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Clark County records 489 new COVID-19 cases since Friday

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December 14, 2020, 2:26pm Clark County Health

Clark County recorded 489 new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths since Friday, according to data released Monday. Read story

At the Buchanan home at 15309 N.E. 7th St., Vancouver, thousands of colorful lights illuminate the night sky.

Clark County families make spirits bright with dazzling holiday displays

At the Buchanan home at 15309 N.E. 7th St., Vancouver, thousands of colorful lights illuminate the night sky.

December 13, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

If there’s one thing we can count on, even in 2020, it’s the joy created by a festive light display. Clark County residents, sensing the need for extra cheer, have pulled out all the stops on their holiday houses. The lights are on. The plastic reindeer are hitched to Santa’s… Read story

New curb cuts, like this one in front of Columbia River High School, feature a yellow pad with domes on it that help a blind person understand there’s a change and that they’re entering a roadway.

Clark County juggles pressing needs, limited funds as it pursues ADA goals

New curb cuts, like this one in front of Columbia River High School, feature a yellow pad with domes on it that help a blind person understand there’s a change and that they’re entering a roadway.

December 13, 2020, 6:01am Clark County News

Over Robert Klug’s 18-year career with Clark County, he’s seen a change in how staff approach the Americans with Disabilities Act. It’s gone from simply fulfilling a requirement to understanding more needs to be done and having a passion to see that work through. Read story

Vancouver resident Chuck Frayer, left, and friend John Williams show how they use a modern curb cut designed to make sidewalks accessible to people with all kinds of disabilities.

Vancouver man, others mark 30th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Actvideo icon

Vancouver resident Chuck Frayer, left, and friend John Williams show how they use a modern curb cut designed to make sidewalks accessible to people with all kinds of disabilities.

December 13, 2020, 6:01am Clark County Health

In the windup to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Chuck Frayer wrote more than a dozen pages about wilderness access that was whittled down to about two sentences in the final version of the law. Read story

Public meetings for the week of Dec. 13

December 13, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Urban County Policy Board, meeting remotely. Go to https://clarkwa.webex.com/webappng/sites/clarkwa/meeting/download/9e5363b2ca4740bfb41670bc5463aae3?siteurl=clarkwa&MTID=m3742466789baf564ef5c3672da98fb02. n 8:30 a.m., regular meeting: federal funding award updates and recommendations, program updates, infrastructure review. Read story

Youth Hand in Hand -- put on by students, for students -- launched in the spring as a way for local high school students to teach virtual courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. They&#039;ve since expanded their free services to offer tutoring sessions in a variety of academic subjects.

Clark County high school students try their hand at tutoring their peers

Youth Hand in Hand -- put on by students, for students -- launched in the spring as a way for local high school students to teach virtual courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. They&#039;ve since expanded their free services to offer tutoring sessions in a variety of academic subjects.

December 13, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Want to take an extracurricular virtual class or need online tutoring? Read story

Debbie Russell, treasurer and co-founder of nonprofit group Loving Them Forward, helps make gift baskets to be given out to caregivers in Clark County.

Vancouver nonprofit assembles gift bags for Clark County caregivers

Debbie Russell, treasurer and co-founder of nonprofit group Loving Them Forward, helps make gift baskets to be given out to caregivers in Clark County.

December 13, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Everything in Christina Keys’ garage seemed to be working as smooth as an assembly line could. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Snow begins to creep into our conversations

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

December 13, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

As we head toward the midpoint of the month, the weather remains less than exciting, at least for us weather watchers. I had a few reports from our observers of winter snow falling Friday, but not really sticking much. Murphy Dennis on Rawson Road had big puffy flakes while Bill… Read story

Rod Cook, left, helps load boxed-up bicycle kits into the back of a volunteer&#039;s pickup truck while Hayden Trent, right, repositions other boxes on Saturday morning at Taylor Transport in the Barberton area. Pre-registered volunteers drove though the warehouse to collect new bikes for home assembly. The bikes will be passed along to needy local families at Christmas.

Annual holiday bike build in Clark County rolls with changes due to COVID-19 pandemic

Rod Cook, left, helps load boxed-up bicycle kits into the back of a volunteer&#039;s pickup truck while Hayden Trent, right, repositions other boxes on Saturday morning at Taylor Transport in the Barberton area. Pre-registered volunteers drove though the warehouse to collect new bikes for home assembly. The bikes will be passed along to needy local families at Christmas.

December 12, 2020, 2:48pm Clark County News

The scene may have been different, but the spirit was exactly the same. Just ask Santa Claus, merrily boogieing to thumping dance tunes and schmoozing his way down the line of volunteers in cars who waited on Saturday morning, distantly and patiently, for boxes of brand new bicycle parts to… Read story

Dennis Hill appointed to La Center City Council

December 12, 2020, 6:04am Clark County News

A new member has joined the La Center City Council. Read story