Battle Ground News

The Battle Ground Police Department is seeking tips from the public in the death of 22-year-old Tatyana Tupikova.

Police in the southwest Washington city of Battle Ground are asking the public for tips to help them learn more about the death of a 22-year-old woman.

A series of thunderstorms delivered lightning, hail and heavy rain Friday night in Clark County, causing at least one house fire, downed tree branches and broken windows, and reports of brief power outages.

Most in the small crowd assembled in Yacolt's primary school on Tuesday seemed to give the thumbs up to their school district's plan of spending money left over from a 2005 bond measure on school repairs.

Battle Ground police said Monday there were no updates on the investigation into the death of Tatyana Tupikova, whose body was found May 11 in a ditch along state Highway 503.

The house was on acreage near Northeast 249th Street and 132nd Avenue, said Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy of Clark County Fire & Rescue.

Brewed Awakenings, a coffee business, has leased 3,180 square feet of retail space at Andresen Marketplace, 5709 N.E. 63rd St., Suite 101, Vancouver, from Scott Family Limited Partnership.

Kammer succeeds Claire Lider, who left in December after six years with the city.

Several Island seniors gathered at the Sportsmen's Club early Monday morning to do something they had never done before: take a ride in a hot air balloon.

A new lane will open Tuesday morning to northbound traffic pulling off Interstate 205 at the Northeast 134th Street exit in the Salmon Creek area.

Candidates have until 5 p.m. Friday -- 4 p.m. Friday if they want to file online -- to file to run for office.

Police cordon off part of Southwest 10th Avenue in Battle Ground after the discovery of a woman's body in a ditch near the roadway.

When: May 12 and May 13, leaving at noon and 2:30 p.m. Arrive at least 30 minutes prior to departure.

We need to talk. About our children. About the issue of teen suicide. About the important role that schools and parents and peers must play in dealing with the issue.

When it comes to public outreach, C-Tran officials might be working on some kind of record with the bus rapid transit system that's being studied for the Fourth Plain corridor.

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Food, arts and crafts, including hats from Be Crafty, are on sale as the Battle Ground Village Outdoor Market kicks off its spring season Saturday.

To register a cellphone or VoIP number to receive emergency alerts, visit http://cresa911.org/be-informed and follow the instructions there.

Includes clay technique demonstrations and children's activities. a When: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Woodland police were called about 8:30 p.m. after neighbors reported a possible burglary in progress at 1953 Meadowood Loop.