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Empty firework shells are seen outside of residential homes in Vancouver on July 1. The Vancouver City Council moved to criminalize the use of fireworks within the city in 2015, a change that took effect in October 2016.

Vancouver fire marshal notes three incidents of property damage from fireworks

Empty firework shells are seen outside of residential homes in Vancouver on July 1. The Vancouver City Council moved to criminalize the use of fireworks within the city in 2015, a change that took effect in October 2016.

July 10, 2020, 4:36pm Clark County News

Code enforcement officers from the Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office issued fewer tickets for lighting fireworks within the city limits over this year’s Independence Day weekend compared with the past couple of years. Read story

A motorist navigates a roundabout near Vancouver City Hall.

Vancouver man sues city, officers for racial discrimination

A motorist navigates a roundabout near Vancouver City Hall.

July 10, 2020, 1:21pm Clark County News

A 27-year-old Vancouver man is suing the city and two local police officers for alleged illegal entry into his home and racial discrimination. Read story

Little Conejo General Manager Keith Belter serves customers at the restaurant&#039;s new parklet -- an outdoor seating area built atop a street parking space. Vancouver began allowing restaurants to apply to create parklets last month as a way to alleviate the indoor seating restraints created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parklets, sidewalk cafes help Vancouver restaurants weather pandemic

Little Conejo General Manager Keith Belter serves customers at the restaurant&#039;s new parklet -- an outdoor seating area built atop a street parking space. Vancouver began allowing restaurants to apply to create parklets last month as a way to alleviate the indoor seating restraints created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 10, 2020, 6:01am Business

It's been less than two months since Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle floated the idea of bringing "parklets" -- street parking spaces converted into outdoor restaurant seating areas -- to Vancouver, and the program has already led to four downtown installations. Read story

Julianna Marler

People in Business

Julianna Marler

July 5, 2020, 6:03am Business

People in Business Read story

Joseph Moneybrake, left, and Daemion Speckman, both of Portland, bike at Swift Skate Park on Friday. The park reopened on Tuesday. Moneybrake said they noticed many of the skate parks in Portland are still closed, and they wanted to try out a new park.

New strategy for Vancouver parks facilities a shut-and-open case

Joseph Moneybrake, left, and Daemion Speckman, both of Portland, bike at Swift Skate Park on Friday. The park reopened on Tuesday. Moneybrake said they noticed many of the skate parks in Portland are still closed, and they wanted to try out a new park.

July 4, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Health

Vancouver reverses course, reopening sites with emphasis on safety, cleanliness Read story

In the Service

July 4, 2020, 6:05am Community

Builder Seaman Ana Tomic, a native of Vancouver, completed a successful two-year tour aboard the USS Constitution on June 29. Read story

Applause

July 4, 2020, 6:02am Community

Applause Read story

Power restored after outage affects nearly 4,000 customers in east Vancouver

July 3, 2020, 8:15am Clark County News

Thousands of Clark Public Utilities customers in east Vancouver are without power this morning, according to the utility's website. Read story

Manager for Phoenix Protective Jerry Land, left, reviews the Vancouver boundary map with Travis Ellis, operations manager for Phoenix Protective, on Wednesday. Fireworks are banned within Vancouver city boundaries, and eight teams of code enforcement officers with the fire marshal&#039;s office will patrol the city on Saturday. At top, a reminder to residents that fireworks are banned in Vancouver is displayed on the side of a truck outside of the Vancouver Fire Marshal&#039;s Office.

Vancouver ready to drop boom on illegal fireworks

Manager for Phoenix Protective Jerry Land, left, reviews the Vancouver boundary map with Travis Ellis, operations manager for Phoenix Protective, on Wednesday. Fireworks are banned within Vancouver city boundaries, and eight teams of code enforcement officers with the fire marshal&#039;s office will patrol the city on Saturday. At top, a reminder to residents that fireworks are banned in Vancouver is displayed on the side of a truck outside of the Vancouver Fire Marshal&#039;s Office.

July 3, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Lighting off illicit fireworks isn’t exactly stealthy, as far as crimes go. And in Vancouver, where fireworks have been banned since 2016, code enforcement officers from the fire marshal’s office have already started issuing tickets in the week leading up to the Fourth of July. Read story

A screen shot from a Facebook Live video on People's Rights Washington's page shows a gathering of protesters outside Vancouver City Prosecutor Kevin McClure's home on Sunday.

Protesters gather in front of Vancouver city attorneys’ homesvideo icon

A screen shot from a Facebook Live video on People's Rights Washington's page shows a gathering of protesters outside Vancouver City Prosecutor Kevin McClure's home on Sunday.

July 1, 2020, 11:49am Clark County News

Protesters targeted the homes of two Vancouver city attorneys over the weekend in response to a criminal charge against a local business owner, who allegedly violated Gov. Jay Inslee's stay-at-home order by reopening her pet grooming shop in May. Read story