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C-Tran service change takes effect Sunday

September 9, 2017, 6:03am Clark County News

Starting Sunday, C-Tran will enact changes to several schedules and a handful of routes. Read story

Sunlight Supply sends goods to Harvey victims

September 9, 2017, 6:02am Business

A Vancouver manufacturer and distributor of gardening supplies is sending some of its products to survivors of Hurricane Harvey. Read story

Sitting in Stevenson, Robert Loomis of Cascade Locks, Ore. looks at the Eagle Creek fire creeping toward his home on Thursday. Loomis moved to Cascade Locks from Hood River, Ore., just a month ago for a quieter place, but he is worried that he now might have to find another place to live.

Rural fire chiefs keeping residents informed

September 8, 2017, 10:32pm Clark County News Free

Clark County’s rural fire chiefs have been fielding hundreds of calls over the past week from residents concerned about the Eagle Creek Fire. Read story

The Eagle Creek Fire continues to burn in the Columbia River Gorge behind Cascade Locks, Ore., as seen on Thursday night from Stevenson.

Firefighters catch a break as winds shift

September 8, 2017, 10:27pm Clark County News Free

The Archer Mountain Fire in Skamania County grew to encompass roughly 209 acres as of Friday morning, but shifting winds pushed it away from nearby properties, and the weather has given fire crews a bit of an advantage. Read story

District 18 candidates: John Ley, from left, Kathy Gillespie, Larry Hoff

Three pursue Pike’s seat in 18th Legislative District

September 8, 2017, 7:14pm Clark County News

When state Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, announced her bid for Clark County council chair last month, it set off a round of political musical chairs for the seat she’ll vacate. Read story

Sex offender from Camas sentenced to 10 years

A Clark County corrections deputy removes shackles from Zachary Akers’ ankles before closing arguments in his child sexual exploitation trial April 27 at the Clark County Courthouse. Akers was convicted of multiple counts in that trial and later pleaded guilty in four other similar cases. He was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison.

September 8, 2017, 6:18pm Clark County News

A Camas man who was convicted at trial of sexually exploiting teenage girls and then pleaded guilty to additional counts in four other similar cases was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison. He is subject to an Indeterminate Sentence Review Board, however, so his maximum sentence could be life. Read story

Man acquitted of attempted murder in vehicle-pedestrian crash

Vancouver's Brandon Gorham briefly talks with his attorney Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, after hearing the verdict in his attempted murder trial in Clark County Superior Court. The jury acquitted Gorham of attempted murder but convicted him of first-degree assault and hit-and-run resulting in injury.

September 8, 2017, 12:37pm Clark County News

A Clark County Superior Court jury on Friday found that Brandon Gorham did not intend to try to kill a man when he ran him over with his truck following an argument last September in the Vancouver Heights neighborhood. Read story