WASHOUGAL, Wash. -- Residents throughout Clark County will have a dozen opportunities to safely dispose of household hazardous waste, block foam and unwanted electronics by dropping them off at collection events.

The upcoming event is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the East County Fire & Rescue Station 91 (Fern Prairie), 600 N.E. 267th Ave.

Household hazardous waste
Includes pesticides, paints, solvents, batteries, thinners, motor oil, antifreeze and cleaners. Look for signal words, such as poison, danger, warning, caution or flammable.

Accepted: Most household hazardous wastes, but no commercial or industrial waste.
Not accepted: Explosives, ammunition, biological materials or business-generated hazardous waste. Call Clark County Environmental Services, 360-397-2121 ext. 4352, for information on where to properly dispose of these materials.

Block foam
Accepted: Clean and bagged foam from households.
Not accepted: Plastic-wrapped yellow urethane foam, hot tub covers, packaging peanuts or foam from businesses.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A boat barreling down on you is not a sight that you expect to see while at the beach. But that is what happened to a teenager who was hit on the shore of the Columbia River.

Witnesses said the boat was going at least 30 miles an hour when it came about 25 feet onto the shore.

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- The Vancouver Police Department launched a new crime mapping tool which can allow people to access a variety of information on local crimes.

The new crime map, through Crimereports.com, allows users to search for crimes by date range, by crime type, to receive alerts when crimes occur within a specific area, to submit an anonymous tip, which goes directly to Crime Stoppers of Oregon, or view crime mapping information on an IPhone via the Crimereports.com IPhone application.

This new mapping tool provides more information and has more user friendly features than the previous crime map and allows users to select only the crimes they want to view and set up defined areas to view. Crime locations are referenced by hundred block and cross street. Information is uploaded to the map daily from Vancouver Police Department reports.

This new crime map posts information that was difficult to locate with the prior system or required the assistance of law enforcement personnel to query. The new VPD crime map provides users easy to access crime information anytime.