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Clark County COVID-19 activity rises to highest level on record

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September 2, 2021, 3:06pm Clark County Health

Clark County's COVID-19 activity rose to the highest level on record this week with 1,602 new cases since Aug. 26 — the most ever reported in a seven-day period. Read story

FILE - In this March 17, 2020 file photo, Ashley Layton, an LPN at St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, communicates with a person before taking swab sample at a special outdoor drive-thru screening station for COVID-19 in Meridian, Idaho.

Idaho governor calls in help amid COVID surge

FILE - In this March 17, 2020 file photo, Ashley Layton, an LPN at St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, communicates with a person before taking swab sample at a special outdoor drive-thru screening station for COVID-19 in Meridian, Idaho.

August 31, 2021, 6:21pm Newsletter

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday called in 220 medical workers available through federal programs and mobilized 150 Idaho National Guard soldiers to deal with a surge in unvaccinated COVID-19 patients that is overwhelming the state’s hospitals. Read story

Martha Wiley of Vancouver hangs a compact disc from a tree in her yard each time someone in Clark County dies of COVID-19. She said she's running out of room.

Pandemic perspectives from Clark County

Martha Wiley of Vancouver hangs a compact disc from a tree in her yard each time someone in Clark County dies of COVID-19. She said she's running out of room.

August 29, 2021, 6:02am Clark County Life

Martha Wiley decided early in the pandemic to create a memorial. On a tree in front of her Vancouver home, she hangs a colored compact disc for each Clark County COVID-19 death. Read story

Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth points May 11, 2020, to a board showing a hypothetical case that serves as a training tool to teach new contact tracers how to track all the people they need to reach out to after a person tests positive for the new coronavirus.

Contact tracing takes a back seat

Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth points May 11, 2020, to a board showing a hypothetical case that serves as a training tool to teach new contact tracers how to track all the people they need to reach out to after a person tests positive for the new coronavirus.

August 28, 2021, 2:04pm Health

Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact-tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s pandemic response. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee's mask mandate in schools is a legal requirement for all employees and students. That includes wearing masks inside school buildings and buses.

Here’s what to expect as Clark County students go back to school

Gov. Jay Inslee's mask mandate in schools is a legal requirement for all employees and students. That includes wearing masks inside school buildings and buses.

August 27, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

When the 2021-22 school year opens next week for most of Clark County, districts will operate on a regular, full-time in-person schedule with students and staff required to wear masks inside school buildings. Read story

The Clark County Public Service Center in downtown Vancouver.

Clark County Council to keep meetings virtual through September

The Clark County Public Service Center in downtown Vancouver.

August 27, 2021, 6:01am Clark County News

The Clark County Council has decided to keep its public meetings in a virtual format through the end of September as the delta variant fuels another spike in COVID-19 cases. Read story

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Clark County COVID-19 activity reaches levels not seen since January

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August 26, 2021, 1:10pm Clark County Health

Clark County's COVID-19 activity remained high over the past seven days, with activity rates reaching the highest level since the pandemic's last major surge in January. Four new deaths were reported. Read story

Officer Tyler Chavers stops to check on a homeless encampment near Share House in downtown Vancouver in July 2020.

Vancouver: No plan to mandate vaccines for city employees

Officer Tyler Chavers stops to check on a homeless encampment near Share House in downtown Vancouver in July 2020.

August 25, 2021, 6:11am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver is not considering implementing policies that would require that its employees receive their COVID-19 vaccinations, a city spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. Read story

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 file photo, frozen vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are taken out to thaw, at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium. The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. President Joe Biden was set to make the announcement Thursday in a speech before the start of Group of Seven summit.

FDA gives full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 file photo, frozen vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are taken out to thaw, at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium. The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. President Joe Biden was set to make the announcement Thursday in a speech before the start of Group of Seven summit.

August 23, 2021, 12:15pm Health

The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a milestone that could lift public confidence in the shots and spur more companies, universities and local governments to make vaccinations mandatory. Read story

Kindergarten teacher Chelsea Hendryx shows incoming kindergartner Hakeem Hardnett, how to use the swings during recess at Hazel Dell Elementary School as part of Vancouver Public Schools' Jump Start program. Roughly 900 students across the distric attended Jump Start, a two-week program for students to familiarize themselves with rules and routines of school.

Clark County schools hope to see enrollment pick up after last year’s decline

Kindergarten teacher Chelsea Hendryx shows incoming kindergartner Hakeem Hardnett, how to use the swings during recess at Hazel Dell Elementary School as part of Vancouver Public Schools' Jump Start program. Roughly 900 students across the distric attended Jump Start, a two-week program for students to familiarize themselves with rules and routines of school.

August 21, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News

A new school year begins Aug. 31 in Vancouver Public Schools, and incoming Hazel Dell Elementary kindergartner Gavin Bethell can’t wait. Read story