Human remains discovered Aug. 10 by a hiker in eastern Skamania County may belong to a 31-year-old Portland man who went missing in 2013. Read…
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Woman said she couldn’t work for fear of encountering dogs; state said she lived with six dogs and took more than $162,000
By The Citizen on August 23, 2024
A Southwest Washington woman has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after investigations say she owned, fostered and sold dogs despite claiming that trauma from…
Clark County Juvenile Court uses community service rather than punishment, with good results
By The Citizen on August 23, 2024
Clark County Juvenile Court was early to adopt a restorative justice approach that replaces punishment with a path for young offenders to make amends to…
Vancouver man accused in fatal hit-run on Fourth Plain Boulevard appears in court
By The Citizen on August 22, 2024
A 19-year-old Vancouver man is accused in a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian who was reportedly crossing Fourth Plain Boulevard outside of a crosswalk after…
Court documents: Central Vancouver ‘attempted abduction’ may be case of mistaken identity
By The Citizen on August 22, 2024
A judge set bail at $20,000 Wednesday for a man accused of trying to grab an 11-year-old girl from a central Vancouver playground in what…
Vancouver woman alleges restaurant fired her because she was pregnant
By The Citizen on August 13, 2024
A Vancouver woman has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Mexican restaurant chain, which she alleges fired her because she was pregnant. Read more… Source:…
Vancouver man sentenced to 20 years for killing girlfriend, dumping her body at Rooster Rock State Park in Oregon
By The Citizen on August 13, 2024
A judge sentenced a Vancouver man Friday to more than 20 years in prison in the 2021 shooting death of his girlfriend, prompting a profanity-filled…
The victim in a Vancouver murder-suicide had a protection order but Clark County judges say the law doesn’t let them take guns from abusers
By The Citizen on August 12, 2024
Carissa Larkin feared for her life after obtaining a civil domestic violence protection order in April against her former fiance. Read more… Source: The Columbian
‘We can’t idly stand by and let children be harmed’: Lawmakers want to expand drug endangerment law
By The Citizen on August 10, 2024
In early May, Vancouver police responded to their second call of the day involving a young child believed to have overdosed from illicit drugs —…
Wait times in Clark County, state improve for defendants’ mental health evaluations
By The Citizen on August 9, 2024
A year after a federal judge found a state agency was violating the rights of criminal defendants in need of mental health evaluations, state officials…