A 43-year-old Vancouver man was identified as the person fatally shot by Vancouver police Saturday near the waterfront, according to the Clark County Medical Examiner’s…
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Vancouver law enforcement training center eases waitlists for corrections officers; first class graduates in July
By The Citizen on June 13, 2024
A new class of recruits will graduate from the Southwest Washington Regional Training Center in July, but this time, they’ll be corrections officers. Read more… …
Vancouver police fatally shoot man near Columbia River
By The Citizen on June 9, 2024
A Vancouver police officer fatally shot a man on Saturday afternoon near the Columbia River waterfront after responding to a call about an aggressive dog…
Medical examiner IDs Brush Prairie man as person killed in crash east of Battle Ground
By The Citizen on June 6, 2024
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday identified a 25-year-old Brush Prairie man as the person killed in a crash Sunday east of Battle…
Vancouver man sent to hospital after he crashes his BMW on Interstate 5 near Kelso
By The Citizen on June 2, 2024
LONGVIEW — A Vancouver man reportedly driving impaired crashed his BMW on Interstate 5 early Sunday near Kelso and was sent to the hospital. Read…
30 new officers graduate from law enforcement training academy in east Vancouver
By The Citizen on May 30, 2024
“First to attend, next to serve.” That was the motto of the inaugural class of recruits who graduated last week from the regional law enforcement…
Clark County Jail to bill Medicaid for medications for alcohol and opioid use disorder
By The Citizen on May 30, 2024
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…
Woodland man in court after alleged drunken-driving crash that killed good Samaritan on Interstate 5
By The Citizen on May 29, 2024
A Woodland man is accused of driving with a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit Friday when he crashed into a firetruck and…
Vancouver man arrested in connection with 2015 Long Beach slaying
By The Citizen on May 21, 2024
Detectives from the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Vancouver man in connection with the 2015 slaying of Jeffrey Beach on the Long Beach Peninsula,…
Washington is 2nd in the U.S. for missing and murdered Indigenous women; have recent efforts made headway?
By The Citizen on May 18, 2024
Julian C. Ankney of the Nez Perce Tribe heard stories since she was a child that Indigenous people go missing at higher rates. The statistics…