WSP seeking witnesses to I-5 hit-and-run crash in Ridgefield By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: December 18, 2020, 5:21pm
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Washington State Patrol is seeking witnesses to a northbound Interstate 5 hit-and-run crash in Ridgefield that sent four people to the hospital.
Troopers were dispatched at 7:07 p.m. Thursday to the crash just south of I-5 Exit 14, according to a WSP news release.
Trooper Will Finn said in an email that 51-year-old John L. Worcester was northbound on the freeway driving a 2000 Ford Expedition. His parents, Patricia and Paul Worcester, 79 and 87, respectively, and their friend Garron Slocum, 49, were passengers.
Clark County COVID-19 vaccine rollout takes first steps down long, critical road
High vaccine uptake, prevailing against misinformation necessary if residents want a return to normalcy by summer or fall, health officials say
Published: December 17, 2020, 9:16pm
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5 Photos Veterans Lawrence Doyle, from left, John Stephens and James Curry receive a round of applause after getting their COVID-19 vaccinations at the Community Living Center on the Veterans Affairs campus Thursday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
When Michelle Finucane injected Schaeffer Seabrook with a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, it marked the beginning of an enormous public health undertaking to protect Clark County residents from coronavirus, and return life to normal.
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OHSU received its first shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020 via FedEx. Starting Dec. 16, OHSU will prioritize giving the vaccine to health care workers with the highest risk of exposure to the novel coronavirus.
What happened to Oregon’s 35,000 doses?
Oregon’s front line health care workers received the state’s first COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday, a moment that was celebrated by Gov. Kate Brown and top health officials.
Those doses went to a diverse group that included intensive care unit nurses, housekeeping directors and a respiratory therapist.
”This is the moment we have all been waiting for,” Brown said in a statement.
Walk-up, drive-thru COVID-19 testing on the horizon in Clark County
Published: December 16, 2020, 6:41pm
Share: Clark County will get drive-thru coronavirus testing in early 2021. The testing site, which is funded by the Washington Department of Health, should have the capacity to test between 500 to 1,500 people per day. (Associated Press files)
While coronavirus case counts, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise, Clark County experienced two positive developments in the fight against COVID-19 this week.
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center administered the county’s first vaccinations Wednesday. The other development, which will likely arrive not long after 2021 begins, is that Clark County will finally have no-barrier drive-thru and walk-up COVID-19 testing.