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Madison Riethman, a communicable disease epidemiologist for Clark County Public Health, is pictured at work. She said the pandemic has raised awareness about her profession. &quot;What&#039;s interesting about COVID-19 is that it has raised the awareness of epidemiology,&quot; Riethman said.

Working in Clark County: Madison Riethman, epidemiologist, Clark County Public Health

Madison Riethman, a communicable disease epidemiologist for Clark County Public Health, is pictured at work. She said the pandemic has raised awareness about her profession. &quot;What&#039;s interesting about COVID-19 is that it has raised the awareness of epidemiology,&quot; Riethman said.

July 11, 2020, 6:03am Business

The COVID-19 pandemic has put public health front and center in the world’s issues. Read story

From the Newsroom: News must be fit to print by deadline

July 11, 2020, 6:01am Clark County News

As I am sure you have noticed that for weeks now we have been providing you with a daily update of local COVID-19 cases, deaths and tests conducted. The local information comes from Clark County Public Health, which strives to update its numbers by lunchtime on regular business days, Monday-Friday. Read story

Clark College President Karin Edwards began her new role in June after six years as president of the Cascade Campus of Portland Community College, and decades working in higher education before that.

In a word, new Clark College president ‘committed’

Clark College President Karin Edwards began her new role in June after six years as president of the Cascade Campus of Portland Community College, and decades working in higher education before that.

July 11, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Clark College’s new president, Karin Edwards, knows the power of education’s role as “the great equalizer.” Read story

Empty firework shells are seen outside of residential homes in Vancouver on July 1. The Vancouver City Council moved to criminalize the use of fireworks within the city in 2015, a change that took effect in October 2016.

Vancouver fire marshal notes three incidents of property damage from fireworks

Empty firework shells are seen outside of residential homes in Vancouver on July 1. The Vancouver City Council moved to criminalize the use of fireworks within the city in 2015, a change that took effect in October 2016.

July 10, 2020, 4:36pm Clark County News

Code enforcement officers from the Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office issued fewer tickets for lighting fireworks within the city limits over this year’s Independence Day weekend compared with the past couple of years. Read story

A motorist navigates a roundabout near Vancouver City Hall.

Vancouver man sues city, officers for racial discrimination

A motorist navigates a roundabout near Vancouver City Hall.

July 10, 2020, 1:21pm Clark County News

A 27-year-old Vancouver man is suing the city and two local police officers for alleged illegal entry into his home and racial discrimination. Read story

Body of Vancouver man, 37, recovered at Oregon lake

July 10, 2020, 1:12pm Clark County News

Jared Bruce Boria, 37, was located in the lake following an extensive search, according to a Douglas County, Ore., Sheriff’s Office news release. He went missing late last month after taking his kayak onto the lake in Southern Oregon. Read story

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Clark County reports two additional COVID-19 fatalities, 38 more cases

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July 10, 2020, 1:09pm Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health reported two new fatalities from COVID-19 on Friday and 38 new confirmed cases. Read story

Firefighters battle an early morning blaze that destroyed a mobile home and three vehicles in the Van Ridge Mobile Home Park near Ridgefield.

Fire destroys mobile home, three vehicles near Ridgefield

Firefighters battle an early morning blaze that destroyed a mobile home and three vehicles in the Van Ridge Mobile Home Park near Ridgefield.

July 10, 2020, 7:28am Clark County News

An early morning fire destroyed a mobile home and three vehicles in a rural mobile home park near Ridgefield, according to Clark County Fire & Rescue. No injuries were reported. Read story

Little Conejo General Manager Keith Belter serves customers at the restaurant&#039;s new parklet -- an outdoor seating area built atop a street parking space. Vancouver began allowing restaurants to apply to create parklets last month as a way to alleviate the indoor seating restraints created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parklets, sidewalk cafes help Vancouver restaurants weather pandemic

Little Conejo General Manager Keith Belter serves customers at the restaurant&#039;s new parklet -- an outdoor seating area built atop a street parking space. Vancouver began allowing restaurants to apply to create parklets last month as a way to alleviate the indoor seating restraints created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 10, 2020, 6:01am Business

It's been less than two months since Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle floated the idea of bringing "parklets" -- street parking spaces converted into outdoor restaurant seating areas -- to Vancouver, and the program has already led to four downtown installations. Read story