Surrounding Vancouver’s largest homeless camp sit seven shabby houses built about a century ago. The paint is peeling. The lawn is dead. Windows are damaged.…
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Jury convicts woman of vehicular homicide in Vancouver WinCo parking lot incident
By The Citizen on August 9, 2025
A jury convicted a Vancouver woman Friday of vehicular homicide and hit-and-run charges in connection with a July 2024 crash that killed a man sitting…
Clark County sheriff’s deputy in fatal Uptown Village shooting involved in fatal shooting in 2024
By The Citizen on August 6, 2025
Authorities on Wednesday identified the Clark County sheriff’s deputy and the 36-year-old Vancouver man he fatally shot the night of July 30 in Vancouver’s Uptown…
Trial begins in Vancouver WinCo parking lot crash that left a man dead
By The Citizen on August 6, 2025
A heated argument between a couple in a WinCo parking lot in July 2024 left a man lounging in the shade under a nearby tree…
Court documents: Woman flew across country for fistfight outside Vancouver elementary school
By The Citizen on August 6, 2025
A woman who apparently traveled from the East Coast to Vancouver for a fistfight outside an elementary school was shot in the foot while leaving…
WA AG’s office awards Vancouver nonprofit $200,000
By The Citizen on August 5, 2025
A Vancouver-based nonprofit will receive $200,000 from the Washington Attorney General’s Office to support the community after a judge last year found a different local…
New push to stem domestic violence deaths pairs Clark County Sheriff’s Office with YWCA
By The Citizen on August 5, 2025
For years, a pamphlet was sometimes the only connection survivors had to resources when the Clark County Sheriff’s Office responded to domestic violence incidents. Read…
Former Salmon Creek child care worker gets 14 years in child molestation case
By The Citizen on August 4, 2025
A former Salmon Creek child care worker was sentenced Monday to about 14 years in prison for child molestation and child sexual abuse imagery charges.…
Suspect in Portland stabbing is brother of teen shot by Vancouver police in 2019
By The Citizen on July 31, 2025
The Battle Ground man accused of fatally stabbing his former girlfriend Saturday at a southeast Portland home is the older brother of a teen fatally…
Clark County cities grapple with e-bike, electric motorcycle riders as some flout state laws
By The Citizen on July 30, 2025
CAMAS — With more people turning to electric bicycles and electric-powered motorcycles for a convenient, environmentally friendly and often more cost-effective mode of transportation, local…