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After a 2016 investigation revealed gender bias and cultural problems within the Vancouver Fire Department, Chief Joe Molina had this to say:
“We have to get better.”
Now, 17 months later, the chief points to improvements made in the wake of the report:
• Stations were changed in ways the chief says better accommodates men and women working together.
• The department hosted 12 anti-harassment trainings for new recruits, supervisors and line staff.
• Another woman has been hired as a firefighter, bringing the total to six. There are 176 firefighters in the Vancouver Fire Department.
Still, the chief and at least one of the women acknowledge more needs to be done.
Declan Reagan, the Vancouver boy who won the hearts of Clark County residents with his resilience in facing multiple cancer diagnoses, died early Friday morning.
Declan was 6 years old.
News of the death was posted on Declan’s Facebook fanpage, “Declan the Dinosaur,” the nickname he earned because of his fondness for the prehistoric creatures.
“At 7:27 this morning, Declan gained his wings surrounded by both his parents and his brother,” the post reads.
SUMNER — Among the pictures with teammates, hugs from family and friends, celebratory chants, tears and all the other mayhem that goes on in the moments after winning a program-first state championship, senior Jack Kolosvary tried his best to soak it all up.
The 23-0 season without a tie, or even a forced extra time. The 15 shutouts. And the seven postseason wins that earned Columbia River its best season in the history of its boys soccer program.
Oh, and his brace — two goals — that lifted the Chieftains to a 2-0 win over Burlington-Edison in the 2A state title game at Sunset Chev Stadium on Saturday.
Cellphone coverage will likely become more reliable around Vancouver over the next couple of years.
The city of Vancouver recently approved, and Clark Public Utilities is drafting agreements with telecommunications companies, an increase in the number of antennas within the city. The agreements allow the companies, including Sprint, Verizon Wireless and AT&T, to install cellular equipment in the public right of way, typically on a power pole, a street light or traffic signal pole or, if necessary, a street light-sized pole built specifically for the cellular infrastructure.
As technology speeds up the service industry through things like mobile ordering and self-order kiosks, fast-food chains are making a play for customers to hang out.
Well, at least they want customers to know the option is there.
Fast-food chains have been on a tear nationwide to make over restaurants, clearing out sterile styles and rigid layouts to become welcoming places that draw more millennial generation customers.
