March 27, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health
The city of Vancouver will soon be able to tap into opioid settlement funds to help fight Southwest Washington’s opioid crisis. Read story
March 27, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 23 hours ago
Battle Ground police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illicit drugs hours before he suffered a fatal overdose in his office, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office found. Read story
March 26, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Health Updated 1 day ago
Clark County Jail Services and its partners have installed a naloxone vending machine in the jail’s public lobby. Read story
March 20, 2024, 6:18pm Clark County Health
Local governments in Clark County and across Washington received a combined $55 million to combat the opioid epidemic. The money comes from litigation resolutions between the state and opioid distributors, manufacturers and national pharmacy chains. Read story
March 20, 2024, 3:25pm Health
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington. Read story
February 1, 2024, 2:27pm Clark County Health
Community members, advocates and health professionals met under a canopy of lights Wednesday at Living Hope Church for XChange Recovery’s Community Education Night. Read story
February 1, 2024, 2:21pm Health Free
Washington moved a step closer Thursday to requiring all public, charter and tribal schools in the state to stock medication that can reverse opioid overdoses. Read story
January 30, 2024, 7:41am Health Free
Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday asked state health and social services officials to update him on the opioid and overdose epidemic in Washington. Read story
December 5, 2023, 7:43am Health
Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday he will ask for an additional $50 million in the current state budget to fight the opioid crisis. Read story
October 12, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Health
Clark and Cowlitz counties have been awarded an $800,000 grant from the federal government to support employment and training for those affected by opioid use, addiction and overdose. Read story