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In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the week:
Frito-Lay confirmed Tuesday that it had temporarily closed its manufacturing and distribution facility in Vancouver’s Fruit Valley neighborhood due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among the plant’s staff.
Clark County Public Health is aware of 17 confirmed cases among employees at the snack factory, according to Public Information Officer Marissa Armstrong. The first worker tested positive Oct. 29. Frito-Lay confirmed that multiple employees had tested positive, although it did not list a specific number.
Clark County’s tradition of neighborhood aerial fireworks displays will be coming to an end after next year, following a vote Tuesday by the Clark County Council.
The council voted 3-2 to ban all but “safe and sane” fireworks that travel no more than 1 foot into the air and no more than 6 feet along the ground.
A Vancouver woman allegedly hit three parked vehicles, struck a man who tried to stop her from fleeing, then crashed into a residence last week, court records say.
Kaleigh Ann Beebe, 20, appeared Monday via Zoom in Clark County Superior Court.
Residents at Cascade Park Estates in east Vancouver received a notice on Sept. 29 that their rent would go up by $95 on Jan. 1 or as soon as possible after Washington’s moratorium on evictions and rent increases ends.
That would make land rent at the 55-and-older manufactured-home community $945 a month. While Cascade Park Estates residents have been vocal in the past about what they considered unfair rent increase notices, this time they believe the notice is unlawful.
A Vancouver man already in custody for allegedly paying two teenage girls for sex is now facing a slew of new sex abuse charges after investigators say they found more than a dozen additional victims.
Julius A. Owolabi, 54, appeared Wednesday via Zoom in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of 15 counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, three counts of third-degree rape of a child, three counts of commercial sexual abuse of a minor and one count of second-degree possessing depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
