Cowlitz County COVID-19 cases continue to increase but have leveled off since early December, as PeaceHealth continues to vaccinate high risk …
Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday approved a one-year $1.7 million contract with the state for developmental disability employment services…
When Elaine Placido began working at the county planning department in 2011, the agency rarely made the news except as the butt of complaints …
The Thursday meeting of the Cowlitz County Homeless-Housing Task Force has been cancelled.
Cowlitz County officials reported Monday that a fourth employee at Foster Farms in Kelso has tested positive for the coronavirus, and they als…
Three new coronavirus cases reported in Cowlitz County on Friday all involve workers at the Foster Farms chicken processing plant in Kelso, bu…
Elaine Placido, Cowlitz County community services director, will leave the county this summer for a new position as the executive director of …
Cowlitz County health officials Tuesday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s total to 16.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cowlitz County increased by four Thursday morning, making a total of seven, according to the county …
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the woman came into contact with a Salvation Army volunteer.
Two Cowlitz County men have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the county to two from zero the day before, ac…
Local health officials said Friday there are no cases of coronavirus in Cowlitz County and the risk to residents is low.
The Cowlitz County Health and Human Services Departments will be closed on Thursday for staff training, according to a press release.
Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday approved increases to state funding allocated to Lifeworks and Another Option Inc. for developmental disa…
Nursing facilities have failed to report thousands of serious cases of potential neglect and abuse of seniors on Medicare even though it's a federal requirement for them to do so, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.
Southwest Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler will remain on the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, …
Federal data obtained exclusively by The Associated Press reveals while it was reported many shelters stopped growing around July, more have opened and still others continue to expand their capacities.
The Cowlitz County Landfill on Tennant Way will dispose of tires free of charge from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
Last month, the Health and Human Services Department, which runs exchanges in many states, proposed some adjustments to try to stabilize these marketplaces.
Health and Human Services, facing a $12.6 billion cut, or 16.2 percent. The plan would cut $5.8 billion from the nearly $32 billion National Institutes of Health, the nation's premier medical research agency, bringing its total to $25.9 billion. It's not clear what research on diseases or disorders would lose the most money, although the budget plan specifically calls for elimination of a division that focuses on global health. Already, the NIH's budget hasn't kept pace with inflation over the last decade, making it dramatically harder for scientists around the country to win money for research projects into potential new treatments or better understanding of disease.
A proposed $500 million increase in the Health and Human Services Department to counter the epidemic and more money for the Justice Department to combat the problem.
Cowlitz County Health and Human Services Department has currently have five separate advisory boards — public health, mental health, substance…
Cowlitz County's Health and Human Services offices at 1952 Ninth Ave., Longview, will be closed for staff training Thursday.
Washington State University Extension and Cowlitz Health and Human Services will host a free tire disposal event on Oct. 22.
The Cowlitz County Health and Human Services Departments will be moving to a new location this fall, according to a press release issued Friday.
