May 30, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health
The Clark County Jail will be able to bill Medicaid for specific inmate services for the first time starting in July 2025. The Washington State Health Care Authority will give the county a maximum of $2.5 million to implement the services. Read story
May 17, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Six ethics complaints filed with Clark County in the past year are still waiting to be investigated. The delay seems to be just as frustrating for county officials as it is for those who filed the complaints. Read story
May 4, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News
Drug possession is no longer a felony in Washington as of 2021. Advocates lauded the change, arguing that criminalization of drugs has historically led to disproportionate imprisonment of people of color. However, lighter consequences for drug possession are pushing more people in Clark County to accept traditional sentences rather than… Read story
April 17, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health
As fentanyl use increases, the Clark County Jail is grappling with more people experiencing withdrawal from drug use while in custody. Read story
April 3, 2024, 6:32pm Clark County News
A judge Wednesday set bail at $2 million for a Vancouver man accused of fatally shooting another man with a bow and arrow during a fight in the driveway of a Minnehaha residence. Read story
March 29, 2024, 3:42pm Clark County News
The mother of a missing 4-year-old Everett boy who was later found dead was arrested Wednesday in Ridgefield after investigators said she lied to them about her son’s whereabouts. Read story
March 29, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News
A local design firm has begun the permitting process to build a new medium-security housing facility at the Clark County Jail Work Center site that could create up to 64 additional beds. Read story
March 26, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Health
Clark County Jail Services and its partners have installed a naloxone vending machine in the jail’s public lobby. Read story
October 19, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News
The Vancouver City Attorney’s Office will not charge the corrections deputy at the center of an August 2021 use-of-force investigation involving a man detained at the Clark County Jail. Read story
October 9, 2023, 9:08am Latest News Free
Washington would create a new independent agency to set safeguards and conduct inspections of city, county and regional jails, under a proposal a statewide task force is backing. Read story
