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Cindi Fisher stands outside of the Clark County Courthouse holding a sign she’s used at protests for better mental health care.

Vancouver mom concerned about state of mental health care

Cindi Fisher stands outside of the Clark County Courthouse holding a sign she’s used at protests for better mental health care.

January 28, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Health

Since November, Cindi Fisher has regularly made the trip from Vancouver to Lakewood, just outside of Tacoma, to visit her son, Siddharta. On a recent visit, Fisher said, she shared a meal with him at Old Country Buffet, took him to a local park and left him with some money. Read story

Angela Daniels looks at a photo of her son, Damian Daniel Rodriguez, 23, from a mud race they ran together a few months before his schizophrenia diagnosis, at her Vancouver home.

Mentally ill son’s request for help heartens mom

Angela Daniels looks at a photo of her son, Damian Daniel Rodriguez, 23, from a mud race they ran together a few months before his schizophrenia diagnosis, at her Vancouver home.

January 28, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Health

A sob escaped Angela Daniels’ throat as she walked away from the Clark County Courthouse. It was days after Thanksgiving, and she had just learned her son, who’s been in jail since June, would undergo a third, and likely final, court-ordered competency restoration process. Read story

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Confirmed measles cases in county rise to 34

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January 27, 2019, 3:54pm Clark County Health Free

The number of Clark County residents infected with measles has risen to 34 confirmed cases and nine suspected cases, according to a Sunday press release from Clark County Public Health, which also identified six new locations where people may have been exposed. Read story

Jeanie Kitterman, who is trying to find help for her mentally ill son, Cameron Kitterman, 21, is pictured outside the Clark County Courthouse.

Vicious Cycle: Mom’s efforts to help hampered at every turn

Jeanie Kitterman, who is trying to find help for her mentally ill son, Cameron Kitterman, 21, is pictured outside the Clark County Courthouse.

January 27, 2019, 6:06am Clark County Health

Jeanie Kitterman was sitting in church when her cellphone rang unexpectedly. She quickly silenced it, but someone was determined to reach her, and followed up with a text. Read story

Since 2016, Heidi O’Connor, a member of the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, has sought adequate care for her son, Austin Timpe, who was diagnosed at 17 with schizophrenia. But his experience has been one of incarceration and hospitalization that seems to routinely spit him out before he can get better.

Finding Austin Timpe: Inadequate treatment, incarceration leave ill young man reeling

Since 2016, Heidi O’Connor, a member of the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, has sought adequate care for her son, Austin Timpe, who was diagnosed at 17 with schizophrenia. But his experience has been one of incarceration and hospitalization that seems to routinely spit him out before he can get better.

January 27, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

Friends made lunches and dinners for Vancouver’s Heidi and Rodger O’Connor. It was the winter of 2017, and the couple’s son, 18-year-old Austin Timpe, was missing. Read story

Jerri Clark sorts through her son’s medical records at her Vancouver home. Her son Calvin Clark, 23, was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder a few years ago, and in that time, his and his mother’s lives have been characterized as a roller coaster ride of hospital stays, mental health clinics visits and run-ins with the criminal justice system. Now, Jerri Clark is a champion for the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, which is pushing for meaningful changes in the state’s mental health care system.

Clark County mothers fight for mentally ill children

Jerri Clark sorts through her son’s medical records at her Vancouver home. Her son Calvin Clark, 23, was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder a few years ago, and in that time, his and his mother’s lives have been characterized as a roller coaster ride of hospital stays, mental health clinics visits and run-ins with the criminal justice system. Now, Jerri Clark is a champion for the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, which is pushing for meaningful changes in the state’s mental health care system.

January 27, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

Two years ago, Jerri Clark and her son, Calvin, found themselves in the midst of one of the worst times of their lives. Read story

Registered nurse Rebecca Montero holds a sign on the door of the negative pressure airflow room, which is set up to treat patients with the measles or those suspected of having the measles. PeaceHealth and Legacy Health Salmon Creek try to meet potential measles patients outside the hospital for an initial assessment, before masking them and leading them through a private entrance to the airflow room, if they need further assessment.

Cold and flu season adds to measles mayhem

Registered nurse Rebecca Montero holds a sign on the door of the negative pressure airflow room, which is set up to treat patients with the measles or those suspected of having the measles. PeaceHealth and Legacy Health Salmon Creek try to meet potential measles patients outside the hospital for an initial assessment, before masking them and leading them through a private entrance to the airflow room, if they need further assessment.

January 27, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Health

Is it a cold? Or is it measles? Read story

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Measles outbreak prompts rise in test requests in Clark County

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January 25, 2019, 5:53pm Business

The growing measles outbreak in Clark County has prompted an increase in residents seeking to be tested for immunity to the virus, with multiple local blood test labs and clinics reporting substantial increases in the number of tests performed in recent weeks. Read story

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Inslee declares measles state of emergency; Clark County cases at 30

A measles vaccine (Associated Press files)

January 25, 2019, 12:37pm Clark County Health Free

Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency Friday statewide due to the measles outbreak that started in Clark County. Read story

William Silva, left, speaks to Blake Hauser, an outreach case manager with Share, in January for the annual Point in Time count. By midmorning Hauser said he’d seen many familiar faces as he helped conduct a census of Clark County’s homeless population.

App aids Point in Time homeless count in Clark County

William Silva, left, speaks to Blake Hauser, an outreach case manager with Share, in January for the annual Point in Time count. By midmorning Hauser said he’d seen many familiar faces as he helped conduct a census of Clark County’s homeless population.

January 24, 2019, 7:44pm Clark County Health

Outreach teams counted Clark County’s homeless population Thursday as part of the annual Point in Time count. This year, they were armed with cellphones rather than clipboards. Read story