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Crisis Support Specialists Bryan Rippentrop, left, Trista Rust, center, and Clinical Supervisor Dawn Tec Yah chat Wednesday outside the Battle Ground Police Department before a shift on Columbia River Mental Health Services' Mobile Night Crisis team. The service was launched on May 15, and aims to provide direct mental health counseling and treatment to vulnerable individuals and relieve law enforcement and emergency service personnel from the need to respond to mental health and substance use crises overnight. At top, a logo identifies the Columbia River Night Crisis team's mobile health van.

Clark County mental health counseling expands with launch of Mobile Night Crisis team

Crisis Support Specialists Bryan Rippentrop, left, Trista Rust, center, and Clinical Supervisor Dawn Tec Yah chat Wednesday outside the Battle Ground Police Department before a shift on Columbia River Mental Health Services' Mobile Night Crisis team. The service was launched on May 15, and aims to provide direct mental health counseling and treatment to vulnerable individuals and relieve law enforcement and emergency service personnel from the need to respond to mental health and substance use crises overnight. At top, a logo identifies the Columbia River Night Crisis team's mobile health van.

May 28, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

Columbia River Mental Health Services has launched a Mobile Night Crisis team to provide direct mental health counseling and treatment to vulnerable individuals and relieve law enforcement and emergency service personnel from the need to respond to mental health and substance use crises overnight. Read story

Washington takes step toward expanding health insurance coverage for all residents, regardless of immigration status

May 18, 2022, 7:21am Health

Washington has taken a significant step toward expanding health and dental insurance coverage to nearly all residents, particularly those who are undocumented. Read story

Mindful Therapy Group CEO Derek Crain talks about the company at its new Vancouver office, 7600 N.E. 41st St., that opened this month. It is the company's first office in Clark County. Crain, also a licensed clinical social worker, started the company in 2011 in Mountlake Terrace. It has since expanded across the Northwest.

Mindful Therapy Group opens new office in Vancouver, its first in Clark County

Mindful Therapy Group CEO Derek Crain talks about the company at its new Vancouver office, 7600 N.E. 41st St., that opened this month. It is the company's first office in Clark County. Crain, also a licensed clinical social worker, started the company in 2011 in Mountlake Terrace. It has since expanded across the Northwest.

May 13, 2022, 6:03am Business

Mindful Therapy Group, a diverse and collaborative network of licensed, independent mental health clinicians, opened a new office in Vancouver this month — just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month. Read story

Applicants sought for Public Health Advisory Council

April 20, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Health Free

The Clark County Board of Health is accepting applications for a newly created position on the Public Health Advisory Council. Applicants must live in the county and represent the Clark County Commission on Aging or the aging community. Read story

PeaceHealth is proposing a new four-story medical building at the southeast corner of Southeast First Street and 192nd Avenue. The site, which adjoins a school, is currently vacant.

PeaceHealth proposes ambulatory care center in east Vancouver

PeaceHealth is proposing a new four-story medical building at the southeast corner of Southeast First Street and 192nd Avenue. The site, which adjoins a school, is currently vacant.

April 16, 2022, 6:05am Business

PeaceHealth has proposed a four-story ambulatory care center for east Vancouver, according to pre-planning documents sent to the city. Read story

File - In this May 11, 2018 file photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, speaks in front of Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Wash. Gov. Inslee unveiled Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2018, his budget and policy plan for fixing the state's struggling mental health system in the coming years. Inslee said he wanted to invest in the troubled Western State Hospital to address safety concerns there, but he didn't mention the rise in assaults at the state's largest psychiatric hospital. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Big changes at Western State Hospital fit into Inslee’s plan to ‘re-imagine’ mental health

File - In this May 11, 2018 file photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, speaks in front of Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Wash. Gov. Inslee unveiled Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2018, his budget and policy plan for fixing the state's struggling mental health system in the coming years. Inslee said he wanted to invest in the troubled Western State Hospital to address safety concerns there, but he didn't mention the rise in assaults at the state's largest psychiatric hospital. (AP Photo/Ted S.

April 4, 2022, 6:02am Health

If there is an apt symbol of Washington’s strained mental health system, it’s Western State Hospital. Read story

The PeaceHeath Southwest Medical Center emergency room.

PeaceHealth announces new specialty services

The PeaceHeath Southwest Medical Center emergency room.

March 1, 2022, 6:03am Business

PeaceHealth patients will soon be able to get specialty pharmacy services or infusion services through a new partnership with Ardon Health and Emerging Health. Read story

Sam Sugarman, patient service representative for Northwest Medical Associates-Praxis Health, takes a call while working at the front desk on Thursday afternoon. Praxis Health, Oregon's largest independent medical group, has expanded into Vancouver after recently acquiring Northwest Medical Associates, a 35-year-old clinic in east Vancouver.

Oregon medical group Praxis Health buys Northwest Medical Associates in east Vancouver

Sam Sugarman, patient service representative for Northwest Medical Associates-Praxis Health, takes a call while working at the front desk on Thursday afternoon. Praxis Health, Oregon's largest independent medical group, has expanded into Vancouver after recently acquiring Northwest Medical Associates, a 35-year-old clinic in east Vancouver.

January 27, 2022, 6:27pm Business

Praxis Health, Oregon’s largest independent medical group, acquired a 35-year-old Vancouver clinic this month, marking the group’s first expansion into Washington. Read story

FILE - House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, is displayed on video screens as he speaks remotely following opening remarks from House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, during the opening session of the Washington state House, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. As lawmakers in some Democratic-led states meet remotely because of renewed COVID-19 concerns, their counterparts in many Republican-led legislatures are beginning their 2022 sessions with an aggressive push to outlaw vaccine requirements in workplaces and schools and roll back the government's power to mandate pandemic precautions. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Washington House approves delaying payroll tax for WA Cares until July 2023

FILE - House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, is displayed on video screens as he speaks remotely following opening remarks from House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, during the opening session of the Washington state House, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. As lawmakers in some Democratic-led states meet remotely because of renewed COVID-19 concerns, their counterparts in many Republican-led legislatures are beginning their 2022 sessions with an aggressive push to outlaw vaccine requirements in workplaces and schools and roll back the government's power to mandate pandemic precautions. (AP Photo/Ted S.

January 20, 2022, 7:42am Latest News

Washington House lawmakers Wednesday approved a pair of key bills to delay the payroll tax collections for WA Cares until July 2023 and make broad changes to the first-of-its-kind long-term care program in the face of criticism. Read story

The PeaceHeath Southwest Medical Center emergency room.

Clark County emergency rooms report drastic increase in patients

The PeaceHeath Southwest Medical Center emergency room.

January 14, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Health Free

Officials at Legacy Salmon Creek and PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center have a request: Don’t visit the emergency room if you have mild COVID-19 symptoms or if you need a walk-in COVID-19 test. Read story