Andrea Damewood

Staff Reporter

Covers Vancouver City Government

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Vancouver council will vote on increasing AMR response times

Ambulance firm would be able to make staffing changes, save money

The Vancouver City Council on Monday agreed to put a contract amendment giving American Medical Response two extra minutes to reach emergency calls to a vote later this month.

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Off Beat: Namesake city has no place for USS Vancouver

It’s a notion that gets floated from time to time, and now it has resurfaced.

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Not the Final Bow for Slocum House Theatre Company

Troupe looks to future at end of stay at historic site

Despite the cheesecakes, bon bons and chocolate cake laid out for visitors, the mood at Saturday night’s final gala for the Slocum House Theatre Company at its home of 46 years was bittersweet.

Three arrested in Salmon Creek armed robbery

All three reside in Woodland

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Vancouver Fire Department adds twin engines

New, ‘utilitarian’ rigs will replace pair of 19-year-old models

If the sirens and cherry red paint job weren’t enough to catch your attention, the Vancouver Fire Department’s two newest engines have one more thing that might do the trick -- super bright LED lights.

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Vancouver explores taxing district for parks

Council members want more information before possibly going to voters

A new Metropolitan Parks District in the city of Vancouver could raise as much as $10 million a year to prop up city parks and recreation centers.

Firefighters union will give $30,000 to charities

Donations a result of changes made to health care provider

The Vancouver Firefighters Union is donating $30,000 to the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington and to Loaves and Fishes, as a result of the changes it made to its health care provider last year.

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Slocum House Theatre to close March 11

Struggling theater company says it hopes to reorganize and return in a different form

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Who will vote on light rail? Find out in July

C-Tran board will decide whether to include everyone or subdistrict

Debate over light rail rages on, but it may be July before Clark County residents know just who can vote on it.

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Herrera Beutler may try to block CRC light rail

She’ll try to change project if local voters say ‘no’ to funding

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler wants one thing to be clear: As goes the C-Tran vote on light rail, so goes she.

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