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One person is dead and two people were injured in a shooting at Vancouver Mall on Halloween night. The suspect in the shooting is not in custody, Vancouver police said about 10 p.m. Thursday.
The mall was packed about 7:30 p.m. Thursday with people trick-or-treating at mall shops, many in costume, when shots were fired on the second floor. Hundreds fled, ending up in the parking lot, while others sheltered in place.
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.
Police spokesman Mike Benner said detectives believe the suspect is a white man between the ages of 30 and 40 years old. He is balding or has very short hair, a medium to slim build and a thin face. He was wearing a dark shirt during the attacks.
CAMAS — In just a few hours earlier this month, nearly the entire remaining population of Bradshaw’s lomatium, an extremely rare native perennial plant species also known as desert parsley, was wiped out after a 20-acre parcel of private property was tilled by the owners. At least that’s the claim made by area botanists and the state Department of Natural Resources.
Amateur botanist Kieran Hanrahan of the Native Plant Society of Oregon notified The Columbian after seeing the work on the property. He said the loss of such an important habitat for the plants was distressing.
Clark County’s cost of living is the fourth-highest in Washington, behind King, Snohomish and San Juan counties, according to a national report.
A family budget map published in January by the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute shows it costs $112,840 per year for a two-parent, two-child family to live in Clark County. That amounts to about $9,400 each month.
The number of surface mining operations in Clark County could significantly increase in the coming years. The county received 22 requests, all but two from the same company, for surface mining zoning in northern and eastern rural areas of the county.
The site-specific requests were submitted as part of the county’s update of its 20-year comprehensive growth plan.
