark County News

Abran Raya Leon’s defense attorney told a jury Tuesday his client is not complicit in the July 2021 shooting death of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown. Although he didn’t pull the trigger, he is charged with felony murder in Brown’s death as part of an alleged conspiracy to traffick… Read story

It was standing-room only during a Thursday evening town hall in July at the Battle Ground Community Library to discuss the closure of Larch Corrections Center.

Battle Ground urges state to keep Larch Corrections Center operating

It was standing-room only during a Thursday evening town hall in July at the Battle Ground Community Library to discuss the closure of Larch Corrections Center.

August 8, 2023, 6:14pm Clark County News

The city of Battle Ground on Monday joined a growing list of local governments opposed to the planned closure of Larch Corrections Center near Yacolt. Read story

Vancouver Police officers and Clark County Sheriff's Deputies interact at the scene of a police shooting in Hazel Dell on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

Less than a third of WA police certified in new de-escalation, mental health training

Vancouver Police officers and Clark County Sheriff's Deputies interact at the scene of a police shooting in Hazel Dell on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

August 8, 2023, 2:28pm Clark County News

Carlos Hunter was killed by police officers who tased him and shot him 16 times during a 2019 traffic stop for a search warrant in Vancouver. A Clark County prosecutor determined that the police acted lawfully. But a lawsuit Hunter’s family filed last year describes a chaotic scene in the… Read story

The Clark County Sheriff's Office responds to a shooting Monday evening  in 9100 block of Northeast 147th Avenue, in the Orchards area.

Orchards shooting results in critical injury

The Clark County Sheriff's Office responds to a shooting Monday evening  in 9100 block of Northeast 147th Avenue, in the Orchards area.

August 7, 2023, 9:19pm Clark County News

An altercation between two people left one man fighting for his life Monday evening. The shooter drove away before help arrived. Read story

Abran Raya Leon, 28, makes a first appearance via video Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree murder, possession of a stolen firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is accused of driving the getaway vehicle in the July 23 fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff's Detective Jeremy Brown.

Trial begins for alleged getaway driver in killing of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown

Abran Raya Leon, 28, makes a first appearance via video Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree murder, possession of a stolen firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is accused of driving the getaway vehicle in the July 23 fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff's Detective Jeremy Brown.

August 7, 2023, 6:30pm Clark County News

Jury selection began Monday in the trial for the alleged getaway driver in the fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown. Read story

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Vancouver woman killed when car crashed into her house identified

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August 7, 2023, 5:58pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified 37-year-old Danielle A. Abrahams as the woman killed when a car crashed Thursday into her west Vancouver house. Read story