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Christian school earns nationally recognized accreditation

May 18, 2017, 5:58am Clark County News

Sonshine Christian Elementary School received accreditation from the Northwest Accreditation Commission, the school announced in a news release. Read story

Man gets six years for assault, felony harassment

May 17, 2017, 8:58pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for beating his girlfriend and another man -- believed to also be her boyfriend -- after that other boyfriend walked in on the couple when they were in bed together. Read story

Domestic-violence charges against Vancouver police officer dropped

May 17, 2017, 8:56pm Clark County News

Domestic-violence charges against a Vancouver police officer were dropped Monday after the prosecution said there was insufficient evidence to proceed to trial. Read story

A woman died when this vehicle and a train collided Tuesday morning. Camas police said the driver of the vehicle, which was traveling south on Southwest Viola Street, ran a stop sign prior to the collision.

Boy injured in car-train crash continues to recover

A woman died when this vehicle and a train collided Tuesday morning. Camas police said the driver of the vehicle, which was traveling south on Southwest Viola Street, ran a stop sign prior to the collision.

May 17, 2017, 7:51pm Clark County News

The boy hurt in a fatal collision between a car and a train Tuesday in Camas was still recovering from his injuries Wednesday, and they are not life-threatening, Camas police Sgt. Scot Boyles said. Read story

Executive director Cheri Martin of the School of Piano Technology for the Blind, which is selling off all its inventory before shutting down. That inventory includes an assortment of artistically decorated pianos that were scattered around the city during the annual Keys to the City Event.

Piano Hospital selling inventory to raise cash, clear building

Executive director Cheri Martin of the School of Piano Technology for the Blind, which is selling off all its inventory before shutting down. That inventory includes an assortment of artistically decorated pianos that were scattered around the city during the annual Keys to the City Event.

May 17, 2017, 7:14pm Clark County News

Right here in Vancouver, a key chapter in the history of blind people in America is coming to a quiet end. The only school in the nation — some say the world — that has taught blind and sight-impaired students the vocation of piano tuning and repair is selling off… Read story

Closed landfill’s owners seek release from post-closure permit

May 17, 2017, 6:28pm Clark County News

More than 25 years after closing Circle C Landfill near La Center, the owners are still monitoring the groundwater, gas, leachate and various other aspects of the shuttered landfill site. Read story

Chris Lockett, U.S. Geological Survey instrumentation scientist, at the spot where the September Lobe monitoring station is buried under 10 to 15 feet of snow during an April 21 trip into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

‘Stethoscope’ gets ‘to the heart’ of Mount St. Helens

Chris Lockett, U.S. Geological Survey instrumentation scientist, at the spot where the September Lobe monitoring station is buried under 10 to 15 feet of snow during an April 21 trip into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

May 17, 2017, 6:06pm Clark County News

Vancouver-based scientists recently made a house call to the crater of Mount St. Helens. They needed to check the volcano’s heartbeat. Read story

86 candidates so far vying for open positions

May 17, 2017, 5:47pm Clark County News

As of Wednesday afternoon, the third day of filing week, 86 candidates have filed to represent the region on local city councils, school boards and as commissioners. Read story

School district and Clark County Sheriff's Office personnel gather outside of Columbia River High school after detaining a transient man who walked inside the school unauthorized Wednesday morning, prompting a short lockdown at the school.

Columbia River High put on lockdown for transient trespasser

School district and Clark County Sheriff's Office personnel gather outside of Columbia River High school after detaining a transient man who walked inside the school unauthorized Wednesday morning, prompting a short lockdown at the school.

May 17, 2017, 1:52pm Clark County News

A transient man walked inside Columbia River High School on Wednesday morning, prompting a short lockdown at the school. Read story

Brian Willoughby died of carbon monoxide intoxication, an accident, the Clark County Medical Examiner's Office announced Wednesday. Willoughby was the Director of Community Benefit at Legacy Health, community activist and former Columbian reporter.

Victim in fatal house fire died of carbon monoxide intoxication

Brian Willoughby died of carbon monoxide intoxication, an accident, the Clark County Medical Examiner's Office announced Wednesday. Willoughby was the Director of Community Benefit at Legacy Health, community activist and former Columbian reporter.

May 17, 2017, 8:26am Clark County News

A former Columbian reporter turned Vancouver social activist killed in a house fire in March died of carbon monoxide intoxication, ruled an accident, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday. Read story