La Center News

Emergency responders were called to a La Center-area home Friday after reports that a suicidal woman had set her home on fire.

Woodland, a city known for its freeway-stop business district and blue-collar workers, has now placed a bet that its new Oak Tree cardroom can take a $7.3 million bite out of the casino business in neighboring La Center.

Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer says the SWAT officers were called to serve the high-risk search warrant after the man had been reported shooting at neighbors earlier in the day.

Investigators with the Major Crimes Unit in the Clark County Sheriff's Office are continuing the investigation into the fatal shooting of Barry Parnel outside a La Center home on Jan.

Doctors say a 12-year-old Salem boy who suffered a heart attack and collapsed at a basketball practice will make a full recovery, with no brain damage.

The Oregon health care transformation law, House Bill 3650, was approved in 2011.

Officials on Wednesday declined to offer more information on the circumstances of the fatal shooting of a man suspected of prowling outside a La Center home early Tuesday.

A suspected prowler at a La Center home has died after being shot by a homeowner early Tuesday morning, sheriff's deputies said.

The Clark County Sheriff's Office says a homeowner shot a suspected prowler at his home in La Center Tuesday morning.

The sheriff's office says he was not known by the homeowner. The homeowner has not been arrested.

LA CENTER, Wash. -- A homeowner shot a prowler early Tuesday morning in the 900 block of NW Pacific Highway, according to the Clark County sheriff's office.

A La Center homeowner shot a suspected car prowler early Tuesday outside his home, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said.

The incident unfolded about 12:30 a.m. near the 900 block of NW Pacific Highway.

The Clark County sheriff's office says a homeowner shot a suspected prowler at his home in La Center.

Power outages are a strong possibility for Wednesday as the country recovers from an overnight dumping of wet, heavy snow and strong winds are forecasted to move into the region later in the day.

Last winter, Clark County K-12 school administrators faced the bleak prospect of needing to eliminate staffing before the school year's close due to a worse-than-expected budget forecast.

A 12-year-old Salem boy who collapsed during a basketball practice Jan. 6 has undergone successful cardiac surgery in Portland.