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Many police shootings involve mental health, substance abuse

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August 6, 2017, 6:06am Clark County News

Since 1997, there have been at least 24 local officer-involved shootings. In 17 of those incidents, the subject was killed; in at least 14 of those incidents, the subjects who were shot appeared to have a mental health problem, substance abuse issue or were otherwise “in crisis” at the time,… Read story

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Police shootings: When a crisis turns deadly

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August 6, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

When Vancouver police shot and killed Justin Andrew Burton after he barged into an occupied apartment in February and threatened the occupants with a knife, it was a violent end to an all-too-common crisis. Read story

Agendas for the week’s government meetings

August 6, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

Agendas for the week’s government meetings Read story

Weather Eye: Expect cooler temperatures, possible thunderstorm this week

August 6, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

At least we had some cooling Friday after two days of highs over 100. Sounds strange to come outside and say “Hey, it’s only 90 degrees feels pretty cool.” Of course, our string of dry days continues and Saturday’s high as of 5 p.m. was only 88 degrees. Read story

County council continues invocation debate

August 5, 2017, 9:30pm Clark County News

When the Clark County council set out to revise the guidelines for its invocation, a prayer given at the start of meetings, members intended not to spend much time rethinking the practice that’s been in place since 2013. Read story

Fourteen-year-old Steven Schmidt of Battle Ground and Twilight, who produced some of the milk for his mozzarella cheese that earned a blue ribbon Saturday in the dairy goat cheese competition at the Clark County Fair. (Randy L.

Cheese whiz earns blue ribbon at fair

Fourteen-year-old Steven Schmidt of Battle Ground and Twilight, who produced some of the milk for his mozzarella cheese that earned a blue ribbon Saturday in the dairy goat cheese competition at the Clark County Fair. (Randy L.

August 5, 2017, 8:45pm Clark County News

Steven Schmidt earned a blue ribbon for his mozzarella cheese Saturday at the Clark County Fair. Read story

Smoke from Portland fire visible in Vancouver

August 5, 2017, 6:57pm Clark County News

A large plume of smoke from a burning pile of scrap metal is visible from Vancouver this evening. The fire is burning outdoors at a scrap metal recycling business, Schnitzer Steel Industries, 12005 N. Burgard Road in Portland. That’s in the vicinity of the St. Johns Bridge. The Portland Fire Bureau… Read story

Lou Brancaccio is The Columbian's editor emeritus. His column of personal opinion appears the first Saturday of every month.

Press Talk: A need to build community

Lou Brancaccio is The Columbian's editor emeritus. His column of personal opinion appears the first Saturday of every month.

August 5, 2017, 6:10am Clark County News

Where do we go from here? Read story

Nonprofits, businesses win excellence awards

August 5, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

The Nonprofit Network Southwest Washington announced Friday the winners of the Nonprofit Excellence Awards: Read story

Catch up on the news.

Morning Press: Two-alarm fires hit Vancouver; fatal crash; primary election results

Catch up on the news.

August 5, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Here are some of the stories that grabbed our readers' attention this week. Read story