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Roberto Ruiz, 4, left, shows off his cornhusk doll to Christian Knack, 9, right, during a potluck at the Cowlitz Indian Tribe building in Hazel Dell on Monday night. The Native American Parent Association of Southwest Washington is trying to revitalize a program for Native American students after area school districts stopped participating in the Title VI Native American Indian Education Program.

Parents work to replicate Native American Indian Education Program

October 9, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

When Robyn Bigback-Ruiz’s family settled in Vancouver when she was a child, they believed it meant better opportunities to grow up off reservation. But, Bigback-Ruiz, who is Northern Cheyenne and Apache, said that came with a cost: “We were taken off our homeland,” she said. Read story

Ellis Burke Jardine, who operates Excel Dental in Battle Ground, allegedly didn’t report to the dental commission the cardiac arrest or hospital admission of a patient who died after a visit to Excel, and also allegedly didn’t record the events until a month after the patients died, according to a DOH news release.

Battle Ground dentist charged with unprofessional conduct tied to patient death

October 8, 2019, 7:21pm Clark County Health

The Washington State Department of Health’s Dental Quality Assurance Commission has charged a Clark County dentist with unprofessional conduct tied to the death of a patient in January 2018. Read story

Fire marshal says Washougal house intentionally set on fire

October 8, 2019, 6:03pm Clark County News

A house fire in Washougal early Tuesday morning that displaced four people was intentionally set, according to the Camas-Washougal Fire Marshal’s Office. Read story

Robert Breck, 80, who's accused in a deadly shooting at Smith Tower in downtown Vancouver, appears Tuesday afternoon in Clark County Superior Court to address bail. Breck waived the bail hearing and will remain in the Clark County Jail on a no-bail hold.

Smith Tower shooting suspect pleads not guilty, will remain in jail

October 8, 2019, 5:13pm Clark County News

An 80-year-old man accused of opening fire in Smith Tower, killing a fellow resident and wounding another resident and her caregiver, entered not-guilty pleas Tuesday to murder and attempted murder. Read story

Vancouver firefighters responded to a two-vehicle crash Tuesday that involved a wheelchair-accessible van. One person was taken to the hospital with not life threatening injuries.

Rollover crash involving wheelchair-accessible van sends 1 to hospital

October 8, 2019, 12:44pm Clark County News

A two-vehicle rollover crash involving a wheelchair-accessible van in Vancouver sent one person to the hospital, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Read story

Weather Eye: Don’t let frost on pumpkin surprise you

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Wasn’t Sunday a picture-perfect autumn day with clear blue skies and warm temperatures? It can’t get better than that. Looking at the Cascades you could see a fresh mantle of white on the mountain peaks. And, I know many of you made the trip to local pumpkin patches and the… Read story

Unpermitted activity alleged at Washougal Pit

The entrance to a gravel pit owned by the Zimmerly family outside of Washougal that’s been the cause of neighbors’ headaches is seen in February 2018.

More than a month after the Columbia River Gorge Commission determined that a gravel mine outside of Washougal lacked necessary permits to operate, an environmental group and residents say that mining has continued. Also, the Southwest Clean Air Agency opened an investigation regarding a piece of machinery allegedly operating at… Read story