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Chuck Adams of La Center, left, gives a thumbs-up while receiving his COVID-19 vaccination from Staff Sgt. Cory Hoveskeland of the National Guard at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021. Adams said getting the vaccination went smoothly. "I didn't even feel it," he said. Tuesday was the first day of mass vaccinations in Clark County, which are given by appointment only.

Melnick: Clark County near bottom of vaccine allocation in Washington

February 24, 2021, 11:30am Clark County Health Free

The Clark County Board of Health agreed Wednesday morning to send a letter to state leaders seeking information regarding why the state has been supplying fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Clark County, according to a Clark County Public Health data analysis. Read story

Heather Manning of Vancouver sits aboard a C-Tran Vine bus headed east while departing from the Turtle Place Transit Station in downtown Vancouver on Monday. The Vine runs along Fourth Plain Boulevard and is Vancouver's first Bus Rapid Transit line, though two more are in the works.

As Vancouver’s population grows, C-Tran strives to build mass transit system

February 24, 2021, 6:02am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

When nearly a foot of snow buried the Vancouver area this month, C-Tran CEO Shawn Donaghy was surprised to see that the number of people who relied on public transit barely dropped. Read story

Vancouver Housing Authority to receive grant to improve public housing

February 24, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

The Vancouver Housing Authority will receive $619,589 to improve its public housing infrastructure as part of a grant program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Read story

Camas-Washougal Parent Co-op preschool meets fundraising goal

February 24, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

The Camas-Washougal Parent Co-op, the oldest continuously operating preschool in Clark County, raised enough money to keep its doors open. Read story

Authorities identify pedestrian killed on I-5 near Ridgefield early Tuesday

February 23, 2021, 8:55pm Clark County News Free

A 20-year-0ld Portland man was killed early Thursday morning when he was repeatedly struck by vehicles on Interstate 5 near Ridgefield, according to the Washington State Patrol. Read story

Data shows state is shorting Clark County vaccine allocation

Kelly Nguyen of Safeway, left, gives a COVID-19 vaccination to Flor Bonura of Washougal as her husband, Thomas, snaps a photo with his smartphone at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021. Tuesday was the first day of mass vaccinations in Clark County, which are given by appointment only.

Ever since the COVID-19 vaccine was unveiled in Washington in mid-December, Clark County's vaccine administration has lagged behind the rest of the state, despite the fact that Clark County is the fifth-largest county in the state and the hub of Southwest Washington. Read story

Clark County COVID-19 activity rate plummets to lowest level since November

February 23, 2021, 12:29pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County’s COVID-19 activity rate plummeted this week, falling to a level not seen since early November and clearing the way for the return of high school students, according to data released Tuesday by Clark County Public Health. Read story