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Clark County News

Jeanie Kitterman, who is trying to find help for her mentally ill son, Cameron Kitterman, 21, is pictured outside the Clark County Courthouse.

Vicious Cycle: Mom’s efforts to help hampered at every turn

Jeanie Kitterman, who is trying to find help for her mentally ill son, Cameron Kitterman, 21, is pictured outside the Clark County Courthouse.

January 27, 2019, 6:06am Clark County Health

Jeanie Kitterman was sitting in church when her cellphone rang unexpectedly. She quickly silenced it, but someone was determined to reach her, and followed up with a text. Read story

Since 2016, Heidi O’Connor, a member of the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, has sought adequate care for her son, Austin Timpe, who was diagnosed at 17 with schizophrenia. But his experience has been one of incarceration and hospitalization that seems to routinely spit him out before he can get better.

Finding Austin Timpe: Inadequate treatment, incarceration leave ill young man reeling

Since 2016, Heidi O’Connor, a member of the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, has sought adequate care for her son, Austin Timpe, who was diagnosed at 17 with schizophrenia. But his experience has been one of incarceration and hospitalization that seems to routinely spit him out before he can get better.

January 27, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

Friends made lunches and dinners for Vancouver’s Heidi and Rodger O’Connor. It was the winter of 2017, and the couple’s son, 18-year-old Austin Timpe, was missing. Read story

Jerri Clark sorts through her son’s medical records at her Vancouver home. Her son Calvin Clark, 23, was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder a few years ago, and in that time, his and his mother’s lives have been characterized as a roller coaster ride of hospital stays, mental health clinics visits and run-ins with the criminal justice system. Now, Jerri Clark is a champion for the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, which is pushing for meaningful changes in the state’s mental health care system.

Clark County mothers fight for mentally ill children

Jerri Clark sorts through her son’s medical records at her Vancouver home. Her son Calvin Clark, 23, was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder a few years ago, and in that time, his and his mother’s lives have been characterized as a roller coaster ride of hospital stays, mental health clinics visits and run-ins with the criminal justice system. Now, Jerri Clark is a champion for the group Mothers of the Mentally Ill, which is pushing for meaningful changes in the state’s mental health care system.

January 27, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

Two years ago, Jerri Clark and her son, Calvin, found themselves in the midst of one of the worst times of their lives. Read story

Registered nurse Rebecca Montero holds a sign on the door of the negative pressure airflow room, which is set up to treat patients with the measles or those suspected of having the measles. PeaceHealth and Legacy Health Salmon Creek try to meet potential measles patients outside the hospital for an initial assessment, before masking them and leading them through a private entrance to the airflow room, if they need further assessment.

Cold and flu season adds to measles mayhem

Registered nurse Rebecca Montero holds a sign on the door of the negative pressure airflow room, which is set up to treat patients with the measles or those suspected of having the measles. PeaceHealth and Legacy Health Salmon Creek try to meet potential measles patients outside the hospital for an initial assessment, before masking them and leading them through a private entrance to the airflow room, if they need further assessment.

January 27, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Health

Is it a cold? Or is it measles? Read story

La Center three-year education levy on the ballot

January 26, 2019, 10:37pm Clark County News

With school district bond and levy elections coming up on Feb. 12, La Center School District Superintendent Dave Holmes is wondering how voters will react. Read story

Doug Harris directs the Clark College jazz band at the Clark College 57th annual Jazz Festival Saturday. The weekend festival was Harris’ first after longtime band director Richard Inouye retired last spring.

Students jazz up Clark College

Doug Harris directs the Clark College jazz band at the Clark College 57th annual Jazz Festival Saturday. The weekend festival was Harris’ first after longtime band director Richard Inouye retired last spring.

January 26, 2019, 7:51pm Clark County Life

Clark College’s Gaiser Hall roared with jazz and the din of hundreds of student musicians, representing more than 40 schools around Oregon and Washington, for the 57th annual Clark College Jazz Festival. Read story

One hurt in crash on Highway 14; troopers say causing driver fled scene

January 26, 2019, 4:03pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was hospitalized following a crash on state Highway 14, and the Washington State Patrol said the driver who caused the crash fled the scene. Read story

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Clark County confirmed measles cases rise to 31

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January 26, 2019, 1:03pm Clark County News

Clark County Public Health has confirmed 31 measles cases and eight suspected cases since Jan. 1, according to a Saturday news release. Read story

Assessor, treasurer to discuss property taxes

January 26, 2019, 6:12am Clark County News

Have questions about property taxes? County officials will be available next week to answer them. Read story

Bus route detours planned for race

January 26, 2019, 6:06am Clark County News

Multiple bus routes will be detoured Sunday morning and early afternoon for the Race for Warmth event in downtown Vancouver. Read story