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The 1907 house once inhabited by prolific politician and builder J.P. Kiggins has stood sentinel over Vancouver through its ups and downs.
Kiggins and his wife, Mary, raised their four children in the house, originally at 411 E. Evergreen Blvd. By the time it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, it served as office space. A wave of downtown revitalization that included a new Vancouver Community Library, which opened at 901 C St. in 2011, forced relocation of the house.
Vancouver-based technology company ZoomInfo has laid off about 120 employees across its business, the company announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure earlier this month.
“These changes will flatten our structure and give us the opportunity to be more agile with decision-making and execution,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.
Investigators say the four officers who fatally shot Joshua James Wilson on May 30 in a central Vancouver shopping center parking lot had fired 20 shots, striking Wilson an estimated six times, according to a video update released Monday night.
The footage is comprised of audio of radio traffic leading up to the shooting, surveillance video from nearby businesses, graphics of the route Wilson took into the parking lot and running from officers, and body camera footage previously released by the Vancouver Police Department.
With the design of the Main Street Promise 60 percent complete, city officials offered a preview of the reconstruction project.
Vancouver officials and contractors unveiled renderings for a remade Main Street and solicited feedback Thursday in an open house attended by business owners, bicyclists, property owners, shoppers and other interested parties.
Adam Joy, a science teacher at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, died over the weekend in a bicycle crash on Highway 221 in Polk County, Ore.
A letter sent home to families Monday morning from VSAA Principal Lori Rotherham described Joy as a warm and involved teacher.
