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Morning Press: Council may lift urban holdings at I-5/179th Street; man conned couple out of nearly $60,000; WSUV graduation

By The Columbian
Published: May 6, 2019, 6:00am

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Here are some of the top stories of the weekend:

Clark County Council may lift urban holdings at I-5/179th Street

As Clark County continues to be one of the fastest-growing counties in the state, developers, businesses and government officials have complained about a lack of land for new housing and jobs.

Next week, the Clark County Council is poised to do something about it.

At its Tuesday evening hearing, the council is scheduled to take a key vote allowing development on 2,100 acres of land north of Vancouver in an area near the Interstate 5/179th Street interchange and west and south of the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.

Warrant: Man conned couple out of nearly $60,000

A con artist with convictions in Washington and Oregon tricked a Vancouver couple into lending him nearly $60,000 for a car and condo, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in Clark County Superior Court.

Prosecutors have not filed charges against Michele Bocci for the allegations outlined in the search warrant filed Tuesday. Bocci is currently an inmate at the Washington County Jail in Oregon for a parole violation, according to online records.

A hopeful send-off for WSUV’s class of 2019

RIDGEFIELD — Nothing is more hopeful than a graduation ceremony. On Saturday, Washington State University Vancouver graduating senior and commencement speaker Ian Muck told his own “peculiar,” true-life tale about never giving up hope.

Muck started college abroad, vowing never to attend his hometown campus. But pressing family needs pulled him back, and he returned to Clark County feeling “completely lost,” he said.

Food & Drink: Hey, what happened to Hey Jack!?

Hey Jack in downtown Camas recently closed after less than a year in business. Its name was meant as an invitation to a casual but elegant dining experience in downtown Camas. The response was mixed.

The restaurant initially received attention because co-owner and chef Peter Rudolph is a Michelin star chef. Don Riedthaler (the remaining owner) said that ended up being “a double edged sword.”

Shoppers, say goodbye to sales tax exemption

Shoppers with Oregon ID will lose their Washington sales tax exemption as they’ve known it under a bill approved over the weekend in Olympia.

Starting in July, the sales tax exemption for Oregon residents and some others, such as British Columbia residents, will no longer be in effect, according to the provisions of the bill, which was passed as part of the two-year state budget.

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