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Clark County reports four more deaths as COVID-19 rate hits new record high

January 19, 2021, 2:47pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County's COVID-19 activity level rebounded to record highs in the latest data released Tuesday by Clark County Public Health. Four new deaths were reported. Read story

Vancouver firefighters doused an early Sunday morning fire at 11034 N.E. 94th Ave. Two residents suffered smoke inhalation but did not go to the hospital.

Unattended candle caused rural Clark County house fire

January 19, 2021, 11:53am Clark County News

Assistant Clark County Fire Marshal Curtis Eavenson said the probable cause of the fire at 11034 N.E. 94th Ave. was an unattended candle igniting a combustible surface. Read story

Missing Vancouver man, 70, found in California

January 19, 2021, 11:24am Clark County News Free

Arthur Applegate was last seen walking away from his home on the 6100 block of Kansas Street in Vancouver, according to a Vancouver Police Department news release. Read story

Cold weather alert issued for Clark County homeless shelters

January 19, 2021, 10:50am Clark County News

A severe weather alert has been issued by Housing Solution Center and Council for the Homeless for tonight in Clark County. Read story

Syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a tray in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Clark County accepting requests for new phase of coronavirus vaccination

January 19, 2021, 10:42am Clark County Health Free

Clark County is now accepting requests for COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone older than 65, and anyone older than 50 who lives in a multigenerational household. Read story

Millennium parent company files for Chapter 11; Columbia River site goes back to Alcoa

Millennium Bulk Logistics-Longview, a company owned by two coal producers, wants to build an operation in Longview to export 44 million metric tons of coal annually to Asia.

January 19, 2021, 10:15am Business

After Millennium Bulk Terminals’ parent company filed for bankruptcy this month, the fate of the proposed coal terminal on the old Reynolds Aluminum Co. site is again in doubt, with opponents to the terminal calling the project dead. Read story

Clark County Public Health retiree Sandi Kendrick keeps it REAL

Clark County Public Health Educator Sandi Kendrick looks down at a dummy used to demonstrate how to administer lifesaving measures given to clients in "rescue kits" for overdose victims at the Harm Reduction Center in November 2014. In addition to working with REAL, Kendrick focused on many other areas of public health, including the county's syringe exchange program.

Cars drove by and honked their horns. One person danced in the yard. Others dropped off balloons and cards. Sandi Kendrick’s son watched the parade of cars drive by his mom’s house over video call and cried. So did Kendrick. Read story

Weather Eye: Get out and enjoy fresh air, break in weather action

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Dry weather continues, which sometimes is rare in the middle of winter. We have quickly changed to a cooler weather pattern and the forecast includes highs only in the 40s and lows around freezing, depending on the cloudiness. Colder in outlying areas of course. Read story