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Trails of vehicle headlights leave Battle Ground on state Highway 502 near the intersection at state Highway 503. Every day, thousands of Battle Ground residents leave the city for work, as only about 8 percent of residents work in the city. Battle Ground officials are starting a new future vision planning to see if residents are OK with the city as a bedroom community, or if they’d rather try to grow the city to bring in more jobs.

Battle Ground looks for sense of direction

Trails of vehicle headlights leave Battle Ground on state Highway 502 near the intersection at state Highway 503. Every day, thousands of Battle Ground residents leave the city for work, as only about 8 percent of residents work in the city. Battle Ground officials are starting a new future vision planning to see if residents are OK with the city as a bedroom community, or if they’d rather try to grow the city to bring in more jobs.

February 18, 2018, 6:01am Clark County News

Should city be bedroom community or seek employers to provide local jobs? City leaders want residents to help them decide Read story

Battle Ground man sentenced in crash

February 14, 2018, 6:04pm Clark County News

A Battle Ground man who rear-ended a motorcyclist, throwing him from his bike, and then fled on state Highway 500 was sentenced Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court to the prison-based drug offender sentencing alternative, known as DOSA. Read story

Supporters of the Evergreen Public Schools bond measure gather Tuesday night and await election results. Early returns show Evergreen's bond so far passing, but many votes remain uncounted.

Evergreen, La Center bond measures passing, Battle Ground uncertain

Supporters of the Evergreen Public Schools bond measure gather Tuesday night and await election results. Early returns show Evergreen's bond so far passing, but many votes remain uncounted.

February 13, 2018, 8:23pm Clark County News

Bond measures in the Evergreen and La Center school districts appeared to be passing in Tuesday night's special election, but the first wave of results shows the Battle Ground bond measure passing but a few percentage points short of the supermajority needed for approval. Read story

Bills would ban fees to freeze credit

February 9, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

Lee Cutbirth received two unpleasant surprises last fall. Read story

Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., in plaid, prepares to exit the courtroom after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the beating death of Jose "Pepe" Castillo-Cisneros, 3, with an aggravating factor that Pepe was a particularly vulnerable victim, in Clark County Superior Court on Thursday morning, Feb. 1, 2018. Gutierrez was sentenced Tuesday to 45 years in prison.

Gutierrez guilty in death of Battle Ground 3-year-old

Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., in plaid, prepares to exit the courtroom after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the beating death of Jose "Pepe" Castillo-Cisneros, 3, with an aggravating factor that Pepe was a particularly vulnerable victim, in Clark County Superior Court on Thursday morning, Feb. 1, 2018. Gutierrez was sentenced Tuesday to 45 years in prison.

February 1, 2018, 12:20pm Clark County News

After months of growing exasperation, an “innocent event apparently broke the dam of frustration” that led Ricardo Gutierrez Jr. to kill his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son, a judge said Thursday. Read story

Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., who’s accused of brutally beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death in May 2016, waits for his bench trial to begin Monday in Clark County Superior Court. Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday.

Testimony describes murder suspect’s dislike of 3-year-old

Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., who’s accused of brutally beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death in May 2016, waits for his bench trial to begin Monday in Clark County Superior Court. Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday.

January 31, 2018, 9:58pm Clark County News

Prosecutors presented damning evidence Wednesday in Ricardo Gutierrez Jr.’s murder trial, illustrating the man’s hatred for the developmentally delayed toddler he’s accused of killing. Read story

Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., who’s accused of brutally beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death in May 2016, waits for his bench trial to begin Monday in Clark County Superior Court.

Murder trial looks at special needs of toddler who was killed

Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., who’s accused of brutally beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death in May 2016, waits for his bench trial to begin Monday in Clark County Superior Court.

January 30, 2018, 8:40pm Clark County News

Testimony offered Tuesday in Ricardo Gutierrez Jr.’s murder trial indicates that he knew his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son was developmentally delayed and that the boy’s behavioral outbursts stemmed from those issues. Read story

Attorney Jill Kurtz, who died Sunday, was also an avid gardener, equestrian and a mainstay of numerous community organizations.

Battle Ground attorney who donated her time dies at 63

Attorney Jill Kurtz, who died Sunday, was also an avid gardener, equestrian and a mainstay of numerous community organizations.

January 26, 2018, 4:08pm Business

Jill Kurtz, an attorney known for being a sleeves-rolled-up leader in many community clubs in north Clark County, died of a pulmonary embolism Sunday at her home in Battle Ground. She was 63. Read story

Battle Ground Public Schools Superintendent Mark Ross, from left, director of school finance Meagan Hayden, Deputy Superintendent Denny Waters and communications manager Rita Sanders meet with The Columbian Editorial Board on Thursday.

Battle Ground Public Schools tries for another bond issue

Battle Ground Public Schools Superintendent Mark Ross, from left, director of school finance Meagan Hayden, Deputy Superintendent Denny Waters and communications manager Rita Sanders meet with The Columbian Editorial Board on Thursday.

January 25, 2018, 7:47pm Clark County News

The last time students in the neighborhood surrounding Glenwood Heights Primary School had a new facility, the Soviet Union was still a year out from launching the Sputnik satellite. Read story

Joshua Roland, from left, Michael Roland and Daniel Cronin were arraigned Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court in connection with a Christmas Eve burglary and arson in Hockinson.

Men arraigned in Christmas Eve burglary, arson in Hockinson

Joshua Roland, from left, Michael Roland and Daniel Cronin were arraigned Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court in connection with a Christmas Eve burglary and arson in Hockinson.

January 24, 2018, 4:38pm Clark County News

A man accused in a Christmas Eve burglary and arson of a Hockinson house, and his older brother, who allegedly helped him evade arrest, were arraigned Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court. Read story