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Clark County News

Morning Press: Tornado, wet weather and I-5 mudslide; shooting range; nightclub

December 12, 2015, 6:08am Clark County News

It was a wild week for weather. Get caught up on all of the damage from flooding, a tornado and landslides. Also in the news this week: Fire marshall shutters a Vancouver nightclub, Cowlitz tribe secures funding for their casino and a new shooting range opens in Camas. Read story

Sundari Sitaram, 51, sold everything she owns and bought a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia so she could continue her efforts to help wild elephants from being killed and captive elephants from being mistreated. Sitaram says she&#039;s trying to show people that elephants used in the tourism industry experience abuse when tourists aren&#039;t around.

Bits ‘n’ Pieces: Sounding the trumpet for the elephants

Sundari Sitaram, 51, sold everything she owns and bought a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia so she could continue her efforts to help wild elephants from being killed and captive elephants from being mistreated. Sitaram says she&#039;s trying to show people that elephants used in the tourism industry experience abuse when tourists aren&#039;t around.

December 12, 2015, 6:02am Clark County News

If you were to tell Sundari Sitaram three years ago that she'd be spending her 51st birthday on her way to live in a bungalow in rural Thailand, she'd have never believed you. Read story

Felix North, 3, gets a flu-mist immunization during a free flu vaccine clinic in 2015 at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. Felix and his mom, Ewa North, were immunized to protect younger brother, 4-month-old Emmett, who is too young to be immunized.

Legacy doubles up on free flu vaccines

Felix North, 3, gets a flu-mist immunization during a free flu vaccine clinic in 2015 at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. Felix and his mom, Ewa North, were immunized to protect younger brother, 4-month-old Emmett, who is too young to be immunized.

December 12, 2015, 6:01am Clark County Health

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center more than doubled the number of free flu vaccines it provided to the community this year. Read story

About 150 employee volunteers, social workers and community members built 417 bikes in less than three hours Thursday for Waste Connections&#039; 15th annual Christmas Promise Bike Build. On Friday, volunteers delivered 120 bicycles for foster kids at the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services building in Vancouver.

The gift of fun for foster kids

About 150 employee volunteers, social workers and community members built 417 bikes in less than three hours Thursday for Waste Connections&#039; 15th annual Christmas Promise Bike Build. On Friday, volunteers delivered 120 bicycles for foster kids at the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services building in Vancouver.

December 12, 2015, 6:01am Clark County News

About 150 volunteers put together 417 bikes for local foster children Thursday as part of Waste Connections' 15th annual Christmas Promise Bike Build. The build took place at the Columbia Machine warehouse and was completed in a little less than three hours. The volunteers -- community members, Waste Connection employees… Read story

Two I-5 lanes to stay open in landslide area

December 12, 2015, 5:45am Clark County News

Road maintenance crews were able to open two lanes on Interstate 5 Thursday night following Wednesday's road-closing mudslide, and officials will continue to monitor the hillside above the roadway over the weekend. Read story

Grants of $7.7 million aid Clark County streets, sidewalks

December 12, 2015, 5:30am Clark County News

Five cities in Clark County received a total of $7.7 million out of the $120 million in grant funding the state Transportation Improvement Board awarded last month to 149 local agency street and sidewalk projects. Read story

Epen Nazareth, 34, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of hit-and-run injury.

Man accused in hit-and-run appears in court

Epen Nazareth, 34, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of hit-and-run injury.

December 11, 2015, 6:24pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man accused of causing a serious-injury crash in Vancouver and fleeing the scene Wednesday made a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court. Read story

Dmitriy Gernega, 22, makes a first appearance Friday in Clark County Superior Court after allegedly robbing a Vancouver Cascade Federal Credit Union at gunpoint twice in April 2014.

Alleged serial bank robber makes court appearance

Dmitriy Gernega, 22, makes a first appearance Friday in Clark County Superior Court after allegedly robbing a Vancouver Cascade Federal Credit Union at gunpoint twice in April 2014.

December 11, 2015, 6:20pm Clark County News

A 22-year-old man suspected of robbing the same Vancouver credit union branch twice at gunpoint made a first appearance Friday in Clark County Superior Court. Read story

Vancouver teen sentenced in July 21 shooting

December 11, 2015, 6:18pm Clark County News

A 16-year-old boy who shot his stepfather through a bedroom door following an argument at an east Vancouver home was sentenced Friday to more than four years in a juvenile facility. Read story

Slides, down trees close Gifford Pinchot forest roads

December 11, 2015, 5:16pm Clark County News

The two key north-south routes, roads Nos. 23 and 25, on damage list Read story