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Clark County News

Coronavirus throws census a curveball

March 25, 2020, 6:01am Clark County News

A push from the U.S. Census Bureau encouraging people to self-respond to the decennial questionnaire has grown more urgent as COVID-19 throws on-the-ground efforts to gather information on communities into limbo. Read story

Clark County marriage license processing suspended

March 25, 2020, 6:01am Clark County News

Clark County will suspend processing of marriage licenses beginning today and lasting until at least April 6, Auditor Greg Kimsey announced Tuesday. Read story

Clark County churches turn to newsletters, social media

March 25, 2020, 6:01am Churches & Religion

Prior to Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order, Living Hope Church held drive-in church services in its parking lot to encourage social distancing while still worshipping as a group. People honked their horns and flashed their lights during the gatherings. Read story

Owner and founder Lydia Work doesn&#039;t want to reveal the details of her business growth because of the competitive market for toilet paper, she said, and she doesn&#039;t expect the demand to decrease anytime soon.

Woodland business still cranks out toilet paper amid outbreak

Owner and founder Lydia Work doesn&#039;t want to reveal the details of her business growth because of the competitive market for toilet paper, she said, and she doesn&#039;t expect the demand to decrease anytime soon.

March 25, 2020, 6:00am Business

Before the schools and restaurants closed, Lydia Work saw signs that her business would skyrocket during the COVID-19 outbreak. Read story

Caution tape is wrapped around the play structures at Esther Short Park in Vancouver.

Clark County finding new normal after governor’s stay-home directive

Caution tape is wrapped around the play structures at Esther Short Park in Vancouver.

March 24, 2020, 7:48pm Clark County News

Clark County is adjusting to the new normal following Gov. Jay Inslee’s orders to slow the spread of COVID-19. The governor ordered the state’s more than 7 million residents to stay home, unless necessary, and for nonessential businesses to close for at least two weeks. Read story

Kaiser Permanente office in Salmon Creek (The Columbian files)

Vancouver Kaiser clinic to allow protective equipment from home after assistants raise alarm

Kaiser Permanente office in Salmon Creek (The Columbian files)

March 24, 2020, 6:38pm Clark County Health

As personal protective equipment shortages surface across the country, three medical assistants with Kaiser Permanente Salmon Creek in Vancouver expressed frustration with what they considered to be a lack of protective measures at the clinic Tuesday morning. Read story

Increased activity at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Vancouver over the weekend was not in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and was instead linked to a previously scheduled trip to Central America.

Activity at Armed Forces Reserve Center said customary

Increased activity at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Vancouver over the weekend was not in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and was instead linked to a previously scheduled trip to Central America.

March 24, 2020, 6:18pm Clark County News

Increased activity at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Vancouver over the weekend was not in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and was instead linked to a previously scheduled trip to Central America. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse, left, and Clark County Jail in this aerial view taken in 2018.

Clark County Jail inmate dies in ‘apparent suicide’

The Clark County Courthouse, left, and Clark County Jail in this aerial view taken in 2018.

March 24, 2020, 11:40am Clark County News

A 64-year-old Clark County Jail inmate died by suicide Sunday morning after jumping from the second-floor tier of his housing unit, the sheriff’s office reported. Read story

A coronavirus health alert sign is posted at one of the entrances to the Firstenburg Tower at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on Monday morning, March 9, 2020. PeaceHealth has since gone to a no visitor policy.

Clark County confirms three new COVID-19 cases

A coronavirus health alert sign is posted at one of the entrances to the Firstenburg Tower at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on Monday morning, March 9, 2020. PeaceHealth has since gone to a no visitor policy.

March 24, 2020, 11:13am Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health confirmed three more COVID-19 cases Tuesday, all people in their 40s. Read story

Deputy Melissa Sager and her fellow deputies meet for an afternoon debriefing at the Clark County Sheriff’s West Precinct in Ridgefield on July 18.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office says education key during stay-at-home order

Deputy Melissa Sager and her fellow deputies meet for an afternoon debriefing at the Clark County Sheriff’s West Precinct in Ridgefield on July 18.

March 24, 2020, 10:06am Clark County News

In response to Inslee's stay-at-home order, Clark County law enforcement agencies say they're aiming to educate rather than punish people for noncompliance. However, police departments have indicated that willful violations can result in a gross misdemeanor. Read story