The Clark County Public Health Advisory Council has asked the Board of Health to consider funding YWCA Clark County’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team before it loses state dollars by June 30.
Clark County Public Health will see a small cut in state funding that pays for its community health data systems and emergency poison control calls.
Deaths and critical injuries among children in Washington’s child welfare system fell steeply in the first quarter of 2026, state officials reported Wednesday.
The Clark County Council is considering increased funding to provide mental health services to veterans.
When Vancouver resident Leslie Daniels returned to work at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center after three weeks of medical leave last year, she was stunned to find that her employer had nearly wiped out her paid-time-off balance.
Clark County residents can expect to pay more for health insurance again next year as companies ask the state insurance commissioner to consider approving an average 22.4 percent rate increase for individual plans.
YWCA Clark County will lose state funding for its Domestic Violence High Risk Team by the end of the month.
At Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, volunteers help nurses restock rooms, point visitors to patients’ rooms and deliver meal trays.
Clark County Public Health is losing about one-fifth of the funding that pays for such crucial tasks as investigating communicable disease outbreaks, analyzing health data and preventing chronic disease.
Students in Clark County reported lower rates of depression and suicidal feelings compared with recent years, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s latest “Healthy Youth Survey.”
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