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Stories by Chrissy Booker

Columbian staff reporter

Letter carriers and volunteers collected about 82,000 pounds of food for the 33rd annual Clark County Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 10. The food drive benefits the Clark County Food Bank.

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive collects 82,000 pounds of food in its 33rd year

Letter carriers and volunteers collected about 82,000 pounds of food for the 33rd annual Clark County Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 10. The food drive benefits the Clark County Food Bank.

May 20, 2025, 6:07am Business

Letter carriers and volunteers collected about 82,000 pounds of food for the 33rd annual Clark County Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 10. Read story

River Susick, left, and his twin sister, Marcella, both 3, enjoy a bite to eat while watching crews from Rick’s Custom Fencing & Decking build a new deck for the family home Thursday afternoon.

Single mom of twins fighting breast cancer gets a new fence and deck at her Clark County home

River Susick, left, and his twin sister, Marcella, both 3, enjoy a bite to eat while watching crews from Rick’s Custom Fencing & Decking build a new deck for the family home Thursday afternoon.

May 19, 2025, 10:40am Breast Cancer

When Kayla Susick was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2024, her focus wasn’t on the deteriorating deck or unsafe fence that surrounded her Clark County home. It was on beating the disease. Read story

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Educational Opportunities for Children and Families CEO Rekah Strong poses for a photo with students Maycee Hawn, left, and Jameson Owens on July 21, 2023, during a field day at Educational Opportunities for Children and Families on MacArthur Boulevard.

‘Be the armor for our babies’: Educational Opportunities for Children and Families urges community support at fundraising gala

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Educational Opportunities for Children and Families CEO Rekah Strong poses for a photo with students Maycee Hawn, left, and Jameson Owens on July 21, 2023, during a field day at Educational Opportunities for Children and Families on MacArthur Boulevard.

May 16, 2025, 11:52am Business

In addition to facing a significant budget shortfall, one of Clark County’s largest early education providers is now removing references to diversity from its grant requests in an effort to comply with shifting federal policies. Read story

Jan Gaffney and son Logan participate in a Project ImPACT activity to support play in young children with autism. Project ImPACT is among four programs that recently received grants from Friends of Legacy Salmon Creek.

Friends of Legacy Salmon Creek gives $18,000 to hospital programs in first round of funding

Jan Gaffney and son Logan participate in a Project ImPACT activity to support play in young children with autism. Project ImPACT is among four programs that recently received grants from Friends of Legacy Salmon Creek.

May 15, 2025, 11:25am Clark County Health

Friends of Legacy Salmon Creek, a new philanthropy group that supports Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, has awarded $18,000 to four hospital-based programs in its inaugural round of funding. Read story

Clark County Animal Protection and Control seized 26 goats, five sheep and 14 chickens from Mohammad Alauddin, who is facing 45 counts of first-degree animal cruelty.

Vancouver man arrested on 45 counts of animal cruelty

Clark County Animal Protection and Control seized 26 goats, five sheep and 14 chickens from Mohammad Alauddin, who is facing 45 counts of first-degree animal cruelty.

May 12, 2025, 4:15pm Clark County News

A Clark County man is facing 45 counts of animal cruelty after Clark County law enforcement officers say they discovered dozens of malnourished animals on his property. Read story

Cliff Marble is ushered into a limousine following his final shift at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

‘This isn’t what I do. This is who I am’: PeaceHealth employee Cliff Marble retires after 49 years of service

Cliff Marble is ushered into a limousine following his final shift at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

May 9, 2025, 11:06am Clark County Health

What began as a summer job working in the cafeteria at St. Joseph Hospital grew into a career that spanned nearly five decades for Cliff Marble. Read story

Volunteers Matthias Bundy, 15, right, and Emersen-Castillo Morales, 12, lload food donated to the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive in 2023. The food drive in Vancouver is in desperate need of volunteers, according to its lead organizer Don Young.

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive in desperate need of volunteers for Saturday event

Volunteers Matthias Bundy, 15, right, and Emersen-Castillo Morales, 12, lload food donated to the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive in 2023. The food drive in Vancouver is in desperate need of volunteers, according to its lead organizer Don Young.

May 7, 2025, 6:08am Clark County News

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is in desperate need of volunteers to pull off this weekend’s event. Read story

City of Vancouver to begin paving across 20 neighborhoods

May 6, 2025, 2:15pm Clark County News

The city of Vancouver will begin to pave and preserve streets across 20 neighborhoods this summer. Read story

A sign for Oregon Health and Science University sits on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at OSHU in Portland. The 180-day review period for OHSU and Legacy Health’s proposed merger is almost up.

OHSU and Legacy cancel planned merger worth billions after nearly two years

A sign for Oregon Health and Science University sits on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at OSHU in Portland. The 180-day review period for OHSU and Legacy Health’s proposed merger is almost up.

May 5, 2025, 11:46am Business

Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health have called off plans to integrate the two health care systems in a deal estimated to be worth billions. Read story

Tom Britain and wife Angela of Ridgefield make lunch, something Tom was unable to do while recovering from sepsis and an appendectomy. He and Angela, who has a doctorate in nursing, discuss the circumstances surrounding his hourslong wait in two different hospitals for his emergency surgery.

Her husband needed his appendix out; after delays at PeaceHealth and Kaiser, he ended up with sepsis

Tom Britain and wife Angela of Ridgefield make lunch, something Tom was unable to do while recovering from sepsis and an appendectomy. He and Angela, who has a doctorate in nursing, discuss the circumstances surrounding his hourslong wait in two different hospitals for his emergency surgery.

May 3, 2025, 6:14am Business

Appendectomies are among the most common surgeries performed in the United States with about 300,000 a year. Yet, a delay in receiving this routine procedure nearly cost Ridgefield resident Tom Brittain, 56, his life. Read story