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Clark County Health

Legacy Salmon Creek wins national award

July 15, 2016, 10:26pm Business Briefs

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver this week won a national award from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association for "improving medical outcomes for stroke patients," according to a hospital release. Read story

Vancouver Pain Centers in east Vancouver is one of eight run by a Seattle doctor who faces disciplinary action from state regulators.

License of pain centers doctor suspended

Vancouver Pain Centers in east Vancouver is one of eight run by a Seattle doctor who faces disciplinary action from state regulators.

July 15, 2016, 4:25pm Business

The state medical commission announced Friday it has suspended the license of a Seattle doctor who runs eight pain-treatment centers in Washington, including Vancouver Pain Centers in east Vancouver. Read story

Brandon Dawson, founder and CEO of Audigy Group, speaks about his nomination as Entrepreneur of the Year for the Pacific Northwest in 2013 from his Vancouver office. Audigy, which provides business support for audiology practices, has been purchased for up to $151 million by Danish hearing aid company GN ReSound.

Vancouver’s Audigy sells for $151 million

Brandon Dawson, founder and CEO of Audigy Group, speaks about his nomination as Entrepreneur of the Year for the Pacific Northwest in 2013 from his Vancouver office. Audigy, which provides business support for audiology practices, has been purchased for up to $151 million by Danish hearing aid company GN ReSound.

July 14, 2016, 5:17pm Business

A Danish firm will pay up to $151 million for Vancouver-based Audigy Group, a business management company for audiology practices. Read story

Bagley Downs: Beth Quartarolo was hired as the manager of communications, development and community outreach for the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington.

Free clinic hires new manager

Bagley Downs: Beth Quartarolo was hired as the manager of communications, development and community outreach for the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington.

July 13, 2016, 5:51am Clark County Health

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington has hired Beth Quartarolo as manager of communications, development and community outreach. Read story

Nancy Steiger

PeaceHealth executive leaves after seven months in role

Nancy Steiger

July 7, 2016, 2:05pm Business

Nancy Steiger, the chief executive of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network, has announced she is leaving the role seven months after taking the job that oversees PeaceHealth's hospitals in Vancouver and Longview. Read story

Info session offered on pre-diabetes lifestyle change program

June 24, 2016, 9:50am Clark County Health

The Washington State University Extension office will offer an informational session on a program for people with pre-diabetes on how to reduce their risk for Type 2 diabetes. Read story

Thomas Feston and his wife Rachel, volunteers for the group Urban Abundance, pick raspberries at a residence along the banks of Vancouver Lake on Thursday. The group gleans produce that would otherwise spoil and donates part of the harvest to local food banks.

Gleaners gather bounty of berries for ‘great cause’

Thomas Feston and his wife Rachel, volunteers for the group Urban Abundance, pick raspberries at a residence along the banks of Vancouver Lake on Thursday. The group gleans produce that would otherwise spoil and donates part of the harvest to local food banks.

June 23, 2016, 9:48pm Clark County Health

Bending down on one knee, Miriam Bates plucked a plump raspberry from a bush and dropped it into a three-quart ice cream tub. She’d already filled nearly two containers with the fragile fruit. Read story

Nataliya Romashcheko, center, selects tomatoes with her son, Misha Romashcheko, 8, right, at the fresh food pantry at Orchards Elementary School on Wednesday.

Evergreen’s Family & Community Resource Center helps families in need

Nataliya Romashcheko, center, selects tomatoes with her son, Misha Romashcheko, 8, right, at the fresh food pantry at Orchards Elementary School on Wednesday.

June 23, 2016, 6:02am Clark County Health

Nataliya Romashcheko and her children shopped for fresh produce, meat and other perishable food in the cafeteria at Orchards Elementary School on Wednesday morning. The school’s Family & Community Resource Center was distributing the food donated by Share and Costco to school families during the summer’s first fresh-food pantry. Read story

A nurse administers a flu shot in December at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. Clark County's influenza season is over, local health officials said Wednesday.

Flu season over, health officials say

A nurse administers a flu shot in December at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver. Clark County's influenza season is over, local health officials said Wednesday.

June 18, 2016, 8:50pm Clark County Health

Clark County’s influenza season is officially over, local health officials said Wednesday. Read story

Fifth-grader Alicia Zuniga participates in a group hug with professional endurance athlete Colin O&#039;Brady at Hearthwood Elementary on Wednesday. O&#039;Brady summited the tallest mountain in each of the seven continents and skied to the North and South poles. His next goal: raising $1 million to inspire active, healthy kids with his foundation, Beyond 7/2.

Athlete-mountaineer inspires Hearthwood Elementary

Fifth-grader Alicia Zuniga participates in a group hug with professional endurance athlete Colin O&#039;Brady at Hearthwood Elementary on Wednesday. O&#039;Brady summited the tallest mountain in each of the seven continents and skied to the North and South poles. His next goal: raising $1 million to inspire active, healthy kids with his foundation, Beyond 7/2.

June 15, 2016, 9:50pm Clark County Health

Colin O’Brady hunkered down as 50-mph winds buffeted his tent pitched on the side of the tallest mountain in North America. Inside his sleeping bag, he tried to stay warm while he waited for a break in the weather. Read story