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Vancouver, Wash. – Vancouver’s Downtown Association presented Clark County’s Recycled Arts Festival with a 2018 Game Changer Award during its annual meeting last week. The Recycled Arts Festival was named People’s Choice for Favorite Event.

The association’s annual awards honor local “people and businesses who bring their special vision to our downtown and make good things happen,” according to the association website. Award winners were announced at an event Feb. 14 at Hilton Vancouver Washington.

The Recycled Arts Festival will celebrate 14 years in downtown Vancouver at… Read More


Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation. Since Jan. 1, Public Health has identified 63 confirmed cases and is currently investigating one suspect case. Public Health has identified three new locations where people may have been exposed to measles.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

Age

  • 1 to 10 years: 45 cases
  • 11 to 18 years: 15 cases
  • 19 to 29 years: one case
  • 30 to 39 years: two cases

Immunization status

  • Unimmunized: 55 cases
  • Unverified: six… Read More

Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation. Since Jan. 1, Public Health has identified 62 confirmed cases and is currently investigating one suspect case. Public Health has identified one new location, and extended the timeframe for another location, where people may have been exposed to measles.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

Age

  • 1 to 10 years: 44 cases
  • 11 to 18 years: 15 cases
  • 19 to 29 years: one case
  • 30 to 39 years: two cases

Immunization status


Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation. This afternoon, Public Health identified one new confirmed case and one new location where people may have been exposed to measles. Since Jan. 1, Public Health has identified 62 confirmed cases and is not currently investigating any suspect cases.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

Age

  • 1 to 10 years: 44 cases
  • 11 to 18 years: 15 cases
  • 19 to 29 years: one case
  • 30 to 39 years: two cases

Immunization status


Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation and has not identified any new confirmed or suspect cases. Since Jan. 1, Public Health has identified 61 confirmed cases. Public Health has not identified any new locations where people may have been exposed to measles.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

Age

  • 1 to 10 years: 44 cases
  • 11 to 18 years: 14 cases
  • 19 to 29 years: one case
  • 30 to 39 years: two cases

Immunization status


Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation and has identified two new confirmed cases. Since Jan. 1, Public Health has identified 61 confirmed cases and currently is not investigating any suspect cases. Public Health has identified two new locations where people may have been exposed to measles.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

Age

  • 1 to 10 years: 44 cases
  • 11 to 18 years: 14 cases
  • 19 to 29 years: one case
  • 30 to 39 years: two cases

Immunization status


Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation and has identified six new confirmed cases. Since Jan. 1, Public Health has identified 59 confirmed cases and currently is investigating one suspect case. Public Health has identified one new location where people may have been exposed to measles.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

  • Age
    • 1 to 10 years: 43 cases
    • 11 to 18 years: 13 cases
    • 19 to 29 years: one case
    • 30 to 39 years: two cases
  • Immunization… Read More

Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation and has identified one new suspect case. Since Jan. 1, Public Health has identified 53 confirmed cases and is currently investigating three suspect cases. Public Health has not identified any new locations where people may have been exposed to measles.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

Age

  • 1 to 10 years: 38 cases
  • 11 to 18 years: 13 cases
  • 19 to 29 years: one case
  • 30 to 39 years: one case

Immunization status


Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Public Health is continuing its measles outbreak investigation and has no updates to report today. Since Jan. 1, we have identified 53 confirmed cases and two suspect cases. Public Health has not identified any new locations where people may have been exposed to measles.

Here are the details of the confirmed cases:

  • Age
    • 1 to 10 years: 38 cases
    • 11 to 18 years: 13 cases
    • 19 to 29 years: one case
    • 30 to 39 years: one case
  • Immunization status

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County residents now can take used or leftover paint to any of the three Parkrose Hardware locations in the county. The Parkrose Hardware Hazel Dell location has joined the county’s Paint Take-Back program and now accepts latex- and oil-based paints for recycling for free.

Twelve local paint stores now accept used or leftover paint during business hours. Participating businesses are:

  • Ace Hardware, 13009 NE Hwy 99
  • Ace Hardware, 1605 W Main St., Battle Ground
  • Filbin’s Ace Hardware, 809 NE Minnehaha St.
  • Habitat for… Read More