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In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the weekend:
More than three years have passed since mother and daughter lost the two most important people in their lives by suicide. But happier moments still resonate in photos throughout their new home in a La Center subdivision. It’s minutes from La Center High School, where Tiffany is a junior, and not outside city limits where it took emergency responders 20 minutes to reach a chaotic and tragic scene May 19, 2016.
But Tiffany’s journey isn’t about sad tales; it’s about plunging forward. From an unimaginable tragedy emerged perseverance, strength and love.
Mother and daughter, together.
Read the full story: Rally from Despair
Years of infighting among Clark County Republicans took another turn this week, with concern over an appointment leading to at least one resignation and several other denouncements from party officials.
Dan Clark, a precinct committee officer with the party, was previously convicted after repeatedly sneaking into a teenage girl’s bedroom and having a relationship with her.
On Tuesday, he was elected chair of the party’s Bylaws and Resolutions Committee with 70 percent of the vote in a secret ballot, according to an email from Clark County Republican Chair Earl Bowerman obtained by The Columbian.
Vancouver’s next hotel, the Residence Inn by Marriott Portland-Vancouver, is slated to open Nov. 7. In the meantime, construction crews are finishing the final touches on its lobby, fitness room and indoor pool before the new-building smell fades.
The Residence Inn is at 411 S.E. 123rd Ave., off Mill Plain Boulevard east of Interstate 205. It jumps into a local market where the supply of hotel rooms appears to be growing faster than the demand. Nevertheless, more rooms are coming.
Read the full story: Residence Inn to soon greet guests in Vancouver
RIDGEFIELD — For Miranda Jensen and her mother, there’s nothing more neighborly than bringing a little terror to the community. That’s why the two have set up a haunted maze on their property at 1018 N.W. 179th St. for a second straight year.
The maze is 60-plus feet of terror around every corner, and it’s all themed to different common phobias. Costumed actors and animatronics fill the maze, which wraps around the house and ends on the deck.
Read the full story: Ridgefield family a-maze-s Halloween visitors
