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COVID-19

Clark County COVID-19 activity moves farther into ‘high’ range

September 29, 2020, 12:40pm Clark County Health

Clark County's COVID-19 activity level moved farther into the "high" range Tuesday, further pushing back the timeline for school reopening, in the latest data reported by public health officials. Read story

Feds to ship millions of virus tests in bid to reopen K-12 schools

September 28, 2020, 3:57pm Nation & World

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week and urged governors to use them to reopen schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Read story

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Clark County sets a record with new COVID-19 cases over weekend

Abs 2019-nCoV RNA virus - 3d rendered image on black background.

September 28, 2020, 12:15pm Clark County Health

Clark County recorded the largest number of new COVID-19 cases ever for a weekend today, with 127 new cases since Friday, according to Clark County Public Health. Read story

Kathleen Otto, seen here at a 2018 event, became the interim Clark County manager in mid-March.

Q&A: Checking in with Interim Clark County Manager Kathleen Otto

Kathleen Otto, seen here at a 2018 event, became the interim Clark County manager in mid-March.

September 27, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

When Kathleen Otto started as interim county manager earlier this year, she immediately had some urgent matters to address. Read story

NAACP Vancouver health committee chair key to COVID-19 response

September 27, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Health

The pandemic was only a month old in Clark County when Benita Presley, 60, assumed her role as the health committee chair for NAACP Vancouver in April. Read story

How’s working from home going here in Clark County? Let us know

September 27, 2020, 5:59am Clark County Life

When we asked readers earlier this year what they most hoped to continue doing after the pandemic, an overwhelming majority responded “work from home.” We’d like to know how working from home is going for you. Email monika.spykerman@columbian.com. Read story

Bailey Dick, 15, offers sniffs of a pumpkin-scented candle to customers Derek Klein and Madilyn Ramey at the Farm Maid booth at the Vancouver Farmers Market on Saturday.

Vancouver Farmers Market vendors endure despite attendance drop

Bailey Dick, 15, offers sniffs of a pumpkin-scented candle to customers Derek Klein and Madilyn Ramey at the Farm Maid booth at the Vancouver Farmers Market on Saturday.

September 26, 2020, 5:02pm Clark County News

It’s Linda Anderson’s 15th year running a vendor stand at the Vancouver Farmers Market, but things are quite different this time around. Read story

Workers prepare absentee ballots for mailing Sept. 3 at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C.

Black voters show signs of shift toward mail voting

Workers prepare absentee ballots for mailing Sept. 3 at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C.

September 26, 2020, 2:37pm Politics

Shirley Dixon-Mosley had never sent a ballot through the mail. She always treasured casting her ballot in person. But for November’s election, she voted early and by mail because she didn’t want to take any chances. Read story

Auburn students are socially distanced as they wait for the start of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky on Saturday in Auburn, Ala.

Amid pandemic, colleges struggle to salvage the fall semester

Auburn students are socially distanced as they wait for the start of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky on Saturday in Auburn, Ala.

September 26, 2020, 2:10pm Nation & World

Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases, entire dorm complexes and frat houses under quarantine, and flaring tensions with local community leaders over the spread of the disease. Read story

This February 2018 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows The Gesundheit II machine in Dr. Donald Milton&#039;s Public Health Aerobiology, Virology, and Exhaled Biomarker Laboratory of the university in College Park, Md. The device is helping scientists study a big question: Just how does the virus that causes COVID-19 spread from one person to another?

Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem

This February 2018 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows The Gesundheit II machine in Dr. Donald Milton&#039;s Public Health Aerobiology, Virology, and Exhaled Biomarker Laboratory of the university in College Park, Md. The device is helping scientists study a big question: Just how does the virus that causes COVID-19 spread from one person to another?

September 26, 2020, 2:07pm Nation & World

At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they cough. Read story