Fresh off of a primary election win, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez spent Wednesday afternoon talking with recruits and instructors at the Southwest Washington regional…
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Former Vancouver police officer in court on perjury charges; investigators say he lied about responding to the Aurora mass shooting
By The Citizen on August 7, 2024
A former Vancouver police officer made a first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on two first-degree perjury charges after allegedly lying about his…
Clark County medical examiner identifies woman, man killed in murder-suicide in central Vancouver
By The Citizen on August 3, 2024
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday officially identified the people killed in a central Vancouver murder-suicide last week. Read more… Source: The Columbian
District Court Judge James Smith tops poll for Clark County’s next Superior Court position
By The Citizen on July 29, 2024
Attorneys in Clark County have selected who they prefer to become the county’s newest Superior Court judge; their pick is currently a judge in District…
A domestic violence survivor signed a lease for a Vancouver apartment she could afford; it was a scam, and she wasn’t alone
By The Citizen on July 27, 2024
The 32-year-old single mother felt relieved. Although she had to leave her YWCA safe house for survivors of domestic violence, she found an affordable apartment…
Two people are dead in a murder-suicide in central Vancouver, say police
By The Citizen on July 25, 2024
Two people were dead after a shooting Thursday morning in what police are calling a murder-suicide in the parking lot of a central Vancouver apartment…
After stabbing, internal review finds emergency response system deficiencies at Clark College
By The Citizen on July 23, 2024
An internal review of the May 14 stabbing on Clark College’s campus found that many of the school’s emergency response systems were ineffective and that…
Clark County Council decides against a levy to support sheriff’s office for November ballot
By The Citizen on July 22, 2024
Voters will not see a Clark County-sponsored law enforcement levy on the ballot this fall to accompany one from the city of Vancouver. Read more… …
Former Vancouver police officer faces perjury charges over claims about job experience
By The Citizen on July 19, 2024
Prosecutors have filed perjury charges against a former Vancouver police officer accused of lying about his job experience when applying for search warrants in some…
Vancouver man guilty of murder in fatal shooting of his former girlfriend
By The Citizen on July 17, 2024
A Clark County Superior Court jury found a Vancouver man guilty of murder Wednesday in the shooting of his former girlfriend after less than a…