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Morning Press: Pair survive plane crash; Mountain View principal on leave; good Samaritan stabbed

By Amy Libby, Columbian Web Editor
Published: April 3, 2021, 6:02am

Will the sun stick around? For details, check our local weather coverage.

In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the week:

Pilot used treetops to survive crash in Southwest Washington forest

Truman O’Brien and Craig Beles were about 1 1/2 hours into their flight and 8,000 feet up Monday afternoon when their small plane started to lose power in the skies near Yacolt.

O’Brien, a 75-year-old retired airline pilot, said he tried to solve the issue, but the rough-running engine got so bad that he couldn’t maintain altitude. They began descending through the clouds.

Mountain View High School principal remains on administrative leave

Mountain View High School Principal Matt Johnson remains on paid administrative leave nearly two weeks after Evergreen Public Schools placed him on leave for undisclosed reasons.

The district placed Johnson on leave March 16.

Vancouver man stabbed answering woman’s cries for help

A 44-year-old man was stabbed when he intervened in an incident along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail early Monday.

Vancouver police officers were dispatched at 1:03 a.m. to a home in the 8200 block of Northeast 20th Street for a report of an assault with a weapon.

Former Vancouver state senator Don Benton behind mystery tax mailer

OLYMPIA – A former GOP Washington state senator and a Donald Trump appointee is responsible for a mailer last week criticizing Democratic lawmakers for a proposed change to the estate tax, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission.

Don Benton was named as the respondent in a commission investigation into complaints alleging the mailer lacked disclosure information, The Seattle Times reported.

Vancouver company sells masked shirt in sizes, styles to ‘touch everybody’

Mike Werner remembers early in the pandemic when his best friend, who worked at a local tire store, met with him after work.

“It was a hot summer day, and he was complaining about wearing a paper mask,” Werner said. “I felt so bad for him wearing those paper masks.”

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