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Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., who’s accused of brutally beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death in May 2016, waits for his bench trial to begin Monday in Clark County Superior Court.

Murder trial looks at special needs of toddler who was killed

January 30, 2018, 8:40pm Clark County News

Testimony offered Tuesday in Ricardo Gutierrez Jr.’s murder trial indicates that he knew his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son was developmentally delayed and that the boy’s behavioral outbursts stemmed from those issues. Read story

Anita Gillingham, left, looks on as Sharon Kenoski puts a red dot sticker on a map over the Interstate 5 Bridge to indicate the location of the most congested site along the drive into Portland. Clark County residents participated Tuesday in an open house held by the Oregon Department of Transportation to learn more and comment on the possibility of tolls on I-5 and I-205 at the state line down to where they connect south of Tualatin, Ore.

ODOT, Southwest Washington residents talk tolls

January 30, 2018, 8:32pm Clark County News

Clark County resident Sharon Kenoski doesn’t have to commute to Portland anymore, but that doesn’t mean she’s in favor of having to pay a toll to drive into the city. Still, she thinks Southwest Washington residents need to play an active role in Oregon’s plan to put a value pricing… Read story

Deputies respond to stabbing-turned-carjacking in Hazel Dell

January 30, 2018, 5:21pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff's deputies arrested a man Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, assaulted her father, then carjacked a vehicle, injuring the driver. Read story

The Port of Vancouver's Terminal 5 (Columbian files)

Vancouver Energy raps governor over oil terminal rejection

January 30, 2018, 2:27pm Business

The company proposing to build the nation’s largest crude-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver said they are disappointed with Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to reject their proposal and are evaluating their options for next steps. Read story

Fire engines respond to I-205 Bridge crash

January 30, 2018, 9:28am Clark County News

Emergency responders are at the scene of a vehicle crash on Interstate 205 as it crosses over Columbia River. Read story

Program preps potential first-generation college students

Evergreen High School students involved in Upward Bound, a college preparation program for first-generation college students, work on their résumés with guidance from Upward Bound Program Coordinator Arturo Santana, center left, and Upward Bound Program Director Maria Cabrera, center right, at Evergreen High School. Students do activities such as applying for scholarships, working on their résumés and visiting colleges through the new Upward Bound program housed at Evergreen High School.

There’s a hallway at Evergreen High School lined with college pennants from across the nation. Posters remind visitors of deadlines for tests and scholarship applications. A corkboard tells students, “The sky is your limit.” Read story

Weather Eye: We’re closing out a January quite unlike the last one

This month is a sharp contrast to last January, when it was one of the coldest in Vancouver, and now we have one of the warmest on record. Both are floating in a top 10 of the record books. Boy, did the pendulum swing this year. Read story