🌱 How detectives tied burned remains back to a Hazel Dell home

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• How detectives tied burned remains back to a Hazel Dell home

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy with a stray shower, with a high of 60 and low of 45 degrees.
• Wednesday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 51, low: 43.
• Thursday: Rain, with a high of 58 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Vancouver man sentenced for killing roommate, burning body in Longview (ncwlife.com) — A Vancouver man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after admitting to killing his roommate and moving the victim’s remains between a Longview property and his Hazel Dell home. Investigators ultimately linked burned remains found in Longview to those discovered at the Hazel Dell property, helping resolve a lengthy missing-person investigation and bringing some closure to the victim’s family.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Adult English Conversation Circle at Fourth Plain Commons
  Fort Vancouver Regional Library , 3101 East Fourth Plain Blvd, Suite 101 , Vancouver
  5:30 pm
• Last Call Trivia at Ole's Outpost
  Loowit Brewing - Ole's Outpost , 11202 NE Fourth Plain Blvd , Vancouver
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• CAREER CENTER CLASS– POWERPOINT
  Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette , 6425 NE Fourth Plain Blvd , Vancouver
  9:00 am
• Fort Vancouver Kiwanis
  Brothers Cascadia Brewing Evergreen Pub , 108 W Evergreen Blvd , Vancouver
  11:30 am
• Live Music Every Wednesday at The Grant House
  Eatery at the Grant House , 1101 Officers Row #1101 , Vancouver
  5:00 pm
• Prairie Falcons vs Mountain View Thunder
  Prairie High School , 11311 NE 119th St , Vancouver
  6:00 pm
• Comedy Night @ Shanahan’s
  Shanahan's Pub & Grill , 209 W McLoughlin Blvd , Vancouver
  8:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Municipal Court
  Battle Ground Municipal Courtroom (2nd Floor) , 109 SW 1st Street , Battle Ground
  8:30 am
• Adult Drop-In Tech Help
  Fort Vancouver Regional Library , 600 NE 136th Avenue , Vancouver
  10:00 am
• Adult Book Group at Cogir at The Quarry
  Fort Vancouver Regional Library , 415 SE 177th Ave , Vancouver
  10:30 am
• The Craft of Writing: Writing Workshop and Book Group
  Fort Vancouver Regional Library , 901 C Street , Vancouver
  10:30 am
• WA - Vancouver "Your Voice, Your Choice" Advance Care Planning Workshop
  PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center , PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Ctr , 400 NE Mother Joseph Pl , Vancouver
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Vancouver

• Former Heathen Brewing Feral Public House to reopen as Loyal Legion Vancouver (newschoolbeer.com)
• Local clinicians cautious in integrating AI into health care (columbian.com)
• County regional parks annual parking passes now available for purchase (clarkcountytoday.com)

Brush Prairie

• Death notices: Dec. 17, 2025 (thereflector.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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