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Morning Press: Tribe sues sheriff; Waterfront Vancouver food carts; Hazel Dell knife attack

By Amy Libby, Columbian Web Editor
Published: November 17, 2018, 6:02am

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In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the weekend:

Cowlitz tribe sues Clark County Sheriff’s Office

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is suing the Clark County Sheriff’s Office to prevent it from releasing video surveillance of an alleged assault in October at ilani casino.

The tribe’s gaming authority filed the lawsuit Oct. 29, requesting that a Clark County Superior Court judge permanently bar the sheriff’s office from handing over the videos to Richard Christie, the co-defendant in the case.

Food cart owner seeks change to Waterfront Vancouver rules

The Waterfront Vancouver and Vancouver Waterfront Park are billed as spaces for the community. But at least one local business owner has found the hospitality lacking since the sites opened Sept. 29.

Chelsea and Cory Chunn own Chunney Pop, a mobile food cart specializing in handcrafted ice pops. Chunney Pop regularly makes an appearance at the Vancouver Farmers Market and started heading to the waterfront after the market ended to set up its push cart.

Woman arrested in alleged knife attack in Hazel Dell

A woman was arrested Sunday in Hazel Dell after she allegedly cut the neck of a man sitting in his vehicle outside of an apartment building.

Ester J. Mitchell, 49, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault and booked into the Clark County Jail, according to a news release from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

UL moving from Camas to Vancouver

The local branch of UL is preparing to move from its longtime Camas location to an east Vancouver building. The move will take place in the first quarter of 2019.

The company, formerly known as Underwriters Laboratories, is a consumer electronics testing, evaluation and certification service with dozens of offices and testing labs worldwide. The 114,800-square-foot Camas office and laboratory opened in 1994. The company previously had a smaller engineering services office in the Portland area.

No more stopping for lights: Highway 500 safety project work complete

Three months after announcing the removal of two traffic lights on state Highway 500 and a few weeks after the project was delayed due to rain, the Washington State Department of Transportation wrapped up the work with little fanfare over the weekend.

Both directions of the roadway shut down at 11 p.m. Friday and reopened within 48 hours. The work was actually completed ahead of schedule, WSDOT spokeswoman Tamara Greenwell said.

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