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A woman escaped this cinderblock cell after being held hostage at a home in Klamath Falls, Ore.

FBI looks for more possible victims after Washington woman escapes from cinderblock cage in Oregon

A woman escaped this cinderblock cell after being held hostage at a home in Klamath Falls, Ore.

August 2, 2023, 1:03pm Editor's Choice

A man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locked her in a makeshift cinderblock jail cell, from which she bloodied her hands while breaking open the door to escape, the FBI said Wednesday. Read story

A Vancouver police officer was charged Tuesday with fourth-degree assault after being captured on video pulling down the pants of a man suspected of shoplifting. Video also captured the officer threatening to use a Taser on the man’s genitals.

YWCA, NAACP call for Vancouver police officer to be fired in Taser case

A Vancouver police officer was charged Tuesday with fourth-degree assault after being captured on video pulling down the pants of a man suspected of shoplifting. Video also captured the officer threatening to use a Taser on the man’s genitals.

August 1, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News

Local advocacy groups, including the YWCA Clark County and the NAACP of Vancouver, condemned the actions of Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza after she was captured on video threatening to use her Taser on the genitals of a suspected shoplifter. Read story

Gustav's new menu includes dishes pictured here like a New York strip steak, clockwise from left, stuffed cabbage rolls, garlic cheese bread, chicken schnitzel, German meatballs in a caper sauce with spaetzle and potato pancakes.

Gustav’s new owners strive to ‘make things better’ at east Vancouver restaurant

Gustav's new menu includes dishes pictured here like a New York strip steak, clockwise from left, stuffed cabbage rolls, garlic cheese bread, chicken schnitzel, German meatballs in a caper sauce with spaetzle and potato pancakes.

August 1, 2023, 6:04am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Longtime German favorite Gustav’s is under new ownership. And the owners are familiar faces to those in Vancouver’s foodie community: Genaro Zurita Amaro and Jesus Amaro, owners of Amaro’s Table and Cecilia. Read story

Catch of the day: It's easy to bring up lead weights from the Columbia River.

The big problem in the Columbia River no one is talking about

Catch of the day: It's easy to bring up lead weights from the Columbia River.

July 29, 2023, 6:05am Editor's Choice

Archer Mayo holds a deep reverence for water. A windsurfer, scuba and free diver in the Columbia River Gorge, Mayo often swims with sturgeon, salmon, steelhead, lamprey and other inhabitants of the river. Read story

Happy clients of Team Hook-Up Guide Service pose in Astoria, Ore., with their fish. Last year?s fishery was cut short, but the WDFW is trying a different season structure to hopefully avoid a closure again this year.

Buoy 10 season set up to hopefully avoid last year’s closures

Happy clients of Team Hook-Up Guide Service pose in Astoria, Ore., with their fish. Last year?s fishery was cut short, but the WDFW is trying a different season structure to hopefully avoid a closure again this year.

July 29, 2023, 5:50am Editor's Choice Subscriber Exclusive

While the forecasted runs of Chinook and coho look pretty good, everyone is wondering if there will be a full Buoy 10 season after a shutdown last year put an early end to the fun. Read story

The High Limit room is pictured at ilani north of Vancouver on Monday afternoon, April 15, 2019.

Thefts from ilani net Kelso man more than 4 years in prison

The High Limit room is pictured at ilani north of Vancouver on Monday afternoon, April 15, 2019.

July 28, 2023, 3:49pm Clark County News

A Kelso man was sentenced Friday to more than four years in prison for two thefts from ilani, one of which he made off with $12,500 in chips. Read story

PeaceHealth's Memorial campus was once home to a historic hospital. Now the building is nearing its end. The hospital system is set to vacate the building at the end of September, as seen Thursday morning, July 27, 2023.

Vancouver Memorial Health Center to close; longtime Vancouver facility ‘in decline’

PeaceHealth's Memorial campus was once home to a historic hospital. Now the building is nearing its end. The hospital system is set to vacate the building at the end of September, as seen Thursday morning, July 27, 2023.

July 28, 2023, 6:04am Business

After almost a century of providing a home for local health care, change is coming for what was once Vancouver Memorial Hospital. This fall, PeaceHealth will no longer offer services at the Main Street site. Read story

With fork tails and massive bodies, big sturgeon, look like toothless sharks coming to the boat.

Increasing reports of adult sturgeon mortalities prompt closure of all sturgeon fishing on portion of Columbia River

With fork tails and massive bodies, big sturgeon, look like toothless sharks coming to the boat.

July 27, 2023, 2:35pm Editor's Choice

With higher-than-normal numbers of adult-size sturgeon found dead in several pools of the Columbia River so far this summer, white sturgeon fishing will close on a large portion of the mid-Columbia beginning Saturday, July 29, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon announced Wednesday. Read story

Homes in Lacamas Shores, left, are visible through the neighborhood's overgrown biofilter near Lacamas Lake, right.

Lacamas Shores biofilter dispute divides neighbors in Camas

Homes in Lacamas Shores, left, are visible through the neighborhood's overgrown biofilter near Lacamas Lake, right.

July 27, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

Earlier this month, a Clark County Superior Court judge ruled that a Camas homeowners’ association violated its covenants by failing to maintain a biofilter, which the complainant argues is polluting Lacamas Lake. Read story

Benjamin M. Kelley, 36, makes first appearance in May in Clark County Superior Court. He was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days credit for time served after trying to take an 11-year-old boy who was running a lemonade stand at an east Vancouver apartment complex.

Vancouver man gets 60 days for trying to grab boy, 11, at lemonade stand

Benjamin M. Kelley, 36, makes first appearance in May in Clark County Superior Court. He was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days credit for time served after trying to take an 11-year-old boy who was running a lemonade stand at an east Vancouver apartment complex.

July 26, 2023, 4:41pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days credit for time served after trying to grab an 11-year-old boy from a lemonade stand at an east Vancouver apartment complex. Read story