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Clark County education leaders join state teachers union to press for vaccine Published: January 23, 2021, 6:01am Share: Syringes containing the COVID-19 vaccine are pictured at PeaceHealth Urgent Care Memorial. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) As more teachers and school staffers return to classrooms for in-person instruction, their COVID-19 eligibility timeline can be confusing. Earlier this week, Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington State Department of Health issued a revised vaccine distribution schedule for all Washingtonians. The changes moved the state to Phase 1B-Tier 1, allowing every...

Top 10 stories of 2020: Pandemic, shootings, wildfires hit Clark County by The Columbian The SARS-COV-2 virus is incredibly small, but the reverberations of its impact on humanity dominated the events of 2020 and will linger for years. There was never any question that the novel coronavirus pandemic is The Columbian’s — and the world’s — top story of 2020. Clark County’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, was reported on March 7. Since then, it has sickened more than 12,000 people and taken the lives of more than 135 people. It has shuttered businesses, rein...