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 Updated September 24, 2007
Vancouver officer rolls car pursuing reckless driver
A Vancouver police officer rolled his patrol car while pursuing a driver early Monday morning in the Meadow Homes neighborhood. According to informat...

Bus driver received warning letter about speeding
The bus driver who received a speeding ticket on the first day of school received a stern written warning two days later. Documents released by Everg...

This little light of mine
(STEVEN LANE/The Columbian)
The funk started to settle around Oliver Farza, like it does for so many Pacific Northwesterners, sometime in autumn. He'd just moved from sunny New...

Dutiful dogs take leaps of faith
Portland resident Bob Simpson leads Oggie, his 3-year-old pharaoh hound, through an agility course at the Portland Agility Dog Show in the horse arena at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon. (STEVEN LANE/The Columbian)
RIDGEFIELD - It's hard to be mad at a dog.   Patty, a 5-year-old border collie, didn't navigate the dog agility obstacle course perfectly, but...

Just Hanging Out
Alina Suvalcu, 7, dangles while playing with her new friends, sisters Savanna Betterton, 2, center, and Sydney Betterton, 6. The girls, from Vancouver, made use of a play structure at Salmon Creek Park on Sunday, the first day of autumn.
Alina Suvalcu, 7, dangles while playing with her new friends, sisters Savanna Betterton, 2, center, and Sydney Betterton, 6. The girls, from Vancouver...

Cleaner’s ex-owner still faces mess
Worried that an industrial solvent lingering in groundwater may pose a health threat, state regulators are calling on the man who owned a defunct Vanc...

City set to unveil its 'living room'
WASHOUGAL - More than five years of planning and construction will be celebrated with a parade, speeches, ­music, spirits and fireworks Saturday i...

Off Beat... not quite the news: When son is late returning from marijuana run, call 911
So the concerned mother calls 911. ... Nothing too unusual there, because parents worry about their kids, right? And the location that was cited in...

Woman arrested after car wreck
An Oregon woman was arrested on suspicion of vehicular assault and obstruction following a Sunday-morning single-car accident. Danielle M. Naug, 34,...

Firefighters have two blazes in gorge fully contained
Firefighters put out one fire in the Columbia River Gorge and brought another one ­under control Sunday. The fire at the Broughton Mill site near...

This week’s roadwork
You can expect delays in these areas of Clark County:

Clark County 360-397-6118, Ext. 4944


Campaign trail: Forum to bring mayoral candidates face to face
The two candidates for Camas mayor will face off before the public at 7 p.m. Thursday in a candidates forum at Joyce Garver Auditorium, Northeast 14th...

Pilot, passenger unhurt when Cessna crashes
A Vancouver boy and his flight instructor walked away uninjured from a plane crash near Woodland on Sunday afternoon. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Of...

La Center mayor this year's host of 6th leaders prayer breakfast
The Clark County Chapters of Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship In America is hosting its sixth annual Mayors and Community Leaders Prayer Breakfast...

Polish delegation to visit Camas
A delegation from Camas' three Polish sister cities -Morawica, Krapkowice and ­Zabierzow - will visit Camas for events in the city hall council ch...

FYI
Clubs TUESDAY CLARK COUNTY TOASTMASTERS meets at noon at Vancouver Marketplace, Columbia Street and Evergreen Boulevard. * Call 360...

Local News from the Past Week

Sunday, September 23
 » From storm to shelter
 » Market counts days until end
 » Two men injured when car strikes power pole and flips
 » Bloggers pep up political scene
 » Gorge fires still burn; residents can return
 » Perking volcano's dome still growing
 » D Street sale to help pay for C Street project
 » E-mail torpedoes sentencing of Ridgefield man
 » F.Y.I.
 » Around the area
 » Public Meetings

Saturday, September 22
 » Crews gain upper hand on Gorge fires
 » Apartment fire uproots dozens
 » Business plans fundraiser for fire victims
 » Mill burns
 » Gorge neighborhood in ruins in wake of fast-moving fire
 » Fugitive family caught in Canada
 » Killer not guilty by insanity
 » Final Salute: Soldier had charm to spare, plan for civilian life
 » Correction
 » Around the area

