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Clark County bans sale, use of fireworks
Ban in effect immediately due to extreme risk of fire danger
Jack Heffernan, Columbian county government and small cities reporter
Published: June 29, 2021, 10:19am
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3 Photos Stacks of fireworks sit atop shelves Thursday at the TNT Fireworks Warehouse in Hazel Dell. Clark County banned the use and sale of fireworks effective Tuesday. (Taylor Balkom/for The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Clark County has banned the sale and use of fireworks in the unincorporated part of the county beginning immediately through midnight July 4, when use of fireworks would normally end, according to a statement released Tuesday.
Man sentenced to 70 years in fatal beating, shooting of man Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Sunday, May 9, 2021
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - The primary defendant in the April 2017 beating and fatal shooting of a man at a Hockinson property was sentenced Friday to about 70 years in prison.
A Clark County Superior Court jury found Neil Alway guilty last month of first- and second-degree murder, and two counts each of kidnapping and robbery in the death of Raymond C. Brandon, The Columbian reported.
Three co-defendants who agreed to testify against Alway at trial were sentenced earlier. John West and Traci Mendez received about 18 years for second-degree murder, and Ashley Wideman received a suspended sentence and credit for time served for unlawful imprisonment and rendering criminal assistance.
Clark County districts follow own courses to finish out school year
Published: April 21, 2021, 7:12pm
Share: Skyview High School sophomore Joe Watson, 16, center, joins classmates during English class on Monday. Vancouver Public Schools welcomed high school students across all grades into hybrid learning. It s their first day back in the classroom since schools shut down March 13, 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
There’s been no one-size-fits-all educational model this school year, and the same goes for expanding in-person instruction for Clark County’s largest school districts.
On Wednesday, Evergreen Public Schools announced it will stick to its current hybrid learning model and not expand to four-day-a-week, in-person learning, while neighboring Vancouver Public Schools will transition select grades for increased classroom instruction.