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In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the week:
It’s looking like another victory for Evergreen Public Schools, as the district’s narrow lead in two school levies extended with the release of new results.
As of Wednesday afternoon, 51.5 percent of voters in the district favored the three-year, $105.9 million educational program levy. That’s up from 50.3 percent on Election Night.
That levy will pay for athletics, performing arts, school safety programs and additional staff above what the state currently funds.
Get the latest election updates on The Columbian’s election page.
Nautilus Inc. laid off about 30 employees Tuesday as the company followed through on plans announced to investors last month.
That represented a staff reduction of about 7 percent for the company that had nearly 500 employees at this time last year.
“This is the first action of this type in nearly 10 years,” says a statement from John Fread, Nautilus director of global marketing communications. The reductions came from various departments at its Vancouver headquarters as well as other Nautilus locations, Fread said, including customer service, IT, product development, operations and marketing.
Find out more about what is causing the Vancouver company’s decline.
A woman accused of shoving her friend off the Moulton Falls bridge in August has been offered a plea deal, her attorney said Monday.
Tay’Lor Smith, 19, appeared for a brief hearing Monday in Clark County District Court. Flanked by a friend, she waited outside the courtroom until just before Judge Darvin Zimmerman called her case.
Attorney Christie Emrich, of Vancouver Defenders, said the state presented an offer in the case Friday. The details of that offer were not shared in court.
Read more about the possible plea deal.
Another gender discrimination lawsuit was filed against the city of Vancouver last month, this time by a police officer, alleging discrimination based on sex, harassment and retaliation.
Julie Ballou, an officer with the Vancouver Police Department, filed the suit Jan. 3 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Her suit follows one filed in November 2017 against the city by Vancouver Assistant City Attorney Debra Quinn, who alleged gender discrimination, retaliation, First Amendment violations, negligent supervision, equal protection violations, breach of implied contract and outrageous acts. Quinn’s case is ongoing.
Learn more about the lawsuit filed against the city.
Camas has been selected as one of the top six finalists for the online show “Small Business Revolution Main Street,” advancing to the final round of the competition to decide which small town will receive the starring role in the series’ upcoming fourth season.
The winning town will receive a $500,000 investment to revitalize its main street corridor by providing makeovers to a handful of local businesses. The show’s hosts, former ABC reality show star Ty Pennington and Amanda Brinkman, will spend six months getting to know the town and building the improvements while the eight-episode season is filmed. The season will air this fall.
Read more about the competition.
