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Thrive2Survive director of operations Erin Honan, from right, talks about the organization&rsquo;s new recovery home, The Dewey House, with RePurpose Center diversion specialist Sunny Hannah, Thrive2Survive executive assistant Kandyss Hanset and Thrive2Survive founder Charles Hanset Jr.

Recovery home for men: The Dewey House opens with help from Clark County’s mental health sales tax

Thrive2Survive director of operations Erin Honan, from right, talks about the organization&rsquo;s new recovery home, The Dewey House, with RePurpose Center diversion specialist Sunny Hannah, Thrive2Survive executive assistant Kandyss Hanset and Thrive2Survive founder Charles Hanset Jr.

March 12, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

Charles Hanset Jr. could list many things he admires about his late uncle, Dewey Long. He was extremely talented at playing the drums and fixing up cars, and he always tried to pass on his knowledge to young Hanset. Read story

Columbia River Mental Health Services sets forum on policing in Fourth Plain corridor

March 12, 2024, 5:56am Clark County Health

Columbia River Mental Health Services will hold a public forum focused on mental health, substance use and law enforcement within the Fourth Plain corridor in Vancouver. Read story

Washington State University Vancouver seeks donations for closet event

March 12, 2024, 5:55am Clark County News

Washington State University Vancouver is seeking clothing donations for its Lavender and Professional Clothing Closet event later this month. Read story

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart chats with guests Friday at the Java For Justice Brunch. Smart was abducted in 2002 from her Salt Lake City home and held captive for nine months before she was rescued.

NWCAVE fundraiser hosts Elizabeth Smart: “Media is so powerful. I have no doubt that I would not be here if not for the media”

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart chats with guests Friday at the Java For Justice Brunch. Smart was abducted in 2002 from her Salt Lake City home and held captive for nine months before she was rescued.

March 8, 2024, 3:23pm Clark County Health

As a child, Elizabeth Smart was taught to not talk to strangers, to use the buddy system, and to stop, drop and roll if on fire. But she wasn’t taught what to do when confronted with sexual violence. Most kids aren’t. Read story

John Gentry, left, and his wife, Joyce, right, both of Vancouver, call up to one of their Meals on Wheels People clients in Smith Tower Apartments downtown. The couple volunteers every Tuesday and also fills in on other days when needed. “Sometimes, for some of these people, we’re the only people they talk to,” John Gentry said.

Meals on Wheels gets 2 grants for $1.7M for meals tailored to those just released from hospital

John Gentry, left, and his wife, Joyce, right, both of Vancouver, call up to one of their Meals on Wheels People clients in Smith Tower Apartments downtown. The couple volunteers every Tuesday and also fills in on other days when needed. “Sometimes, for some of these people, we’re the only people they talk to,” John Gentry said.

March 5, 2024, 5:39pm Clark County Health

Meals on Wheels People announced Tuesday it received two grants totaling $1.7 million from Trillium Community Health Plan to support its Medically Tailored Meals program. Read story

Tents line the sidewalk outside of Share House in October in Vancouver.

City forgives $15,000 of loan Share Vancouver stopped paying on in 2010

Tents line the sidewalk outside of Share House in October in Vancouver.

February 27, 2024, 2:18pm Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council on Monday forgave $15,000 of a $25,000 loan that homeless organization Share received in 1999. Still, some councilors voiced concerns about why Share stopped making payments on the loan in 2010. Read story

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HomeShare Clark County, WA wants to pair renters with senior citizens who own homes

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February 27, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Cue “The Golden Girls” theme song: To combat the housing crisis, a Clark County group wants to pair seniors with people seeking a place to live. Read story

Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School fourth-graders Alexis Lopez, left, and Angel Murrillo Martinez dig a hole for a sapling while Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership environmental educator James Sterrett, center, supervises Wednesday at Burnt Bridge Creek. Clark County recently agreed to a $175,000 contract to extend the Experience Vancouver Lake program hosted by Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, part of a suite of outdoor educational opportunities offered by the nonprofit.

Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership program helps Clark County students learn about, experience outdoors

Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School fourth-graders Alexis Lopez, left, and Angel Murrillo Martinez dig a hole for a sapling while Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership environmental educator James Sterrett, center, supervises Wednesday at Burnt Bridge Creek. Clark County recently agreed to a $175,000 contract to extend the Experience Vancouver Lake program hosted by Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, part of a suite of outdoor educational opportunities offered by the nonprofit.

February 22, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Fourth-graders plant native trees and shrubs along Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Read story

Clark County Business Briefing

February 17, 2024, 5:58am Business

For the ninth consecutive year, the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the city of Ridgefield. Read story

Dove the cat stretches her paw out to play with Larry the cat. Both are in one of the colony rooms, where they can roam freely, at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal.

West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal celebrates successful year of adoptions

Dove the cat stretches her paw out to play with Larry the cat. Both are in one of the colony rooms, where they can roam freely, at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal.

February 16, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

It was a successful year for the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society and its family of furry friends. Read story