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Clark County News

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Flag-bearers from a multi-agency honor guard wait to raise the flag to half-staff during the annual Clark County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on Thursday at the Clark County Public Service Center.

Clark County honors fallen officers at annual ceremony

STEVEN LANE/The Columbian
Flag-bearers from a multi-agency honor guard wait to raise the flag to half-staff during the annual Clark County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on Thursday at the Clark County Public Service Center.

May 17, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

A bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace" rang out in front of the Clark County Public Service Center. Police officers with K9s lined the courtyard while a group of Clark County's top law enforcement officials -- dressed in their best -- watched the honor guard raise an American flag to half-mast. Read story

Elena Lawler, center, launched Northwest Interpreters Inc. in 1992 after arriving in Vancouver from Kazakhstan.

Northwest Interpreters Inc.: Talk globally, interpret locally

Elena Lawler, center, launched Northwest Interpreters Inc. in 1992 after arriving in Vancouver from Kazakhstan.

May 17, 2012, 5:00pm Business

Elena Lawler arrived in Vancouver in 1991, accompanied by her 9-year-old son and her dream of a better life. Read story

John Eckhart and Alayna Higdon

Imprisonment trial set to begin Monday

John Eckhart and Alayna Higdon

May 17, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Opening statements are expected Monday in the trial of a Vancouver couple accused of imprisoning two young autistic boys in a dark, mostly empty room. Read story

Motorists on Monday make their way through a rearranged intersection at St. Johns Boulevard and state Highway 500, where construction has temporarily eliminated all turns from the highway to St. Johns. Crews are transforming the intersection into a freeway-style interchange, which will send St. Johns up and over the highway on a new bridge.

Live chat with transportation departments set for May 24

Motorists on Monday make their way through a rearranged intersection at St. Johns Boulevard and state Highway 500, where construction has temporarily eliminated all turns from the highway to St. Johns. Crews are transforming the intersection into a freeway-style interchange, which will send St. Johns up and over the highway on a new bridge.

May 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Bring your questions about road construction projects in progress -- or projects slated to begin later this year Read story

Eleven more state liquor stores closing Tuesday

May 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Eleven state-run liquor stores across the state will close for good Tuesday in a second round of store closures as Washington prepares to hand over hard liquor sales on June 1 to private retail businesses. Read story

A firetruck helps block traffic at the scene of a natural gas leak in Ridgefield on Thursday.

Gas leak closes I-5 Ridgefield interchange, businesses

A firetruck helps block traffic at the scene of a natural gas leak in Ridgefield on Thursday.

May 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

A gas leak caused during excavation work for a new roundabout at Ridgefield's South 65th Avenue and Pioneer Street intersection prompted road closures and business evacuations for more than three hours Thursday as crews scrambled to shut off gas to the line. Read story

Police looking for man, 66, missing since May 11

May 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Vancouver police are asking for the public's help finding Edgardo Nobleza, 66, who was last seen May 11. Read story

Jury selection under way in child imprisonment trial

May 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

Jury selection began this morning in the trial of a Vancouver couple accused of locking two young autistic boys in a room with a cagelike door last year. Read story

Share wins state award for backpack program

May 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

The Washington Association of School Administrators on Friday will present an award to a Vancouver nonprofit. Read story

A fire burned through an abandoned home at 2413 Rossiter Lane in the Fourth Plain Village neighborhood early Thursday.

Fire burns house near Fourth Plain

A fire burned through an abandoned home at 2413 Rossiter Lane in the Fourth Plain Village neighborhood early Thursday.

May 16, 2012, 5:00pm Clark County News

A fire burned through an abandoned home in the Fourth Plain Village neighborhood early Thursday, officials said. Read story