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Clients at the Vancouver Navigation Center practice social distancing as they wait in line to take part in the limited services available Tuesday. For two hours, participants were able to pick up their mail, get water and use the toilets.

Safe-park program at Vancouver Mall shuts down

Clients at the Vancouver Navigation Center practice social distancing as they wait in line to take part in the limited services available Tuesday. For two hours, participants were able to pick up their mail, get water and use the toilets.

May 5, 2020, 5:50pm Clark County News

An encampment at the Vancouver Mall parking lot designed for people living out of their vehicles is shutting down, effective today. Read story

FILE - In this Monday, April 13, 2020, file photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee has repeatedly said he will rely on scientific models and input from state health officials to determine when stay-at-home orders can be relaxed, despite growing calls for them to be ended, including a protest that drew about 2,500 to the state Capitol. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Four GOP lawmakers, including Vick of Felida, sue Inslee over coronavirus stay-home order

FILE - In this Monday, April 13, 2020, file photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee has repeatedly said he will rely on scientific models and input from state health officials to determine when stay-at-home orders can be relaxed, despite growing calls for them to be ended, including a protest that drew about 2,500 to the state Capitol. (AP Photo/Ted S.

May 5, 2020, 5:39pm Editor's Choice

In the latest in an escalating series of legal challenges by Republicans, four Washington state legislators sued Gov. Jay Inslee in federal court on Tuesday, seeking to strike down his stay-home order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse in May 2014.

All Clark County criminal, civil jury trials delayed until at least July 6

The Clark County Courthouse in May 2014.

May 5, 2020, 5:11pm Clark County News

The Clark County court system announced Tuesday that it is once again modifying its operations to increase safety and stop the spread of COVID-19, including delaying all criminal and civil jury trials until at least July 6. Read story

FILE - In this 1918 file photo made available by the Library of Congress, volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross tend to influenza patients in the Oakland Municipal Auditorium, used as a temporary hospital. Science has ticked off some major accomplishments over the last century. The world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks. Yet in many ways, 2020 is looking like 1918, the year the great influenza pandemic raged. (Edward A.

Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science’s march

FILE - In this 1918 file photo made available by the Library of Congress, volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross tend to influenza patients in the Oakland Municipal Auditorium, used as a temporary hospital. Science has ticked off some major accomplishments over the last century. The world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks. Yet in many ways, 2020 is looking like 1918, the year the great influenza pandemic raged. (Edward A.

May 5, 2020, 2:45pm Health

Despite a century’s progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918. Read story

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows CDC&#039;s laboratory test kit for the new coronavirus. (U.S.

Clark County adds one new COVID-19 case and one new death

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows CDC&#039;s laboratory test kit for the new coronavirus. (U.S.

May 5, 2020, 11:06am Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health announced one new coronavirus case and one new death Tuesday morning. Read story

Hanwha Eagles players wearing face masks line up during the start of their regular season baseball game against SK Wyverns in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Cheerleaders danced beneath rows of empty seats and umpires wore protective masks as a new baseball season began in South Korea. After a weeks-long delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, a hushed atmosphere allowed for sounds like the ball hitting the catcher&#039;s mitt and bats smacking the ball for a single or double to echo around the stadium.

Britain’s death toll from the coronavirus rivals Italy’s

Hanwha Eagles players wearing face masks line up during the start of their regular season baseball game against SK Wyverns in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Cheerleaders danced beneath rows of empty seats and umpires wore protective masks as a new baseball season began in South Korea. After a weeks-long delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, a hushed atmosphere allowed for sounds like the ball hitting the catcher&#039;s mitt and bats smacking the ball for a single or double to echo around the stadium.

May 5, 2020, 8:42am Nation & World

Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction, with the known infection rate rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns, an Associated Press analysis found Tuesday. Read story

In this April 11, 2020 image from video provided by Whitney Rutz, Whitney Rutz displays a large cinnamon roll before putting it in the oven in her home in Portland, Ore. Rutz baked cinnamon rolls to help raise funds for Oregon Food Bank.

Giant cinnamon rolls raise money, feed ‘bellies and souls’ in Portland

In this April 11, 2020 image from video provided by Whitney Rutz, Whitney Rutz displays a large cinnamon roll before putting it in the oven in her home in Portland, Ore. Rutz baked cinnamon rolls to help raise funds for Oregon Food Bank.

May 5, 2020, 8:39am Latest News

Scared for friends who had contracted the new coronavirus and worried about her daughter’s schooling and husband’s work, Whitney Rutz cried and screamed into her pillow. Read story

The Motel 6 at 221 N.E. Chkalov Drive in Vancouver has entered into a $608,880 contract to provide housing for homeless people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

East Vancouver quarantine site rolls out homeless testing

The Motel 6 at 221 N.E. Chkalov Drive in Vancouver has entered into a $608,880 contract to provide housing for homeless people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

May 5, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News

Unhoused people recently began staying at the Motel 6 quarantine and isolation site in east Vancouver as Clark County Public Health began rolling out a process to test homeless people for COVID-19. Read story

Camas parks to reopen in phases

May 5, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

CAMAS -- Camas parks will gradually begin reopening today. Read story

FILE - This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Health officials hope to avoid stigma and error in naming the virus causing an international outbreak of respiratory illnesses. But some researchers say the current moniker, 2019 nCoV, which stands for 2019 novel coronavirus, probably won&#039;t stick in the public&#039;s mind.

Clark County adds six COVID-19 cases over weekend

FILE - This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Health officials hope to avoid stigma and error in naming the virus causing an international outbreak of respiratory illnesses. But some researchers say the current moniker, 2019 nCoV, which stands for 2019 novel coronavirus, probably won&#039;t stick in the public&#039;s mind.

May 4, 2020, 11:51am Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health confirmed six new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths Monday morning. Read story