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BRUSH PRAIRIE, Wash. — The Clark County Sheriff's Office says speed and alcohol were likely factors in a deadly crash near Brush Prairie. It happened just before 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Northeast 172nd Avenue. Deputies say it appears a motorcyclist was hit by a Volkswagen, which then ran into...

BRUSH PRAIRIE, Wash. — The Clark County Sheriff's Office says a motorcyclist was killed after being struck by a driver, who was also severely injured, in a Thursday night crash. Shortly before 9:30 p.m., Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Clark County Fire District 3, Vancouver Fire Department and American Medical...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Law enforcement agencies in Oregon and Washington are investigating several suspicious deaths. Investigators in Multnomah, Clark, Clackamas and Polk counties found the bodies of six women in the last three months -- from February to May. On April 8, the body of 32-year-old Joanna Speaks was...

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KPTV) - One person died and another was seriously injured in a crash involving a motorcycle and car in Brush Prairie on Thursday night, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 9:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to the crash in the 13900 block of...

It’s time to start planning your summer fun in Clark County. Inside this section, you’ll find a pull-out calendar of community events from June to September. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has officially ended, summer activities are back in full force, if changed. For example, the Clark County Fair won’t kick off with free pancakes this year. The Historic Trust’s Independence Day fireworks display at Fort Vancouver, like last year, will be replaced by the community-picnic-style Summerfest. Even so, festivals will fill every weekend this summer, from car shows to Tacos in the Park to the Wine and Jazz Festival. Some major events have yet to finalize their plans, so keep checking social media and websites for your favorites. See Pages DX-X for the details we have so far.

While walking along Highway 99 at about 7 p.m. on his way to a Boy Scout meeting at Salmon Creek School, 16-year-old Fred Smith didn’t have a potential tragedy on his mind. But that night he became a hero. On Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1956, melting snow combined with a...

If your yard isn’t the neighborhood’s tidiest — if it has a few fallen branches, overgrown shrubs and a couple of overturned pots — you can officially stop feeling guilty. Why? Because you may be just the hero that local frogs are looking for. Frogs are...

As summer temperatures intensify, vivid streaks begin appearing in Clark County’s lakes and rivers. The culprit is cyanobacteria, a microscopic aquatic and photosynthetic bacteria, otherwise known as blue-green algae, said Lizbeth Seebacher, who oversees the state Department of Ecology’s algae control and invasive aquatic species programs. Cyanobacteria can...

The Ridgefield School District hired Jennifer Johnson as its newest administrator. Starting in the fall, Johnson will serve as an assistant principal at View Ridge Middle School succeeding Stephanie Goad, who will be the full-time assistant principal at Sunset Ridge Intermediate School. Johnson is currently the interim assistant principal and...

Judging by ease of public-transit access, one might conclude that the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is entirely inside of Oregon. A recent announcement about new Gorge transit options aimed at staving off traffic jams this summer highlighted bus and shuttle service between an east Portland transit center and the adjacent, waterfall-rich quadrant of the Gorge — all of which is in Oregon.

Stacker compiled statistics about where people in Stevens County are looking to buy homes using cross-market demand and monthly inventory data from Realtor.com.

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Hockinson Meadows Community Park is home to a new 18-hole disc golf course. KGW Sunrise reporter Devon Haskins and a pair of pros took their discs for a spin.

The Port of Camas-Washougal is partnering with the world’s largest membership-only boat club to make Parker’s Landing Marina accessible to people who don’t own a vessel of their own. On May 16, port commissioners approved a docking agreement with the Florida-based Freedom Boat Club to bring its...

Discussions surrounding potential nuclear projects are making the rounds in Washington as the state works to completely phase out carbon-emitting energy resources, and now talks have landed in Clark County. Energy Northwest invited Clark Public Utilities to participate in a feasibility study on its proposed small nuclear reactor development in...

Nearly 35 years ago, Clark County Sheriff John Horch was working as a deputy in Hazel Dell when he encountered a man, Paul, who kept having the police called on him. Some calls were for crimes, but most were about Paul’s behavioral health issues. At the time, there was only one detox center in Clark County, and when officers took Paul there to the hospital or booked him in jail — he’d be released within the day.

Speed and alcohol may have been factors in a crash that killed a motorcycle rider and seriously injured a driver in Brush Prairie on Thursday night, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. About 9:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office, Clark County Fire District 3, the Vancouver Fire Department and...

Don Bonker, 86, who represented Southwest Washington in Congress for 14 years, yet rarely missed his children’s phone calls or baseball games, died Tuesday in Silverdale, Kitsap County. He had been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer on the previous week. While representing Washington’s 3rd District from 1975 until 1988, Bonker...