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A screenshot from surveillance video shows the east Vancouver ballot box exploding into flames Oct.

C-Tran video shows explosion of east Vancouver ballot box

November 4, 2024, 5:08pm Clark County News

Video from surveillance cameras at C-Tran’s Fisher’s Landing Transit Center captured the Oct. 28 fiery explosion of the east Vancouver ballot box that damaged hundreds of ballots. Read story

Vancouver man accused of shooting his father at Longview apartment

November 4, 2024, 4:21pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly shooting his father at a Longview apartment. Read story

Travis L. Ward, 32, appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault. He is accused of killing a man and wounding two others during a Halloween shooting at the Vancouver Mall.

Suspect in Vancouver Mall shooting followed the victim before killing him, according to court records

November 4, 2024, 3:11pm Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

The suspect in the Halloween shooting at Vancouver Mall followed the victim for a short time before shooting him in the back of the head at point-blank range, according to court records. Read story

Officials have issued a warrant for the arrest of Maurice Xavier Haynes, 27, after he was erroneously released from the Clark County Jail after completing a local sentence. He should’ve instead been transported to complete a 15-month prison sentence in Oregon.

Clark County Jail releases inmate who should have gone back to Oregon to serve sentence

November 4, 2024, 1:33pm Clark County News

Clark County Jail staff erroneously released an inmate after he completed his local sentence when he should’ve instead been transported to Oregon to serve the remainder of a prison sentence there, county officials said Monday. Read story

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian
A Vancouver police cruiser near a ballot box Tuesday in Fisher’s Landing. The Clark County Auditor’s Office announced ballot boxes would be staffed with observers 24/7 until the end of the election after boxes in Vancouver and Portland, including the Fisher’s Landing Transit Center ballot box were targeted by arson early Monday morning.

WA, OR ballot drop box makers and officials explore changes after arson in Vancouver, Portland

November 4, 2024, 9:04am Clark County News

Just four days before the election, the sounds of hammering and welding reverberated through the 27,000-square-foot Puyallup facility where drop boxes found throughout the U.S. — including many found bolted down in Multnomah and Clark counties — are born. Read story

On eve of election, Washington GOP tells Spanish-speaking voters Democrats ‘hate you’ and ‘hate God’

On the eve of an election marked by increasingly heated rhetoric, the Washington State Republican Party sent text messages to Spanish-speaking voters on Friday alleging that Democratic candidates want to “eliminate the Spanish language” and “support the chemical castration of your children in school without your knowledge or consent.” Read story

Wearing an ankle monitor after a DUI conviction is a ‘thousand times better than jail’

Trenton Berry of Vancouver wears an alcohol monitor after his DUI conviction. A grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission funds alcohol monitoring for indigent people convicted of DUIs in Clark County District Court.

November 2, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

For Vancouver resident Trenton Berry, the punishment for a 2021 drunken driving crash means he can’t take his young daughter to the park. He can’t go see a movie whenever he wants. He can’t go out to eat at his favorite restaurant. Read story