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Here are some of the stories that grabbed readers’ attention this week.
Oregon’s plans to toll highways Clark County commuters rely on to get to work took another a step forward on Monday. But this step included officials representing Southwest Washington who used the inaugural meeting of a new regional advisory committee to make appeals on behalf of their constituents who may face more expensive commutes.
The Portland Region Value Pricing Advisory Committee held its initial meeting at Oregon Department of Transportation’s Portland regional offices on Monday. The committee is tasked with evaluating and making recommendations on a contentious part of Oregon’s $5.3 billion transportation plan that directs the department to develop a proposal for tolling or “value pricing” on Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 between the state line and where the two freeways meet south of Tualatin.
A Vancouver woman who was injured in an early Saturday morning crash at the intersection of Mill Plain and Fourth Plain boulevards, in west Vancouver, has died.
Erin Zhironkina, 18, died of her injuries following the crash, Vancouver Police Department spokeswoman Kim Kapp said.
Assistant City Attorney Debra Quinn has filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court against the city of Vancouver alleging gender discrimination, retaliation, First Amendment violations, negligent supervision, equal protection violations, breach of implied contract and outrageous acts.
Quinn names City Manager Eric Holmes, City Attorney Bronson Potter and Chief Assistant City Attorney Jonathan Young in the suit filed Nov. 21.
When Dr. James Reiss performed his first cryoablation procedure to treat atrial fibrillation in 2011, his patient was exposed to X-ray radiation for 40 minutes.
Now, Reiss’ patients undergoing the procedure — last year he performed 100 of the procedures — are exposed to less than 30 seconds of radiation. The average exposure at medical centers across the country and around the world is 20 to 30 minutes.
“We made it a safe procedure,” Reiss said. “And there are very few people in the world doing that.”
A local man is suing Clark County for negligence after he was allegedly misidentified as another man — who apparently has the same name — and was arrested and booked into the jail.
William Hall is seeking noneconomic damages in the amount of $30,000, in part, because he missed a rent payment while incarcerated and was unable to respond to an eviction notice causing him to lose his home.
He also suffered fear, stress and embarrassment, among other things, according to a complaint filed Nov. 13 in Clark County Superior Court.
