Clark County News

Private equity moves into care in Northwest: Investment firms buying mental health, substance use clinics

May 21, 2024, 6:09am Business Updated 4 hours ago

A national study published by the journal JAMA Psychiatry earlier this month found private equity firms now account for as much as a quarter of practices providing mental health services… Read story

Vancouver woman creates home for people with mental illness or who’ve been chronically homeless

May 21, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Health

Life used to look a lot different for Siddhartha Fisher. He was a gifted child — class president of his elementary school and winner of a state chess championship in… Read story

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Survey flags placed by Clark County Public Works crews at Cougar Creek Woods Community Park sparked concerns among neighbors abut what the county is planning for the property.

There is no plan to sell Cougar Creek Woods park in Felida, says official

May 21, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News Updated 5 hours ago

When crews from Clark County Public Works recently began placing survey flags along the perimeter of Cougar Creek Woods Community Park, some neighbors worried the county was moving forward with an old plan to sell off part of the park for development. Read story

A crew of volunteers at local nonprofit Share Vancouver assemble sack lunches in the kitchen at Fort Vancouver High School in July. State schools superintendent Chris Reykdal announced a new program last week that will provide children across Washington with $120 meal cards to buy groceries throughout the summer.

State will provide $120 EBT cards to help keep Clark County kids fed while school is out

May 21, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News Updated 15 mins ago

Tens of thousands of children in Clark County will be eligible to receive grocery benefits this summer as part of a new program launched by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Expect intense but scattered showers over next few days

May 21, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Chalk up another fair weather day Monday with plenty of sunshine but highs were a bit below average at 68 degrees. Read story

Chipotle is opening a store in downtown Vancouver.

Chipotle Mexican Grill opening downtown Vancouver location Tuesday

May 20, 2024, 5:54pm Business Updated 4 hours ago

A seventh Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Clark County is opening Tuesday at 1600 Washington St., Suite 101 Read story

Camas school board vice president resigns effective June 21

May 20, 2024, 5:50pm Clark County News Updated 18 hours ago

Camas school board Vice President Erika Cox on Monday announced her resignation, which is effective June 21. Cox, a former parent-teacher association president with a history of public service, has been on the school board since 2018. Read story

Washington is 2nd in the U.S. for missing and murdered Indigenous women; have recent efforts made headway?

Red dresses representing murdered and missing Indigenous women hang from trees outside the Cowlitz Indian Tribe Health & Human Services office in Hazel Dell on May 3. May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.

May 18, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News Updated 4 hours ago

Julian C. Ankney of the Nez Perce Tribe heard stories since she was a child that Indigenous people go missing at higher rates. The statistics showed Indigenous people go missing at a rate 10 times the national average. In 2018, Ankney’s then-26-year-old brother vanished from an Idaho mall. Read story