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Mountain View High School Thunder (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Mountain View put on lockdown because of reported shots nearby

Mountain View High School Thunder (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

May 16, 2023, 3:41pm Clark County News

Mountain View High School was placed on lockdown for about an hour Tuesday morning while Vancouver police investigated a report of shots heard in a nearby neighborhood. Read story

FILE - A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett, Wash., Nov. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Washington lawmakers reach tentative deal on drug policy, avoid automatic decriminalization

FILE - A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett, Wash., Nov. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S.

May 15, 2023, 5:25pm Courts & Crime

Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse reached a tentative deal on a major new drug policy Monday, one that would avoid making the state the second to decriminalize the possession of controlled substances. Read story

The remains of a man were found in a heavily wooded area of Camas on Wednesday.

Body found near Camas mill identified as Washington man

The remains of a man were found in a heavily wooded area of Camas on Wednesday.

May 12, 2023, 11:21am Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains found near the Camas paper mill Wednesday as those of a 45-year-old Washington man. Read story

Ronda J. Knapp, 50, appears Thursday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal Feb. 4, 2022, crash in Yacolt.

Yacolt driver was drinking heavily before fatal crash, prosecutors say

Ronda J. Knapp, 50, appears Thursday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal Feb. 4, 2022, crash in Yacolt.

May 11, 2023, 3:27pm Clark County News

Investigators say a Yacolt woman had a blood-alcohol content more than four times the legal limit shortly after she crashed a pickup Feb. 4, 2022, killing her passenger. Read story

A Clark County Superior Court jury found Dustin L. Zapel, now 41, guilty in March 2020 of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree attempted murder.

After appeal, Vancouver killer’s sentence reduced by three years

A Clark County Superior Court jury found Dustin L. Zapel, now 41, guilty in March 2020 of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree attempted murder.

May 11, 2023, 2:45pm Clark County News

A judge shaved nearly three years off a convicted killer’s 66-year sentence Thursday after an appeals court downgraded an attempted murder conviction. Read story

The remains of a man were found in a heavily wooded area of Camas on Wednesday.

Millworkers find human remains in wooded area of Camas

The remains of a man were found in a heavily wooded area of Camas on Wednesday.

May 11, 2023, 8:39am Clark County News

Millworkers doing annual vegetation management on mill property in Camas found human remains Wednesday afternoon, according to the Camas Police Department.  Read story

A truck, as seen Feb. 4, 2022, after it crashed in the 26700 block of Northeast Lucia Falls Road. On Wednesday, Clark County sheriff's deputies arrested 48-year-old Ronda Knapp for the crash that killed her passenger, identified as 51-year-old Steven Woolsey.

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrest Yacolt woman in fatal 2022 crash

A truck, as seen Feb. 4, 2022, after it crashed in the 26700 block of Northeast Lucia Falls Road. On Wednesday, Clark County sheriff's deputies arrested 48-year-old Ronda Knapp for the crash that killed her passenger, identified as 51-year-old Steven Woolsey.

May 10, 2023, 4:32pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Yacolt woman Wednesday in connection with a Feb. 4, 2022, crash that killed a 51-year-old man. Read story

Firearms recovered during an investigation into multiple drive-by shootings in Vancouver, Clark County and Portland.

Vancouver police arrest teen in connection with seven drive-by shootings

Firearms recovered during an investigation into multiple drive-by shootings in Vancouver, Clark County and Portland.

May 10, 2023, 3:34pm Clark County News

Vancouver police arrested a 17-year-old boy Monday in connection with four drive-by shootings in Vancouver, one in Clark County and two in Portland. Authorities did not release the boy’s identity. Read story

Wendi Steinbronn, interim assistant chief for the Vancouver Police Department and chief of the Washougal Police Department, tackles desk work in her Vancouver office Tuesday afternoon.

Washougal chief steps in at Vancouver Police Department

Wendi Steinbronn, interim assistant chief for the Vancouver Police Department and chief of the Washougal Police Department, tackles desk work in her Vancouver office Tuesday afternoon.

May 10, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

In April, the Vancouver Police Department reported 22 job vacancies, including several open upper-management roles. Read story

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Man arrested in Vancouver over fatal Portland shooting

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May 9, 2023, 5:33pm Clark County News

A man wanted in the April 15 fatal shooting of a woman in southeast Portland was arrested Monday in Vancouver. Read story