Friday, September 21
 » Columbia River Gorge fire only 15% contained as night falls
 » Crews make progress against Gorge fire
 » Conflagration consumes Stevenson Co-Ply
 » Man who killed father with hammer was insane, judge rules
 » Canadian mounties take fugitive family into custody
 » Baird challenged on Iraq
 » Road rage suspect served in Iraq War
 » Hanson pleads guilty in drug case
 » Large fire ravages Hazel Dell apartment complex
 » Police Taser suspect, find bomb in car
 » Harvest market to be theme of First Friday event in Camas
 » Around the area
 » FYI

Thursday, September 20
 » Bail set at $150,000 in suspected highway shooting
 » Crew grounds damaged tug
 » Police: Enraged driver fired at women
 » Officials criticize Cowlitz strategy
 » Puppy Love
 » Forest service wants improvements to cabins
 » Plan to build homes on Swift Reservoir OK'd
 » Trees to be thinned at huckleberry fields near Mount Adams
 » Missing Arkansas girl found locally
 » Around the area
 » FYI
 » Corrections

Wednesday, September 19
 » Reported road rage incident leads to arrest
 » Tugboat grounded intentionally near Camas
 » Dirt on science
 » Traffic's bad and getting worse
 » Camas candidate says city broke law
 » Neighbors defend couple who fled
 » County offers city concessions on growth
 » Baird's critics step up opposition to his war stance
 » Program aimed at sheltering homeless in winter set to kick off
 » Ridgefield and La Center keep outdoor schools
 » Vancouver will consider farmers market proposals from current tenants, others
 » Around the area

Tuesday, September 18
 » Police investigate robbery at 7-Eleven
 » Fire destroys outbuilding, vehicles in Meadow Glade
 » Missing family fled to Canada
 » Indoor market hears verdict: It's really over
 » Former Hockinson schools leader John Davis dies at 60
 » Clark County murderer escapes briefly in Arizona
 » Vessel runs aground in Columbia
 » Senior care deal may be mediated
 » Delays in finishing new C-Tran center postpone downtown location's closure
 » Lost Mount St. Helens hikers located
 » Around the area
 » FYI
 » Corrections


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Neighbors
Outdoor living room
Ridgefield resident Pat Hogan serves chicken to Allison and Eamonn Ryan at a private party to raise money for Ridgefield Refuge Overlook Park last month. The fundraiser earned nearly $15,000 for the park and welcome center. (JANET L. MATHEWS/The Columbian)
RIDGEFIELD - Downtown Vancouver has Esther Short Park. If a group of Ridgefield residents have their way, this quaint bedroom community will have a si...
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Press Talk
Is speeding a news story?
Lou Brancaccio
When I drive that slow, you know it's hard to steer.And I can't get my car out of second gear...Go on & write me up for 125Post my face, wanted de...
Vital Statistics
Vital Statistics
BirthsSOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTERKelli Burnham and Chris Cayton, Vancouver, a boy, Grant C. Cayton, Sept. 16, 7 pounds.Melissa and Chan Massie...
US/World Breaking News
»  Bush Admin. Urges Social Security Fix
»  Ahmadinejad Questions 9/11, Holocaust
»  Study: Acupuncture Works for Back Pain
»  Bush Says Clinton Will Be Dem Nominee
»  U.S. Snipers Accused of 'Baiting' Iraqis
»  Feds Announce Largest Steroid Crackdown
Washington State News
»  No WA Lotto or Hit 5 winner
»  Seahawks RB Alexander has cracked bone in left wrist
»  Seattle files lawsuit against SuperSonics' attempt to move
»  Foster mother pleads guilty to assaulting girl
»  Fort Lewis soldier from Arkansas killed.
»  2 Skagit County, WA, men plead guilty
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