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A station is set up to screen visitors to Battle Ground High School for symptoms of COVID-19, as seen on Tuesday morning. Districts like Battle Ground are eligible for coronavirus relief funds to help cover the cost of responding to the pandemic, including the purchase of personal protective equipment and technology.

Clark County Public Health offers new reopening guidance to schools

A station is set up to screen visitors to Battle Ground High School for symptoms of COVID-19, as seen on Tuesday morning. Districts like Battle Ground are eligible for coronavirus relief funds to help cover the cost of responding to the pandemic, including the purchase of personal protective equipment and technology.

August 20, 2020, 5:39pm Clark County News

Clark County Public Health released new guidance Thursday on school reopening, offering more clarity for families eager to see their children return to the classroom. Read story

A full crate of Bartlett pears is set aside for Urban Abundance program coordinator Lynsey Horne to pick up at Omega Farms in Ridgefield in 2019.

Clark County gleaners get creative to keep fruit harvest safe

A full crate of Bartlett pears is set aside for Urban Abundance program coordinator Lynsey Horne to pick up at Omega Farms in Ridgefield in 2019.

August 20, 2020, 5:22pm Clark County News

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Urban Abundance is taking a do-it-yourself, socially distanced approach to this year’s fruit harvest season. Read story

Vector of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV and Virus background with disease cells. COVID-19 Corona virus outbreaking and Pandemic medical health risk concept.

New COVID-19 cases rebound in Clark County, up by 48

Vector of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV and Virus background with disease cells. COVID-19 Corona virus outbreaking and Pandemic medical health risk concept.

August 20, 2020, 11:39am Clark County Health Free

New COVID-19 cases rebounded in numbers reported Thursday, with 48 positive tests, according to Clark County Public Health. Read story

FILE - In this July 1, 2020, file photo, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee removes his mask as he begins a news conference in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee was one of the first states to begin reopening in late April after Lee reluctantly issued a safer-at-home order that forced businesses to close. Since then, case numbers have continued to rise in part due to more testing, but also because of an increase in community spread of the disease.

Teachers could stay in classroom if exposed to COVID-19

FILE - In this July 1, 2020, file photo, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee removes his mask as he begins a news conference in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee was one of the first states to begin reopening in late April after Lee reluctantly issued a safer-at-home order that forced businesses to close. Since then, case numbers have continued to rise in part due to more testing, but also because of an increase in community spread of the disease.

August 20, 2020, 8:34am Nation & World Free

New guidance from President Donald Trump’s administration that declares teachers to be “critical infrastructure workers” could give the green light to exempting teachers from quarantine requirements after being exposed to COVID-19 and instead send them back into the classroom. Read story

Rise in jobless claims reflects still-struggling U.S. economy

August 20, 2020, 8:16am Business Free

The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose to 1.1 million last week after two weeks of declines, evidence that many employers are still slashing jobs as the coronavirus bedevils the U.S. economy. Read story

Luepke Center manager Dean Scelza chats with a client, who declined to give their name, while on delivery for Meals on Wheels People in March. Scelza was careful not to shake hands or come too close to those on his delivery route to keep both himself and his clients healthy.

Meals on Wheels People shifting some food distribution to Clark County

Luepke Center manager Dean Scelza chats with a client, who declined to give their name, while on delivery for Meals on Wheels People in March. Scelza was careful not to shake hands or come too close to those on his delivery route to keep both himself and his clients healthy.

August 19, 2020, 8:00pm Clark County News

The pre-made meals that Meals on Wheels People delivers to homebound seniors in Clark County will soon be prepared in Clark County. Read story

This illustration shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

New COVID-19 cases dip in latest Clark County report, no new deaths

This illustration shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

August 19, 2020, 5:00pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health reported five new COVID-19 cases — the lowest single weekday total in two months — and no new deaths Wednesday. Read story

Inslee orders more COVID-19 testing for farm workers

August 19, 2020, 2:48pm Northwest

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday updated his coronavirus proclamation so that it requires agricultural employers to test their workforce broadly when health officials identify an outbreak that passes certain thresholds. Read story

Customer Mark Shelton, left, adjusts his helmet as Zoot Scoot co-owner Jason Adams gives him a safety breakdown outside Zoot Scoot in Vancouver. The electric scooters sales and rental shop opened in June and quickly sold out of inventory. The shop will be getting a new batch of scooters this week for both retail and rental.

Vancouver scooter businesses find success, say pandemic boosting demand

Customer Mark Shelton, left, adjusts his helmet as Zoot Scoot co-owner Jason Adams gives him a safety breakdown outside Zoot Scoot in Vancouver. The electric scooters sales and rental shop opened in June and quickly sold out of inventory. The shop will be getting a new batch of scooters this week for both retail and rental.

August 19, 2020, 6:01am Clark County Business

Two new downtown Vancouver electric scooter businesses are providing a new way to safely explore Vancouver during the pandemic. Read story

Vadim Zalyashko, left, and Jasmine John, who both work in technology services for Battle Ground Public Schools, set up a new computer to be used by a Battle Ground High School teacher remotely in the fall Tuesday morning. Clark County school districts are eligible for more than $13 million in federal coronavirus relief funds.

Clark County school districts begin to receive CARES Act reimbursements

Vadim Zalyashko, left, and Jasmine John, who both work in technology services for Battle Ground Public Schools, set up a new computer to be used by a Battle Ground High School teacher remotely in the fall Tuesday morning. Clark County school districts are eligible for more than $13 million in federal coronavirus relief funds.

August 19, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

As Clark County school districts prepare for another year of virtual learning, they continue to bear the costs of moving online in the spring. Read story