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A sign warns visitors of a toxic algal bloom at Lacamas Lake in Camas in July 2020.

‘Very safe’ chemical proposed for algal bloom prevention at Lacamas Lake

A sign warns visitors of a toxic algal bloom at Lacamas Lake in Camas in July 2020.

March 30, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

A plan to chemically treat Lacamas Lake for toxic algal blooms this summer could get the go-ahead from the Camas City Council on Monday. Read story

Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school&rsquo;s library in Watertown, Mass., on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and feel the celestial event.

Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology

Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school&rsquo;s library in Watertown, Mass., on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and feel the celestial event.

March 29, 2024, 9:19am Clark County Health

While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event. Read story

Daybreak Youth Services is pictured in Brush Prairie in 2019. It's now closed.

State revokes credential of former Daybreak counselor charged with sexual misconduct with a minor

Daybreak Youth Services is pictured in Brush Prairie in 2019. It's now closed.

March 28, 2024, 2:10pm Clark County Health

State health officials suspended the provider credential for a former Daybreak Youth Services counselor charged in Clark County Superior Court with first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. Read story

Hockinson High School students including Audrey Davis, 18, foreground right, distribute posters in the school's front office to advertise a fundraiser for period products for middle school students. The group hopes adding period products for younger girls will decrease anxiety for those who may not have access to them at home.

Fighting period poverty: Hockinson High School students fundraise for menstrual products at middle school

Hockinson High School students including Audrey Davis, 18, foreground right, distribute posters in the school's front office to advertise a fundraiser for period products for middle school students. The group hopes adding period products for younger girls will decrease anxiety for those who may not have access to them at home.

March 28, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Health

Six students at Hockinson High School are raising money to boost access to period products for middle school girls, an effort they hope will reduce the shame some feel around menstruation. Read story

Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

Vancouver works to remove forever chemicals from water supply

Vancouver City Hall in downtown Vancouver.

March 27, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

The city of Vancouver this week took a step toward removing forever chemicals from the municipal water supply. Read story

A container of Narcan, or naloxone, sits on tree roots at a longstanding homeless encampment.

Southwest Washington cities OK interlocal agreement to form opioid abatement council

A container of Narcan, or naloxone, sits on tree roots at a longstanding homeless encampment.

March 27, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

The city of Vancouver will soon be able to tap into opioid settlement funds to help fight Southwest Washington’s opioid crisis. Read story

Tyler Clary, Vancouver water engineering program manager, discusses PFAS contamination in the Vancouver water supply at the 78th Street pumping facility in January.

What to know about PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ in some Vancouver, Clark Public Utilities’ water sources

Tyler Clary, Vancouver water engineering program manager, discusses PFAS contamination in the Vancouver water supply at the 78th Street pumping facility in January.

March 27, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health

There’s an old adage that nothing lasts forever, except perhaps true love and diamonds. Now we can add per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, to that short list. In recent years, both the city of Vancouver and Clark Public Utilities have discovered PFAS, more commonly known as “forever chemicals,” in… Read story

Longtime volunteer John LaPointe answers the front desk phone Monday at the NAMI Southwest Washington office in Vancouver.

NAMI Southwest Washington volunteer LaPointe putting compassion into action

Longtime volunteer John LaPointe answers the front desk phone Monday at the NAMI Southwest Washington office in Vancouver.

March 26, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

Every Monday morning since 2016, John LaPointe has walked through the doors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Southwest Washington hoping to give back to at least one person. Read story

A vending machine in the lobby of the Clark County Jail offers free opioid overdose reversal medication.

Clark County Jail gains naloxone vending machine

A vending machine in the lobby of the Clark County Jail offers free opioid overdose reversal medication.

March 26, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Health

Clark County Jail Services and its partners have installed a naloxone vending machine in the jail’s public lobby. Read story

Jerry and James Lanz encourage others to become organ donors. According to the National Kidney Foundation, one kidney can filter enough blood to keep your body functioning normally.

Vancouver man gave his brother a kidney in 1971, since then, ‘we got the chance to spend a lot more time together’

Jerry and James Lanz encourage others to become organ donors. According to the National Kidney Foundation, one kidney can filter enough blood to keep your body functioning normally.

March 23, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Health

Sunlight peeked through the gaps of a large tree in Vancouver’s Esther Short Park as James and Jerry Lanz wrapped their arms around each other. Read story