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Vancouver apartment fire kills one, injures another By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: March 10, 2021, 11:56am
Share: The aftermath of a fatal fire at Date Park Condominiums in Vancouver s Harney Heights neighborhood is pictured Wednesday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
A fire at an apartment building in Vancouver’s Harney Heights neighborhood Tuesday night resulted in the death of one man and injured another.
The fire was reported at 6:58 p.m. at 3701 1/2 E. 18th St., Date Park Condominiums.
Several 911 callers reported there was a fire at the two-story, five-unit building; one of the callers said there was an explosion, and some of the apartments’ occupants were trapped inside, said Vancouver Fire Department spokesman Bryan Fredrickson.
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on list of best maternity hospitals
Published: March 11, 2021, 6:02am
Share: PeaceHealth, which would become the corporate parent of Southwest Washington Medical Center through a merger, is hunting for a Vancouver location for its future headquarters.
For the second consecutive year, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center has been named to a list of the best maternity hospitals in the United States.
The list, compiled and published by Newsweek, is based on data from the Leapfrog Group a national nonprofit organization that reports on the safety and quality performance of U.S. health care facilities.
PeaceHealth Southwest is one of only seven hospitals in Washington to make Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maternity Hospitals, and the only one in Southwest Washington. The list includes a total of 217 U.S. hospitals, each selected by Leapfrog for low rates of C-section, episiotomy, early elective deliveries, and for following important prot
Amanda Cowan of The Columbian Chuck Nadgwick of Camas passes the historic Liberty Theatre, which is currently closed during the COVID-19 quarantine, as he enjoys a warm spring evening with his dogs April 17, 2020. Nadgwick was on his way to get takeout at a restaurant downtown but found there wasn t the usual bustling Friday night foot traffic due to closures from the coronavirus. It s amazing how quiet it is, he said.
Amanda Cowan of The Columbian Evergreen Memorial Gardens staff, family members listen as Chaplain Landis Epp leads the burial prayer for Velda Bridger at the cemetery in Vancouver on April 27, 2020. Only two family members could stand by the gravesite for the burial, but Evergreen Memorial Gardens also offered a live recording for family to tune in and watch. The recording is also available to the family for three months after the burial.
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