Monthly Archives: October 2013
Our toolbox gets a new addition
Last week, the Evergreen School District locked down Frontier Middle School after an 11-year-old boy was arrested with weapons and ammunition in his possession, and now faces some serious charges. Thankfully, no one was hurt and now he’s being detained while his mental well-being is evaluated. To help illustrate the chain of events that occurred […]
Farewell to John Branton
On Monday we got word that longtime Columbian police reporter John Branton died over the weekend. He was 66. John retired after 27 years at the paper in May 2012. Before he left, he became a member of a select club of Columbian staffers. You know you’ve made it when Assistant Metro Editor Dave Kern […]
We’re virtually the worst drivers out there
What happens when you run a reporter through police training? Unscientific data shows they’ll fail the exam two out of three times — or at least that’s what happened earlier this week at Washington State Patrol headquarters in Vancouver. On Tuesday, breaking news reporter Emily Gillespie, photographer Steve Lane and I stopped by WSP to […]