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In this Feb. 8, 2019 photo, Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, speaks during a committee meeting at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Stonier is one of the candidates vying to become speaker of the House in Washington state as House Democrats are poised to elect the first woman to the position in history when they take a scheduled vote at a caucus meeting Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in Seattle. The selection must then be approved by the full House at the start of the 2020 legislative session in January. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Bill to create Washington prosecutor’s office to review police use of force fails to move forward

In this Feb. 8, 2019 photo, Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, speaks during a committee meeting at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Stonier is one of the candidates vying to become speaker of the House in Washington state as House Democrats are poised to elect the first woman to the position in history when they take a scheduled vote at a caucus meeting Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in Seattle. The selection must then be approved by the full House at the start of the 2020 legislative session in January. (AP Photo/Ted S.

April 5, 2023, 9:41am Courts & Crime

A proposal to create a statewide independent prosecutor’s office to review police use of force didn’t garner enough support Tuesday to receive funding. Read story

Kirkland Warren makes a first appearance on suspicion of murder in the deaths of his former girlfriend, Meshay Melendez, and her daughter, Layla Stewart, as Judge Suzan Clark looks on at the Clark County Courthouse on Monday afternoon, April 3, 2023.

Prosecutors will charge Warren with aggravated murder in shooting deaths of Meshay Melendez, daughter Laylavideo icon

Kirkland Warren makes a first appearance on suspicion of murder in the deaths of his former girlfriend, Meshay Melendez, and her daughter, Layla Stewart, as Judge Suzan Clark looks on at the Clark County Courthouse on Monday afternoon, April 3, 2023.

April 3, 2023, 4:52pm Clark County News Free

Clark County prosecutors say they plan to charge a Vancouver man accused in the slaying of his former girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter with aggravated first-degree murder. If convicted, he would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Read story

Two hurt when car crashes on Highway 503

April 3, 2023, 2:59pm Clark County News

Two people were injured late Sunday afternoon when their car left state Highway 503, or Lewis River Road, and struck a fence. Read story

The Clark County Sheriff's Office has launched a 30-day trial of Axon body-worn cameras. The Vancouver Police Department rolled out the cameras to its force earlier this year.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office starts 30-day bodycam test

The Clark County Sheriff's Office has launched a 30-day trial of Axon body-worn cameras. The Vancouver Police Department rolled out the cameras to its force earlier this year.

April 3, 2023, 9:50am Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office began a 30-day testing period Sunday for a body and vehicle camera program. Read story

Leah Griffin, a sexual assault victim advocate who is working closely with Rep. Tina Orwall to clear Washington state?s backlog of rape kits, photographed at her home in White Center on March 31, 2021. (Matt M.

Washington bill would bring trauma-informed practices to sexual assault cases

Leah Griffin, a sexual assault victim advocate who is working closely with Rep. Tina Orwall to clear Washington state?s backlog of rape kits, photographed at her home in White Center on March 31, 2021. (Matt M.

April 3, 2023, 6:00am Courts & Crime

As a sexual assault survivor, Leah Griffin has spent years working to reform the public policies that she says repeatedly undercut her attempts to seek justice and heal. After the 2014 assault, she got turned away from a hospital, waited hours to speak with police and was threatened by prosecutors.  Read story

The crash scene March 14 on Northeast Covington Road at 73rd Street. Clark County sheriff's deputies are seeking information after they say the driver and his 9-year-old child ran from the scene.

Clark County deputies seek info about March crash, say man and child ran from scene

The crash scene March 14 on Northeast Covington Road at 73rd Street. Clark County sheriff's deputies are seeking information after they say the driver and his 9-year-old child ran from the scene.

April 1, 2023, 10:45am Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies are seeking information about a man they say crashed a stolen car March 14 in the Five Corners area and ran from the scene with his 9-year-old child. Read story

Kirkland C. Warren, 27, appeared Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of tampering with a witness, violating a no-contact order and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Warren facing first-degree murder in shooting deaths of Meshay Melendez, daughter Layla 

Kirkland C. Warren, 27, appeared Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of tampering with a witness, violating a no-contact order and unlawful possession of a firearm.

March 31, 2023, 3:06pm Clark County News Free

The Vancouver Police Department announced Friday that Kirkland C. Warren is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his former girlfriend, Meshay “Karmen” Melendez, and her 7-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart. Read story

Kevan Holdsworth worked at the Camas mill from 1964 to 2001, according to a press release from Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, the Seattle-based law firm that represented his family.

$16 million verdict upheld in Camas asbestos case

Kevan Holdsworth worked at the Camas mill from 1964 to 2001, according to a press release from Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, the Seattle-based law firm that represented his family.

March 30, 2023, 6:55pm Business

The Washington Court of Appeals recently upheld a $16.67 million jury verdict in favor of Sherrie Holdsworth, who lost her husband, Kevan — a former Camas paper mill employee — to mesothelioma in 2021. Read story

Michael Murrah, 45, appears Nov. 8, 2021, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of murder after allegedly stabbing his wife to death while their 8-year-old child was in the house.

Upgraded murder charge filed in fatal stabbing of Monica ‘Star’ Murrah

Michael Murrah, 45, appears Nov. 8, 2021, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of murder after allegedly stabbing his wife to death while their 8-year-old child was in the house.

March 30, 2023, 5:47pm Clark County News

Prosecutors have filed an upgraded murder charge against a Vancouver man accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife in November 2021. Read story

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

Threats of violence at Thomas Jefferson Middle School not credible, Clark County Sheriff’s Office says

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

March 30, 2023, 4:07pm Clark County News

Recent threats of violence reported at Thomas Jefferson Middle School were found not to be credible, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Read story