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Fireworks light the night sky to the delight of the crowd during Fourth of July festivities at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Thursday evening, July 4, 2019.

July 4 fireworks show canceled at Fort Vancouver National Site

April 8, 2020, 5:55pm Clark County News

COVID-19 is scotching yet another beloved community event: the 2020 fireworks spectacular at Fort Vancouver National Site. Read story

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington. Trump wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure projects to create jobs and help the collapsing economy rebuild from the coronavirus' stunning blows. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that seems about right. Sounds like the prelude to a bipartisan deal. Except that when it comes to trying to upgrade the country's road, rail, water and broadband systems, Washington frequently veers off the tracks -- usually over the bill's contents and how to pay for it.

Mnuchin says direct deposits out next week for virus aid

April 8, 2020, 2:36pm Latest News

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is telling House Democrats that direct deposits to Americans will begin next week under the coronavirus aid package. Read story

‘Just trying to breathe’: Baltimore couple describe fighting coronavirus at home, and why they fear for others

April 8, 2020, 12:45pm Nation & World

Between his long hours sleeping and her fitful searches for answers online, his forcing down meals he couldn’t taste and her cleaning, cooking and caring for him as best she could, there was the constant, unrelenting worry — gnawing at them for days as they hunkered down in their Baltimore… Read story

A nurse holds a vial and a swab at a drive-up coronavirus testing station at a hospital in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Clark County inches toward 200 COVID-19 cases

April 8, 2020, 12:01pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases Wednesday morning. There are now 190 total cases in the county. Read story

A health worker wearing personal protective gear inside a testing tent, gestures colleagues during the screening and testing for COVID-19, in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. South Africa and more than half of Africa's 54 countries have imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel bans or other restrictions to try to contain the spread of COVID-19. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Even as virus deaths mount, governments eye exit strategies

April 8, 2020, 11:51am Latest News

Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of the restrictions designed to curb the scourge. Read story

A police officer wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of new coronavirus stands guard at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Within hours of China lifting an 11-week lockdown on the central city of Wuhan early Wednesday, tens of thousands people had left the city by train and plane alone, according to local media reports.

Masked crowds fill Wuhan’s streets, trains as lockdown ends

April 8, 2020, 9:12am Nation & World

Amid streets newly bustling with cars and pedestrians, Wang Chun celebrated the lifting of a virus lockdown on her hometown of Wuhan on Wednesday with a dance outdoors after 2 1/2 months largely cooped up at home. Read story

People walk along the Waterfront Renaissance Trail in Vancouver on Tuesday. Authorities hope people continue to practice social distancing as warm weather brings more people outdoors.

As weather warms, officials urge Clark County residents to socially distance

April 8, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News

Fort officials report that people are protecting themselves, others by following guidelines. Read story

Cars fill the parking lots and line the streets surrounding the Clark County Food Bank to pick up food Tuesday afternoon. The food bank packed boxes and bags filled with food to give away to people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clark County nonprofits struggle to meet needs amid pandemic

April 8, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News

Local charities are experiencing a lot of ups and downs as the COVID-19 pandemic slashes volunteer bases and cancels fundraising events. It’s all happening as demand for services rises. Read story

Northwest Pipe shuts down Mexico plant

April 8, 2020, 6:01am Business

Vancouver-based Northwest Pipe Co. announced Tuesday that it has been ordered to shut down operations at its manufacturing facility in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, through April 30 due to a local mandate to temporarily close all nonessential businesses to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Read story

The construction industry, particularly on the residential side, has been loudly pushing to be exempted from the stay at home order, but at a press conference on Thursday, Gov. Jay Inlsee was directly asked if he'd reconsider that decision.

Clark County construction industry urges Inslee to rethink its status

April 8, 2020, 6:01am Business

When Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that he would extend Washington’s stay-at-home order to May 4, he added a comment that will likely serve as the final word on one of the order’s most hotly debated aspects: A ban on residential construction. Read story

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