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Clark County News

Campaign Trail: Evergreen Public Schools board

June 17, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Evergreen School Board: Janelle Tuominen, candidate for Evergreen Public Schools board Pos. 5, will kick off her campaign at 6 p.m. June 30 at LeRoy Haagen Memorial Community Park on N.E. Ninth Street, west of N.E. 136th Ave. Food and entertainment will be provided. Read story

Children take turns digging and sifting dirt in a mock archaeology dig at Fort Vancouver.

Save the Date: Dig into Woodland Planters Days

Children take turns digging and sifting dirt in a mock archaeology dig at Fort Vancouver.

June 17, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Don’t miss out on some of the biggest events of Woodland Planters Days, with activities running until 11 p.m. today, including the annual carnival, paddle sports events, a breakfast buffet and a Saturday market. The annual parade will take place at 11 a.m., followed by firemen’s barbecue, the 50th annual… Read story

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Morning Press: Cruisin’ the Gut; fireworks; The Plains explained

Catch up on the news.

June 17, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

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

Ernesto Estrada-Tapia, 24, makes a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court in February on a warrant charging him with vehicular homicide and hit-and-run driving causing injury or death in connection with the death of Christian Walton. Estrada-Tapia was sentenced to five years in prison Friday.

Man gets five years in hit-and-run death

Ernesto Estrada-Tapia, 24, makes a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court in February on a warrant charging him with vehicular homicide and hit-and-run driving causing injury or death in connection with the death of Christian Walton. Estrada-Tapia was sentenced to five years in prison Friday.

June 16, 2017, 9:09pm Clark County News

A Vancouver driver who struck two pedestrians in a hit-and-run, which later resulted in a man’s death, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. Read story

Man appears in court in ramming case

June 16, 2017, 7:58pm Clark County News

A Portland man faces assault charges after, police say, he spotted his estranged wife driving with another man and intentionally crashed into them. Read story

Body recovered from Lacamas Creek ID’d as missing Camas woman

June 16, 2017, 7:22pm Clark County News

Camas police say a body recovered Friday afternoon from Lacamas Creek is that of 40-year-old missing Camas resident Alisha McRay. Read story

Engorged with blood, a mosquito begins to withdraw from its victim.

County officials prepare for mosquito season

Engorged with blood, a mosquito begins to withdraw from its victim.

June 16, 2017, 7:19pm Clark County Health

Cool weather and high river levels have so far kept mosquitoes at bay, but county health officials are preparing for the arrival of mosquito season as the weather warms up. Read story

Michael Trottier, left, is presented an Award of Merit by Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste during an awards ceremony at the WSP District 5 Headquarters in Vancouver on Friday. Trottier was on his way to work when he stopped to help a trooper with an emotionally distressed person attempting to jump from the state Highway 500 overpass near Interstate 5.

WSP gives Vancouver man rare civilian Award of Merit

Michael Trottier, left, is presented an Award of Merit by Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste during an awards ceremony at the WSP District 5 Headquarters in Vancouver on Friday. Trottier was on his way to work when he stopped to help a trooper with an emotionally distressed person attempting to jump from the state Highway 500 overpass near Interstate 5.

June 16, 2017, 7:01pm Clark County News

Michael Trottier was on his way to work in December, heading west on state Highway 500, when he spotted a female trooper pulling a man back from an overpass railing. Read story

Body found in Columbia River ID’d as Portland man

June 16, 2017, 9:31am Clark County News

The body found in the Columbia River Monday afternoon has been identified as a Portland man. Read story

Tom Dwyer stands along a portion of Fisher Creek in east Vancouver choked by invasive English ivy. Dwyer works for the Vancouver Watershed Alliance, a nonprofit leading a restoration project along a portion of the creek on Thursday.

Watershed alliance, others join to save lower Fisher Creek

Tom Dwyer stands along a portion of Fisher Creek in east Vancouver choked by invasive English ivy. Dwyer works for the Vancouver Watershed Alliance, a nonprofit leading a restoration project along a portion of the creek on Thursday.

June 15, 2017, 8:51pm Clark County News

Surrounded by hundreds of subdivision homes and crisscrossed by miles of roads is Fisher Creek, a modest stream hidden among lush flora and tall trees and a vestige of what once was. Read story