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A dump truck’s partially raised bed caught a traffic signal at 192nd Avenue and Southeast First Street in east Vancouver on Monday evening, causing about $100,000 in damage.
The signals at the busy intersection near the Costco store are on a four-way flash until a new signal mast arm can be ordered and installed, according to a Facebook post from the Vancouver Public Works Department.
A three-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon at Erica Village apartments in Hazel Dell caused the building’s roof to collapse but didn’t injure anyone.
Clark County Fire District 6 responded to the fire at 4:55 p.m. at 1115 N.E. 105th St. The fire was upgraded from two alarms to three around 5:30 p.m., bringing help from the Vancouver Fire Department, Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue and Portland Fire & Rescue.
The Vancouver City Council is considering new taxes — including on commercial parking, streaming entertainment and retail businesses — to help cover the city’s projected $43 million shortfall for the 2025-26 budget and pay for the creation of a 150-bed homeless shelter.
The large deficit will force the city to make budget cuts for the first time in a decade while councilors scramble to find funding for a roughly $22 million bridge shelter in 2025.
After finishing its prototype U.S. Army landing craft, local shipbuilder Vigor started on the vessel’s initial production as part of a $1 billion contract.
Vigor, which is based in Portland but was acquired by a private equity firm Titan in 2023, opened its Vancouver operation in 2019. Vigor, which employed about 100 people in 2023, is part of a riverfront manufacturing hub in Clark County.
Vancouver police fatally shot a man Saturday afternoon near the waterfront after responding to a call about an aggressive dog.
Police were called about 1:45 p.m. to the 100 block of Southeast Columbia Way, just east of the Interstate 5 Bridge. The caller said a man was letting his German shepherd dog run loose, and the dog had already bitten one person. The caller also said the man appeared to have a firearm and was walking on a trail near the Columbia River.
