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Sheriff’s office: Clark not ‘sanctuary county’

January 27, 2017, 8:48pm Clark County News

Despite some word to the contrary, Clark County is not a “sanctuary county,” the Clark County Sheriff’s Office reiterated Friday afternoon. Read story

David Kadow reacts Friday in Clark County District Court after a jury found him guilty of second-degree animal cruelty. Kadow was sentenced to 90 days in the death of his dog, Hailey, after the animal fell out of the bed of his truck and was dragged to death.

Man gets 90 days in dragging death of his dog

January 27, 2017, 8:12pm Clark County News

A man charged in the death of his dog, after the animal fell out of the bed of his truck and was dragged down the road, was sentenced to 90 days in jail following a two-day jury trial in Clark County District Court. Read story

Local lawmakers react to GOP’s plan for funding education

January 27, 2017, 8:08pm Clark County News

Since the Washington legislative session kicked off earlier this year, Democrats have called on their Republican counterparts in the Senate to offer a detailed proposal to fix the state’s school funding crisis. Read story

Jay Morton, 26, of Vancouver, draws characters on the sidewalk on Main Street in Vancouver during the fourth annual "Chalk the Walks" in Uptown Village in 2014.

Word on the street: Vancouver’s Main Street among the best

January 27, 2017, 11:59am Business

For many cities, Main Street a first impression. And Vancouver’s may be impressing the right people, since it was recently named among the best Main Streets on the West Coast by Sunset Magazine. Read story

TJ Patrick Ferres, who is accused of fatally shooting 37-year-old Ian McKay early Sunday morning in Vancouver's Hearthwood neighborhood, leaves the courtroom after making a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on Monday morning, Jan. 23, 2017. Ferres pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder with a deadly weapon.

Charge upgraded to first-degree murder in Vancouver shooting

January 27, 2017, 11:43am Clark County News

New information has emerged in the fatal shooting of a Vancouver man at a house in the Hearthwood neighborhood last weekend that indicates the slaying was premeditated, a Clark County prosecutor said Friday. Read story

Park cleanup continues after severe wintry weather

Crews from the Clark County Public Works Department are joined by a crew from county corrections to help clear out downed tree branches and other debris in Vancouver Lake Regional Park, which was badly damaged from storms earlier this month.

Things are getting back to normal in Clark County after the unusually snowy, windy and icy weather that disrupted life in the region earlier this month. But Clark County Parks Manager Bill Bjerke expects Vancouver Lake Regional Park to remain closed for possibly weeks as crews work to clear out… Read story

Point in time: Workers count Clark County’s homeless

Community Service Northwest caseworkers Jamie Spinelli, left, and Thomas Eaton walk under an overpass during the annual Point-in-Time count that attempts to count all of the homeless people.

Before sunrise on Thursday, Jamie Spinelli and Thomas Eaton headed into the woods in search of the homeless. The caseworkers from Community Services Northwest ventured down muddy trails along Burnt Bridge Creek, through blackberry brambles and under freeway overpasses in an effort to find and count people staying outside. Read story