Top Stories 2014

Top Stories of 2014

The holidays are here, which means it's time to pick Clark County's top 10 stories of 2014. The voting ends on Wednesday, Dec. 17. We'll share results online and in print on Sunday, Dec. 28. Thank you.

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* 1. Select 10 of these 25 stories as your top picks for 2014.

Halloween: 4 dead, 4 hurt in 3 events (plus a 5th injury with SWAT shooting)

Back-to-back work-place shootings: Murder-suicide on Feb. 3 at warehouse; VA official wounded on Feb. 4.

Snow deluge on Feb. 6: Man dies in 28-vehicle crash on I-5; 7 are injured

Commissioner Madore’s influence in county affairs

Legalized marijuana implemented

Charter passes, giving county new form of government

Continuing saga of riverfront and downtown

County commissioners: Barnes replaces Stuart, and Stewart overtakes Pridemore in balloting

Local incumbents (mostly) rule on Election Day, and there’s a new sheriff in town

Oil trains and coal trains

VPD officer Dustin Goudschaal shot 7 times on June 30; jailed suspect kills himself on July 17

Park Service solidifies Pearson Air Museum management as city declines ownership role

Spate of summer drownings

Columbia River Crossing shuts down in May after Oregon-led option fizzles

East County bridge proposed, and advisory vote passes

New Crestline Elementary replaces school lost in 2013 fire

Cowlitz Casino revived?

Auto fatalities increase sharply ... toll stands at 35 right now

139th/I-5 interchange opens

Camas teen reported missing on June 23 is found on July 9 in Oregon

Three longtime local businesses end: Sparks (132 years), Luepke Florist (105) and Steakburger (58)

Illicit massage businesses prompt county ordinance

Veterans Day winds whip county: 65,000 lose power

Fall chinook: huge year for sport, commercial, tribal fishermen in the Columbia; coho exceed expections.

State agrees to $9.75 million settlement to five siblings who were abused by parents Jeffrey and Sandra Weller.