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CAMAS — A Clark County sheriff’s deputy shot a man who law enforcement believed was violating a no-contact order Wednesday night at a home in Camas, according to the agency.
The man who was shot was being treated at an area hospital as of a Thursday morning sheriff’s office statement. Officials did not release his identity nor information on his condition, as of The Columbian’s press time.
Clark County plans to add sidewalks and bike lanes along Northeast 152nd Avenue near York Elementary School, south of a recently added roundabout.
Public works officials will explain the project at an open house 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Prairie High School, 11311 N.E. 119th St., Vancouver.
Clark County is experiencing an alarming spike in whooping cough and chickenpox cases among children — outbreaks that health officials say could’ve been prevented.
Since the beginning of the year, 406 Clark County residents — mostly children — have been diagnosed with whooping cough, with 168 cases reported in the last two months. It is the highest number of cases among all counties in Washington.
Officials identified a 33-year-old Ridgefield man as the hiker found dead Friday near a trail on Mount Hood in Oregon.
The Clackamas County, Ore., Sheriff’s Office on Saturday identified James Robert Macdonald as the hiker.
It was just after midnight when the support boat’s rack of lights cut out, leaving Gary Kristensen in near-darkness as he paddled down the Columbia River in a roughly thousand-pound hollowed-out pumpkin.
“We had jerry-rigged lights on the pontoon boat, some Harbor Freight lights that we had bought, and we had wires running across the seats and the wires caught on fire,” He said. “We didn’t have those lights after that point.”
