Oregon Public Defender Shortage Leads to Cases Dropped for Alleged Child Beater, Robbers, DUI Drivers

A Vancouver man is accused of kidnapping an undercover informant for the Vancouver Police Department during a drug sting and assaulting the informant at his house. Rodney I. Naal, 28, appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree kidnapping with bodily injury, second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and attempting to elude. His bail was set at $250,000, and he is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 10, court records show.

A 44-year-old Kelso man was detained Monday by the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office after allegedly firing a shotgun inside a home. Larry Duane Howard made his first appearance before a Cowlitz County Superior Court judge Tuesday afternoon. He faces malicious mischief, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest charges. Bail is set at $10,000.

Toutle Lake: Swanson 29, Cox 15, Nicholson 10, Kimball 8, Younker 4, Fraidenburg 4, Webber 2, Moss 1. Onalaska: C. McGraw 10, Rushton 9, Russon 9, R. McGraw 8, Underhill 6, Lawrence 3, Mozingo 2, Conkey 2. The Onalaska boys basketball team came up short on senior night Tuesday, falling...

Morton-WP: Cournyer 10, Kelly 16, Belgiorno 2, Hazen 20, Peters 14, Dantinne 3, Salguero 8. Wahkiakum: Johnson 10, Avalon 10, Niemela 6, Carlson 3, Sause 30. The Morton-White Pass boys basketball team stretched its winning streak to five to end the regular season, giving itself plenty of momentum heading into the district tournament with a 73-59 win over Wahkiakum on the road in front of a packed house in Cathlamet.