Property managers of apartment complexes large and small are challenged with preventing pollution from various sources. To support best practices, the Green Apartment Living partnership has brought together speakers to offer tips and takeaways.

Clark County property managers can register for free monthly webinars that run Feb. 24 through July 21. The one-hour webinars are virtual, with participants interacting with local experts on a range of topics from safer pest controls to managing pet waste and tree care tips. Register on the… Read More

The COVID-19 community testing site at Tower Mall (5403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver) will open at noon Tuesday, Feb. 16.

People who have pre-registered for testing will be notified if their scheduled appointment is affected by the late opening. Notification will be delivered using the contact information provided during pre-registration. Pre-registration information will remain in the system so people can be tested at their convenience during operating hours.

Updates regarding Tower Mall COVID-19 Community Testing Site operations will be available at the website… Read More

Due to the inclement weather, the COVID-19 community testing site at Tower Mall (5403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver) will be closed Saturday, Feb. 13.

People who have pre-registered for testing will be notified if their scheduled appointment is affected by the closure. Notification will be delivered using the contact information provided during pre-registration. Pre-registration information will remain in the system so people can be tested at their convenience when normal operations resume.

The site is closed today, as well. Updates regarding Tower Mall COVID-19 Community… Read More

Reducing the amount of trash you produce can be easy and fun. Join the annual WasteBusters Challenge that provides encouragement in your sustainability efforts! Clark County residents can register individually or form groups in this challenge, which runs Feb. 22 through March 15. The challenge format is virtual, with participants setting up accounts to interact with others in the waste-busting community.

Residents sign up for the free competition online and pledge to reduce the amount of trash going to landfills by… Read More

Due to the inclement weather, the COVID-19 community testing site at Tower Mall (5403 E. Mill Plain Blvd.) will be closed Friday, Feb. 12. The closure will continue as needed to ensure the safety of staff and visitors.

People who have pre-registered for testing will be notified if their scheduled appointment is affected by the closure. Notification will be delivered using the contact information provided during pre-registration. Pre-registration information will remain in the system so people can be tested at their convenience when normal operations resume.

Updates… Read More

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County and the rest of the Southwest Region will move to Phase 2 of the state’s Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan. The move is effective Sunday, Feb. 14. (The start date has been updated. Gov. Inslee announced Thursday evening that the change would be effective Sunday, not Monday.)

The Southwest Region – Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, Klickitat and Wahkiakum counties – is one of seven regions moving to Phase 2. The South Central region – Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Walla Walla and Yakima counties – is the only region… Read More

The B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 has been detected in two Clark County cases.

The two Clark County residents recently tested for COVID-19 were found infected with the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Specimens from the two cases were sent to Northwest Genomics Center, a lab at the University of Washington. The lab confirmed the variant by whole viral genome sequencing and notified Clark County Public Health of the results this week.

These are the first two cases of the B.1.1.7 variant identified in Clark County.

“This variant can… Read More

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Public Health is opening a call center to help respond to public questions around COVID-19 and local vaccination efforts.

Call center representatives can provide callers with resources for determining COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and options for scheduling vaccine appointments. Representatives can also help people fill out the COVID-19 vaccine request form on the Clark County Public Health website. This form is used to refer people who live or work in Clark County to a local facility with COVID-19 vaccine.

Public Health call center… Read More

Vancouver, Wash. – More than 930 residents and staff at adult family homes and other long-term care facilities were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday and Friday, as volunteer teams fanned out across Clark and Cowlitz counties.

About 50 volunteers from Medical Reserve Corps and Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue administered the vaccines. Over two days, teams of Medical Reserve Corps volunteers traveled to about 130 adult family homes and Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue personnel vaccinated residents and staff at two assisted living facilities and three senior independent living facilities… Read More

Vancouver, Wash. – People who visited a Camas salon recently may have been exposed to COVID-19 and should quarantine at home.

Anyone who visited Stellar Hair Design in Camas between 10 am and 7 pm Jan. 19-23 or Jan. 26 may be at risk of contracting COVID-19. Skamania County Community Health and Clark County Public Health have been unable to identify and notify individuals who may have been exposed. It’s unclear how many people may have been exposed.

Individuals who visited the salon during those times should quarantine for 14 days from their most recent visit to the salon… Read More