Clark County Health

Outsmart your smartphone

September 11, 2016, 6:01am Clark County Health

I finally broke down and bought a smartphone. It feels like I was the last holdout. I did it mostly because I want to maintain a friendly relationship with my daughter, who is 18. No texting, no friendship. Read story

Local man’s body – missing 4 years – found in Oregon

September 8, 2016, 5:36pm Clark County Health

Before you head out on a hike, Cynthia Boucher urges you to let somebody know where you’re going. Read story

Kevin Churo, a lab assistant at BSK Labs in Vancouver, organizes samples of water in a temporary work space set up to deal with an increase in tests sent to the lab due to recent headlines of elevated levels of lead in drinking water at schools.

Lead leads to busy days at Vancouver lab

September 5, 2016, 7:53pm Clark County Health

A typical month at the Vancouver lab location of BSK Associates used to mean 10 to 15 water samples sent in through various cities and a few other homeowner samples sprinkled in. Read story

Joe Krajewski, right, and the rest of team Will Power started the Hood to Coast race Aug. 26, just four days after Krajewski's son, Will, died from bone cancer. The team in Will's honor raised more than $23,000 for the Providence Cancer Center.

Will Power fuels team’s Hood to Coast run for cancer research

September 5, 2016, 6:30am Clark County Health

Running in the pitch black along Highway 30, Joe Krajewski was tired. It was sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, and the Vancouver man was in the middle of a monotonous 7-mile run along the Oregon highway. Read story

What would you advise someone who just learned they have breast cancer?

September 4, 2016, 6:00am Breast Cancer

Who better to offer advice to people receiving breast cancer diagnoses than those who have already walked the path? Read story

Hoarders overwhelmed by the clutter

(Illustration by Marsha Matta/The Columbian)

Doug showers at the Marshall Community Center because his bath tub is filled with bins of clothing. He eats standing up because the counters and chairs in his kitchen are covered with so much stuff that he can’t sit down. Read story

Clark County Health

Outsmart your smartphone

Local man’s body – missing 4 years – found in Oregon

Lead leads to busy days at Vancouver lab

Will Power fuels team’s Hood to Coast run for cancer research

What would you advise someone who just learned they have breast cancer?

PeaceHealth names new senior leader

Share your breast cancer survivor story, advice

Classes start not so early for Evergreen high schoolers

Hoarders overwhelmed by the clutter

Panel paints grim picture about opioid addiction