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Jerri Clark, center, shares her son’s story and a vision board for a proposed behavioral health crisis triage and stabilization center in Vancouver on Jan. 6, 2017, with members of the Southwest Washington Regional Health Care Advisory Committee at the Clark County Public Service Center.

Washington students can get excused absences for mental health under new law

Jerri Clark, center, shares her son’s story and a vision board for a proposed behavioral health crisis triage and stabilization center in Vancouver on Jan. 6, 2017, with members of the Southwest Washington Regional Health Care Advisory Committee at the Clark County Public Service Center.

June 8, 2022, 8:44am Health

Students in Washington will be able to take time off from school for mental health reasons beginning next school year, under a new state law and rules approved by the state superintendent's office. Read story

While the state Legislature allocated funds to expand nursing programs at schools statewide, the funding wasn't distributed equally.

Washington nursing programs see new funding from Legislature but some were left out

While the state Legislature allocated funds to expand nursing programs at schools statewide, the funding wasn't distributed equally.

June 7, 2022, 7:40am Health

As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a health care staffing shortage in Washington and nationally, the state Legislature this year provided more than $38 million to nursing programs statewide. Read story

Fifth grader James Saldua, from left, dumps a cup full of homemade slime on his physical education teacher, Devin Cast, as Associate Principal Casey Greco looks on at Felida Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Students and staff were celebrating a successful fundraiser for the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge. James was one of 10 students who raised over $500.

It’s slime time at Felida Elementary fundraiser celebration

Fifth grader James Saldua, from left, dumps a cup full of homemade slime on his physical education teacher, Devin Cast, as Associate Principal Casey Greco looks on at Felida Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Students and staff were celebrating a successful fundraiser for the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge. James was one of 10 students who raised over $500.

June 6, 2022, 5:55pm Clark County News

Devin Cast capped off his Monday afternoon with a bucket of slime over his head. Read story

Students from Ridgefield, VSAA earn statewide art honors

June 4, 2022, 5:55am Community

Over the past year, high school artists across Washington have channeled their emotions into their art. Read story

COVID-19 cases in Clark County schools on the decline

June 2, 2022, 5:59am Clark County Health

Clark County schools have reported 448 new cases of COVID-19 since last week, a decrease from 631 cases reported the week prior. The month of May saw a notable increase in virus cases, with levels not seen locally since the end of the omicron wave in February. Read story

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe Drum Group performs a song Wednesday, June 1, 2022, before a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of Clark College’s Boschma Farms campus in Ridgefield.

Clark College breaks ground on Boschma Farms campus in Ridgefield

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe Drum Group performs a song Wednesday, June 1, 2022, before a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of Clark College’s Boschma Farms campus in Ridgefield.

June 1, 2022, 6:58pm Clark County News

Dignitaries from Clark College and Ridgefield ceremoniously broke ground on the community college’s new Boschma Farms campus Wednesday afternoon. Read story

Clark County sheriff's deputies seized a semi-automatic handgun, with rounds in the magazine, Tuesday from a boy at Skyview High School after school employees allegedly found the gun in his jacket pocket.

Boy arrested after staff find gun at Skyview, says Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Clark County sheriff's deputies seized a semi-automatic handgun, with rounds in the magazine, Tuesday from a boy at Skyview High School after school employees allegedly found the gun in his jacket pocket.

May 31, 2022, 3:26pm Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a boy Tuesday at Skyview High School after school employees reported finding a handgun in his jacket pocket. Read story

A preschooler gets up on her toes to reach into her assigned cubby at a preschool center Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Child care centers once operated under the promise that it would always be there when parents have to work. Now, each teacher resignation, coronavirus exposure, and day care center closure reveals an industry on the brink, with wide-reaching implications for an entire economy's workforce.

Washington preschools could expand, but they are struggling to find teachers

A preschooler gets up on her toes to reach into her assigned cubby at a preschool center Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Child care centers once operated under the promise that it would always be there when parents have to work. Now, each teacher resignation, coronavirus exposure, and day care center closure reveals an industry on the brink, with wide-reaching implications for an entire economy's workforce.

May 31, 2022, 7:28am Latest News

Washington’s state-funded preschool program is one of only a handful in the country that increased available slots during the pandemic. But there’s a difference between having the funding to help a child and actually being able to do it. Read story