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May 14, 2026
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center is pictured Sept. 10, 2024. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Regence, Legacy Health reach agreement on insurance coverage

Clark County residents with Regence health insurance can once again access all Legacy Health hospitals, clinics, urgent cares and services at in-network rates and benefits after the two organizations reached a new agreement May 6.

May 7, 2026
Lynne Lyne and her mother, Jacque, celebrating Lyne’s birthday. (Photo contributed by Lynne Lyne)

Demand for in-home care for elders growing

Lynne Lyne decided to move her 93-year-old mother, Jacque, into her Camas home in 2022 after noticing her mother’s cognitive decline worsening alongside her father’s health. It was a difficult decision and one that quickly proved harder in practice.

April 2, 2026
Wina Peterson calls leronlimab a “miracle drug” now that she is cancer-free. (Contributed by Les and Wina Peterson)

CytoDyn makes waves in breast cancer care

Four short years ago, Vancouver-based CytoDyn was embroiled in scandal. But a group of executives fought to bring the biotech company back from the brink and now hope its leronlimab drug can provide a pathway to remission for one of the most lethal forms of breast cancer.