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Weekly COVID-19 cases surge by 27 percent in Clark County

October 16, 2020, 12:10pm Clark County Health

Clark County's number of new COVID-19 cases increased by 27 percent this week, with 43 new cases reported on Friday. No new deaths were reported. Read story

A paramedic takes swabs to test for COVID-19 at a drive-through at the San Paolo hospital, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Coronavirus infections are surging again in the region of northern Italy where the pandemic first took hold in Europe, renewing pressure on hospitals and health care workers.

Virus at ‘turning point’ in Europe, hitting at-risk groups

A paramedic takes swabs to test for COVID-19 at a drive-through at the San Paolo hospital, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Coronavirus infections are surging again in the region of northern Italy where the pandemic first took hold in Europe, renewing pressure on hospitals and health care workers.

October 16, 2020, 9:00am Nation & World

Doctors are warning that Europe is at a turning point as the coronavirus surges back across the continent, including among vulnerable people, and governments try to impose restrictions without locking whole economies down. Read story

Rick Romero of Send It Direct Mail in Portland helps prepare election ballots for Clark County prior to the 2018 general election.

Ballots for high-stakes election being mailed to Clark County voters

Rick Romero of Send It Direct Mail in Portland helps prepare election ballots for Clark County prior to the 2018 general election.

October 16, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Ballots for the upcoming general election — widely regarded as the most consequential U.S. election in a generation — are being mailed to Clark County voters today. Read story

Clark County Public Health has some funds available for Clark County food establishments that have been impacted by COVID-19.

Clark County eateries eligible for CARES funding

Clark County Public Health has some funds available for Clark County food establishments that have been impacted by COVID-19.

October 15, 2020, 5:52pm Business

Clark County food establishments have an easy avenue to score some cash this month, thanks to funding from the county’s allotment of CARES dollars. Read story

Europe reels as it sets virus records, slaps on new rules

October 15, 2020, 12:25pm Nation & World

Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S., forcing many places to reimpose tough restrictions they had eased just a few months ago. Read story

Clark County reports 46 new cases, no new deaths on Thursday

October 15, 2020, 12:20pm Clark County Health

Clark County reported 46 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the pandemic's activity level continues at elevated levels. No new deaths were reported. Read story

This undated photo provided by Mike Haase shows a sign welcoming people to the town of Quinter, Kansas. Quinter is the largest city in Gove County. Rural northwestern Kansas communities last week of Oct. 9, 2020, were seeing some of the state&#039;s biggest spikes in COVID-19 cases, Gove County Sheriff Allan Weber caught the virus, found himself coughing and struggling to breathe, sometimes dozens of times a day, and landed in an acute-care hospital room more than an hour from home. The pandemic arrived late, but it&#039;s now stressing the county, which has had to send patients like Weber to hospitals in other towns.

COVID spike arrives late, hits hard in rural Kansas county

This undated photo provided by Mike Haase shows a sign welcoming people to the town of Quinter, Kansas. Quinter is the largest city in Gove County. Rural northwestern Kansas communities last week of Oct. 9, 2020, were seeing some of the state&#039;s biggest spikes in COVID-19 cases, Gove County Sheriff Allan Weber caught the virus, found himself coughing and struggling to breathe, sometimes dozens of times a day, and landed in an acute-care hospital room more than an hour from home. The pandemic arrived late, but it&#039;s now stressing the county, which has had to send patients like Weber to hospitals in other towns.

October 15, 2020, 8:59am Nation & World

With COVID-19 cases surging in rural areas across the Midwest, a county sheriff in northwestern Kansas found himself struggling to breathe and landed in a hospital room more than an hour from home because there was no space at the local medical center. Read story

Seattle-area man is the third person in the U.S. confirmed to have been infected twice with coronavirus

October 15, 2020, 8:42am Health

The Seattle-area nursing home resident first tested positive for the novel coronavirus in early March. He spent more than 40 days in the hospital with fever, pneumonia and difficulty breathing before testing negative multiple times and being discharged. Read story

Moviegoers line up for Liberty Theatre&#039;s reopening screening of &quot;The Goonies&quot; on Friday afternoon. The theater had been closed for months due to the pandemic lockdown, but local lobbying convinced the governor&#039;s office to OK reopening with strict new safety protocols in place-- including operating at just 25 percent capacity for counties like Clark that are in the second phase of reopening.

Clark County’s independent movie theaters, chain AMC reopen doors

Moviegoers line up for Liberty Theatre&#039;s reopening screening of &quot;The Goonies&quot; on Friday afternoon. The theater had been closed for months due to the pandemic lockdown, but local lobbying convinced the governor&#039;s office to OK reopening with strict new safety protocols in place-- including operating at just 25 percent capacity for counties like Clark that are in the second phase of reopening.

October 15, 2020, 6:01am Business

Here’s the plot twist movie lovers never expected: Clark County’s struggling independent cinemas are reopening their doors while industry behemoth Regal has gone officially dark until further notice. Also reopening hundreds of cinemas across the nation, including two in Vancouver, is AMC Entertainment, the world’s largest theater operator. Read story

Fifty new cases, one death as Clark County’s COVID-19 total surges past 4,000

October 14, 2020, 11:32am Clark County Health

Clark County recorded 50 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death as the county's total case count surged past the 4,000 mark, according to data from Clark County Public Health. Read story