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In case you missed it, here are some of the top stories of the week:
Scott Jensen was on his way home from work Tuesday evening when he saw a vehicle cross the centerline and head toward him on state Highway 503. He slammed on his brakes, but couldn’t prevent the collision.
“I remember right before he hit me and the ambulance,” the 29-year-old Amboy resident said.
Clark County Councilor David Madore’s repeated and ongoing accusations of wrongdoing by the county planning director, planning staff and county prosecutors are false, according to the results of a nearly four-month investigation released Wednesday afternoon.
Rebecca Dean, a Seattle attorney, has been investigating questions and attacks Madore and County Planning Director Oliver Orjiako have leveled against each other over Clark County’s Comprehensive Growth Management Plan update since March. The investigation cost $54,936.97, according to a county news release. Dean charged $240 an hour.
Hopworks Urban Brewery is going suburban. On Wednesday the Portland-based brewpub announced it would be opening a 6,000-square-foot brewery and restaurant in east Vancouver this fall.
“We have set out to deepen our roots in the Pacific Northwest, and Vancouver has everything we’re looking for,” Hopworks brewmaster and founder Christian Ettinger said in a statement. “We can’t wait to start brewing.”
A 16-year-old boy from Yacolt died late Sunday night in a vehicle collision on state Highway 503 about 3 miles north of Battle Ground, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Police said Spencer Johnston was driving a tan 1992 Honda Accord north on the highway at about 11:15 p.m. when, near Northeast 299th Street, the car crossed the center line and struck a southbound vehicle. He died in the crash, according to a State Patrol memo.
A Vancouver native is on her way to the 2017 Miss America pageant.
Miss Clark County Alicia Cooper, a graduate of Skyview High School, was crowned Miss Washington on Saturday after competing for the title against pageant representatives from other regions in the state. The two-day competition took place Friday and Saturday in Burien.
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