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2024 Hands Across The Bridge annual event, which starts at Esther Short Park and eventually heads to the I-5 Bridge where attendees hold hands the entire length of the bridge.

Hands Across the Bridge celebrates recovery from addiction

2024 Hands Across The Bridge annual event, which starts at Esther Short Park and eventually heads to the I-5 Bridge where attendees hold hands the entire length of the bridge.

September 2, 2024, 4:19pm Clark County News

Years ago, Mable Clark put her hands together in prayer and begged on her knees for God to take her addiction away. Read story

Volunteer Keith Dewing, left, and David Leitz prepare coolers of ice water for guests at the Living Hope Church cooling center July 8.

Cooling centers to open in Clark County during heat wave

Volunteer Keith Dewing, left, and David Leitz prepare coolers of ice water for guests at the Living Hope Church cooling center July 8.

August 29, 2024, 11:58am Clark County News Free

Council for the Homeless issued a severe weather alert for today through Saturday for the emergency shelter system in Clark County. Read story

Tabby Stokes, left, and Alizz Quarles, serve as chairwoman and vice chairwoman of Hands Across the Bridge. The event celebrating addiction recovery begins at 10 a.m. Monday in Esther Short Park.

Recovery from addiction achievable: Hands Across the Bridge set for Labor Day

Tabby Stokes, left, and Alizz Quarles, serve as chairwoman and vice chairwoman of Hands Across the Bridge. The event celebrating addiction recovery begins at 10 a.m. Monday in Esther Short Park.

August 27, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health

Tabby Stokes and Alizz Quarles will take the Esther Short Park stage again on Labor Day to kick off the 23rd annual Hands Across the Bridge event with a hopeful message that’s worth repeating: Recovery from addiction is achievable. Read story

Lifeline Connections has joined a trend of animal assisted therapy.

“Horses are the masters of mindfulness”: Lifeline Connections adds animal-assisted therapy to offerings

Lifeline Connections has joined a trend of animal assisted therapy.

August 26, 2024, 11:09am Clark County Health

Lifeline Connections is taking its therapy practices to the arena. The Vancouver organization — which provides mental health and addiction services — added animal-assisted therapy to its stable of offerings. Read story

Heidi Leonard of Vancouver walks downstairs through her apartment building complex. Leonard lives at The Pacific and said the supportive housing needs more security and accountability.

Can Housing First work in the face of Clark county’s fentanyl crisis? Residents say apartments are rife with drug use and crime

Heidi Leonard of Vancouver walks downstairs through her apartment building complex. Leonard lives at The Pacific and said the supportive housing needs more security and accountability.

August 24, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

Heidi Leonard lives at The Pacific apartments, but some days, the 51-year-old wishes she were still homeless. Read story

People look at a memorial of overdose victims on Wednesday during a Fentanyl Prevention and Overdose Awareness Day event.

Photographs of lost loved ones bring grief of Vancouver Overdose Awareness day close to home

People look at a memorial of overdose victims on Wednesday during a Fentanyl Prevention and Overdose Awareness Day event.

August 22, 2024, 1:19pm Clark County Health

On Wednesday, nonprofit organizations and community members gathered for the eighth annual Fentanyl Prevention and Overdose Awareness Day. Read story

Humane Society for Southwest Washington veterinarian assistant Isabel Chavez, right, holds the dog Butters while Dr. Kayla Harris listens with a stethoscope. The Humane Society participated in a Thursday resource fair at Open House Ministries in downtown Vancouver.

Open House Ministries’ annual resource fair in Vancouver sees record-breaking number of community partners

Humane Society for Southwest Washington veterinarian assistant Isabel Chavez, right, holds the dog Butters while Dr. Kayla Harris listens with a stethoscope. The Humane Society participated in a Thursday resource fair at Open House Ministries in downtown Vancouver.

August 15, 2024, 5:44pm Churches & Religion

People wearing Hawaiian shirts and leis greeted attendees at a resource fair Thursday hosted by the faith-based nonprofit Open House Ministries, which operates a shelter in downtown Vancouver. Read story

Open House Ministries hosts annual resource fair Thursday

August 14, 2024, 11:52am Clark County News Free

Open House Ministries will host its annual Community Block Party and Resource Fair on Thursday in downtown Vancouver. Read story

Share&rsquo;s Talkin' Trash has a few new additions, like a dump truck, that helps staff work with more efficiency.

Donated dump truck delivers for Share’s Talkin’ Trash program in Vancouver

Share&rsquo;s Talkin' Trash has a few new additions, like a dump truck, that helps staff work with more efficiency.

August 13, 2024, 6:07am Business

A program that cleans up litter around Vancouver has received a heavy-duty donation that will boost efficiency: a dump truck. Read story

Lauren Neustadter, from left, Jennifer Garner, Laura Dave, and Josh Singer attend a special screening and discussion of the Apple TV+ limited series "The Last Thing He Told Me" at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in New York.

Author Laura Dave to speak at library’s Authors and Illustrators Dinner fundraiser

Lauren Neustadter, from left, Jennifer Garner, Laura Dave, and Josh Singer attend a special screening and discussion of the Apple TV+ limited series "The Last Thing He Told Me" at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in New York.

August 10, 2024, 6:00am Clark County Life Free

Bestselling author Laura Dave will speak at Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation’s 22nd Authors and Illustrators Dinner and Silent Auction fundraiser. Read story