Stories by Alexis Weisend

Columbian staff reporter

@weisend_alexis

(360) 735-4536

alexis.weisend@columbian.com

Woman found dead in car in central Vancouver

November 1, 2024, 4:34pm Clark County News

A woman was found dead in a car with a small child who was uninjured early Friday morning in central Vancouver. Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, foreground, and her husband Dean Gluesenkamp cast their ballots at the Fisher’s Landing ballot drop box on Friday. The box was the site of arson on Monday that damaged almost 500 ballots.

Clark County voters are undeterred by attacks on ballot boxes in Vancouver and Portland

November 1, 2024, 1:42pm Clark County News

Despite arson attacks on ballot boxes in Vancouver and Portland this week, voters are still using ballot boxes in droves. Read story

Neighbors in Sherwood are upset after Trump signs were defaced with spray paint the day following attacks on ballot boxes.

Election tensions are running high in Clark County after ballot box arsons, with more political signs defaced

November 1, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News

Signs in support of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign were defaced in the Sherwood neighborhood Tuesday, troubling neighbors already rattled by arson attacks on ballot boxes the day prior. Read story

Portland police released a surveillance photo of a suspect in arsons directed at Portland and Vancouver ballot drop boxes.

Suspect in Vancouver, Portland ballot box attacks ‘intends to continue … targeted attacks,’ say Portland police

October 30, 2024, 2:06pm Clark County News Free

Investigators have released more details on the suspect in the arson attacks on ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver and believe he may have plans for more attacks, the Portland Police Bureau announced Wednesday at a press conference. Read story

Rick Seekins, a homeowner at the Vista Del Rio mobile home park, walks outside his home, which cannot be moved if the park is sold for development. The city of Vancouver is considering a mobile home overlay zone that would prevent manufactured home parks from being sold and turned into commercial buildings or other forms of housing.

A zoning change in Vancouver could prevent mobile home parks from being leveled for development

October 30, 2024, 6:10am Business

Amid fears that their mobile-home park could be sold to developers, residents of Vista Del Rio are urging the Vancouver City Council to pass regulations protecting parks like theirs from being leveled to make way for something else. Read story

FBI investigates fires at Vancouver, Portland ballot boxes that burned hundreds of ballots

The Clark County Election’s Office released photos of the burned ballots Tuesday evening.

Recently released photos from the Clark County Election’s Office show the magnitude of the Monday morning attack on an east Vancouver ballot box. Hundreds of ballots with singed edges and burns are shown spread over a table. Read story

Vancouver seeks applicants for three advisory boards, commissions

October 29, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News Free

The city of Vancouver seeks applicants to fill volunteer positions on three advisory boards and commissions: City/County Telecommunications Commission, Transportation and Mobility Commission, and City Center Redevelopment Authority Board. Read story