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Registered nurse Katlyn Ellyson works behind the counter in the triage milieu at Lifeline&#039;s new Crisis Wellness Center in Vancouver. The center will house a new triage and stabilization program to help people in an acute mental health crisis for up to seven days. It opens to patients Monday.

Triage center bridges mental health treatment in Clark County

Registered nurse Katlyn Ellyson works behind the counter in the triage milieu at Lifeline&#039;s new Crisis Wellness Center in Vancouver. The center will house a new triage and stabilization program to help people in an acute mental health crisis for up to seven days. It opens to patients Monday.

August 6, 2020, 4:26pm Clark County Health

Clark County will see a boost to its mental health care offerings Monday when local nonprofit Lifeline Connections opens a crisis triage and stabilization program at its Crisis Wellness Center in west Vancouver. Read story

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Clark County adds one COVID-19 death, 13 new cases

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August 6, 2020, 3:59pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health confirmed one new death due to COVID-19 and 13 new cases Thursday afternoon. Read story

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Multi-vehicle crash in Vancouver sends motorcyclist to hospital

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August 6, 2020, 12:57pm Clark County News

Washington State Patrol troopers say three vehicles and a motorcycle were involved in a crash Wednesday night on southbound Interstate 5 in Vancouver. Read story

The Vancouver City Attorney’s Office is dismissing the criminal case against Kelly C. Carroll, 61, of Battle Ground, who was accused of violating Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order in June by reopening her pet grooming business, because of newly discovered evidence.

City to dismiss case against pet groomer accused of defying stay-home order

The Vancouver City Attorney’s Office is dismissing the criminal case against Kelly C. Carroll, 61, of Battle Ground, who was accused of violating Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order in June by reopening her pet grooming business, because of newly discovered evidence.

August 6, 2020, 11:17am Business

The Vancouver City Attorney’s Office, citing newly discovered evidence, is dismissing the criminal case against a woman who was accused of violating Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order in June by reopening her pet grooming business. Read story

A Vancouver Fire Department patch is seen in the gear room of Fire Station 2.

Fire destroys motor home in Vancouver

A Vancouver Fire Department patch is seen in the gear room of Fire Station 2.

August 6, 2020, 11:08am Clark County News

Firefighters are at the scene of a motor home fully engulfed in flames in Vancouver’s West Minnehaha neighborhood. Read story

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

Weather Eye: A little rain could fall, but keep watering the lawn

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

August 6, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

As advertised, a weak weather system will drag what’s left of its clouds and moisture early today, breaking up later in the day and evening. Don’t expect much rainfall, maybe enough to settle the dust for a day or so. Read story

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, left, and candidate Carolyn Long, shown here at a 2018 editorial board meeting, met with The Columbian's Editorial Board on Wednesday. Long and Herrera Beutler face off for a second time in the 2020 election for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

Sparks fly as Herrera Beutler, Long define their differences in 3rd District racevideo icon

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, left, and candidate Carolyn Long, shown here at a 2018 editorial board meeting, met with The Columbian's Editorial Board on Wednesday. Long and Herrera Beutler face off for a second time in the 2020 election for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

August 6, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Carolyn Long faced off for the first time as 2020 general election rivals during a joint interview with The Columbian’s Editorial Board on Wednesday. Read story

A voter drops off a ballot at the box on West 14th Street in downtown Vancouver.

Election 2020: Little change in top Clark County primary results

A voter drops off a ballot at the box on West 14th Street in downtown Vancouver.

August 5, 2020, 8:32pm Clark County News

Top results from Tuesday’s primary election had barely changed by Wednesday night, though voter turnout figures increased considerably. Read story

Ilya Panasevich, 18, graduate of Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, takes center stage as he pauses to have his photograph taken during a drive-thru graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 at McKenzie Stadium on Wednesday morning. Panasevich was one of 147 graduates from HeLa High School this year, and one of about 1,900 in the Evergreen Public Schools district.

Circumstance dictates pomp of a different sort for Evergreen schools grads

Ilya Panasevich, 18, graduate of Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, takes center stage as he pauses to have his photograph taken during a drive-thru graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 at McKenzie Stadium on Wednesday morning. Panasevich was one of 147 graduates from HeLa High School this year, and one of about 1,900 in the Evergreen Public Schools district.

August 5, 2020, 6:46pm Clark County News

High school seniors may have missed out on a traditional graduation ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Evergreen Public Schools wasn’t going to see students off without at least a little pomp and circumstance. Read story

Students wave as their bus pulls away from Covington Middle School on March 13, the final day of in-person school for the 2019-2020 school year. Plans for fall at Clark County school districts are still unsettled.

Clark County at ‘moderate risk’ for school reopenings

Students wave as their bus pulls away from Covington Middle School on March 13, the final day of in-person school for the 2019-2020 school year. Plans for fall at Clark County school districts are still unsettled.

August 5, 2020, 6:24pm Clark County News

Clark County just barely made the cut for counties where there’s a “moderate risk” for reopening schools. Read story