Morning Press: 205 Bridge crash kills Portland man; Donald shooting; capital gains tax

Columbian (Vancouver, WA)

Feb. 20—What does the weather have in store this week? For details, check our local weather coverage.

In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the week:

Car went off I-205 Bridge into Columbia River

PORTLAND — A car fell from the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge and into the Columbia River on Sunday night, prompting a search effort by the Multnomah County, Ore., Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit.

The vehicle had not been located, and investigators had no vehicle or passenger details to release, the Portland Police Bureau said in a news release Monday morning.

— Weather contributed to crash

— Related: Divers locate vehicle, recover body from Columbia River near Glenn Jackson Bridge

— Related: Missing Portland man ID'd as person whose body was recovered from Columbia River

So many things went wrong when Clark County deputy got pulled into car, fatally shot driver, policing experts say

Pulled over for a defective taillight in the area of a suspected drug house, the driver of the Mercedes Benz showed a Clark County sheriff's deputy his Washington ID card but had no proof of registration or insurance, investigators said.

Once the driver told deputies that his license was suspended, the traffic infraction turned into an alleged misdemeanor, giving officers the authority to get him out of the car and arrest him.

— "It's like a pursuit in a sense, there's no good way to do it"

— Related: Residents press Clark County Council for policing changes in wake of Donald shooting

Ice storm leaves downed wires, damaged trees in wake in Clark County

Warmer temperatures are helping Clark County thaw out Monday, but emergency responders and county departments have their hands full in the aftermath of last week's winter weather and subsequent ice storm.

Freezing rain Sunday night and Monday caused a significant number of outages countywide. The majority and the most severe outages have been in the north and west portions of the county, Clark Public Utilities spokesman Dameon Pesanti said.

— Rural areas hit harder by power outages

— Crews work to restore power as Clark County's slow thaw continues

Washington Senate committee approves capital gains tax

OLYMPIA — A capital gains tax on the sale of high-profit stocks and bonds has been approved by a Senate fiscal committee.

The Ways and Means Committee passed the measure Tuesday night over Republican objections. The measure approved was a different version than what the committee was presented during a public hearing last month. The bill now heads to the Rules Committee, the last stop before a potential vote by the full Senate.

— Retirement accounts, all property and home sales, farms and forestry would be exempt from the tax

What do you want to know about COVID-19 vaccination in Clark County?

While Clark County, and the rest of the U.S., has been administering the COVID-19 vaccine for almost two months, vaccine is still not easily accessible.

In the past few weeks, The Columbian and local health care providers have been inundated with questions about vaccination. We've rounded up the most frequently asked questions about vaccination, and we have done our best to answer them.

— We track down answers to readers' questions about where and how to get a shot

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