Vancouver Washington

The shooting wounded two other men, ages 30 and 40, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

Authorities believe the man who set fire to ballot boxes in Portland and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a “wealth of experience” in metal fabrication and welding.

Hundreds of ballots were destroyed in one of the early morning incidents. Investigators say the two acts are likely connected with an attempt to set another ballot box on fire earlier this month.

For a few years now, aviation enthusiasts have teased the idea of a Jetsons-style future in which small electric aircraft whisk us to work or across the state and region. That future is not here yet, though a handful of companies, including one based in the Pacific Northwest, are trying to get a head start on the future of flying using conventional planes.

Federal rules force many families to sleep in cars, shelters and on the street before they can get housing assistance, but an unusual Washington State program takes a different approach.

The move is meant to foster transparency and greater trust in the Vancouver Police Department. Local civil rights groups, who have long called for the cameras, are optimistic.

A report card released Monday shows Vancouver’s first “Safe Stay Community,” which provides shed-like housing units and around-the-clock case managers, housed 14 of its 46 residents – a roughly 30% rate – in its first six months.

Officials are urging people to limit time outdoors because of declining air quality. Smog is expected to linger through at least Saturday night.

The decision follows several recent protests – mainly against measures to quell COVID-19 – outside homes and schools in Clark County.

The spotlight is once again on police agencies in southwest Washington. A Clark County sheriff's deputy accidentally shot and killed an off-duty Vancouver police officer at his home in the city of Battle Ground on Saturday. It's one of many fatal police shootings in the region recently.