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Clark County Health

Laurie Burpee, left, jokes with her son, Alec Burpee, while talking about some of the acts that led to a Kindness 911 citation she received in December.

York Elementary teacher battles cancer with acts of kindness

Laurie Burpee, left, jokes with her son, Alec Burpee, while talking about some of the acts that led to a Kindness 911 citation she received in December.

January 10, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Health

Things took an ominous turn when the police cars rolled up. Read story

Kashi Clinical Laboratories in Portland tests telomeres, the protective end caps of DNA, to identify cellular age.

Portland lab offers cellular age testing

Kashi Clinical Laboratories in Portland tests telomeres, the protective end caps of DNA, to identify cellular age.

January 10, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Health

Do you ever feel like you’re older than you are? Read story

Olga Vilen, 90, works out at Firstenburg Community Center in Vancouver. Vilen took up exercise about 20 years ago, and it has become a source of consistent good in her life, as well as her husband Dale&#039;s life.

90-year-old Vancouver woman makes a habit of exercise

Olga Vilen, 90, works out at Firstenburg Community Center in Vancouver. Vilen took up exercise about 20 years ago, and it has become a source of consistent good in her life, as well as her husband Dale&#039;s life.

January 6, 2020, 6:01am Clark County Health

There’s a peculiar sight that Jana Wilson encounters on afternoons occasionally. Read story

In this Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta.

Clark County flu rates dip slightly

In this Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta.

January 5, 2020, 9:12pm Clark County Health

It looks like your relatives didn’t make you too sick over the holidays. Read story

Clinical supervisor Brook Vejo, center, talks with the Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team during its meeting at Catholic Community Services in Vancouver. The organization works with teenagers who are in a mental health crisis in an effort to keep them out of the emergency room.

Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team aims for fewer trips to ER

Clinical supervisor Brook Vejo, center, talks with the Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention team during its meeting at Catholic Community Services in Vancouver. The organization works with teenagers who are in a mental health crisis in an effort to keep them out of the emergency room.

January 3, 2020, 8:30pm Clark County Health

It was a few days before the holidays shifted into high gear, and in a conference room at Catholic Community Services, a room of counselors and parents were planning the week ahead. Read story

Tia Purviance holds her newborn daughter, Evaine Josephina, while sister Allie leans in to see the new baby. Evaine was the first baby born in Clark County in 2020, entering the world at 4:41 a.m. at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center&#039;s Family Birth Center.

Washougal couple welcome Clark County’s first baby of the year — and decade

Tia Purviance holds her newborn daughter, Evaine Josephina, while sister Allie leans in to see the new baby. Evaine was the first baby born in Clark County in 2020, entering the world at 4:41 a.m. at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center&#039;s Family Birth Center.

January 1, 2020, 5:33pm Clark County Health

Evaine Josephina Purviance just couldn’t wait to be born, coming two weeks earlier than parents Tia and Kyle Purviance expected. Read story

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center&#039;s new cancer center is expected to open before the end of 2020. It will feature massage therapy, yoga classes, financial counseling and much more.

Legacy’s cancer center strives for comprehensive care

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center&#039;s new cancer center is expected to open before the end of 2020. It will feature massage therapy, yoga classes, financial counseling and much more.

January 1, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Health

More than anything else, Lindsay Fisher will appreciate the sense of community. Read story

Teresa Kirchner, a leader of a hearing-voices group in Vancouver, stands outside her office on Main Street in Vancouver. The Hearing Voices Network is a guiding organization for more than 180 support groups across the world designed for those who hear voices or have visions that others around them don&#039;t see or hear.

Hearing Voices Network changing the way mental health is viewed

Teresa Kirchner, a leader of a hearing-voices group in Vancouver, stands outside her office on Main Street in Vancouver. The Hearing Voices Network is a guiding organization for more than 180 support groups across the world designed for those who hear voices or have visions that others around them don&#039;t see or hear.

December 30, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

It was a cold, clear blue-sky day in early 2014 as John Herold was standing in a friend’s driveway in Tacoma talking on the phone to Portland resident Kate Hill. Read story

Lifeline counselor Tiffany Kostrba, left, and Lifeline admissions coordinator Cindy Malone, right, are pictured before they leave for their shift in the Sobering Urgent Response Vehicle at Lifeline Connections&#039; office in Vancouver. Kostrba typically goes out in the van five times weekly and Malone tries to go out two to three times weekly. At top, Lifeline Connections heads out in the Sobering Urgent Response Vehicle, a 15-passenger van that was donated by the Clark County Sheriff&#039;s Office.

Lifeline Connections van equipped to take people to sobering unit in Vancouver

Lifeline counselor Tiffany Kostrba, left, and Lifeline admissions coordinator Cindy Malone, right, are pictured before they leave for their shift in the Sobering Urgent Response Vehicle at Lifeline Connections&#039; office in Vancouver. Kostrba typically goes out in the van five times weekly and Malone tries to go out two to three times weekly. At top, Lifeline Connections heads out in the Sobering Urgent Response Vehicle, a 15-passenger van that was donated by the Clark County Sheriff&#039;s Office.

December 30, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Health

Cindy Malone had a song stuck in her head as she clocked out of her job in admissions at Lifeline Connections and clocked in to her role driving the Sobering Urgent Response Vehicle around Vancouver. Read story

Dancers move to Cliff McFall&#039;s rendition of Billy Joel&#039;s &quot;It&#039;s Still Rock And Roll To Me.&quot; Recovery Cafe Clark County offers karaoke jam sessions monthly.

Two Vancouver recovery centers want sobriety to have its fun moments

Dancers move to Cliff McFall&#039;s rendition of Billy Joel&#039;s &quot;It&#039;s Still Rock And Roll To Me.&quot; Recovery Cafe Clark County offers karaoke jam sessions monthly.

December 28, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

About a dozen people are gathered inside Recovery Café Clark County in Vancouver, eating sandwiches and chips and playing darts. Read story