DAYTON—The Columbia County Health System is close to signing a lease for the Port-owned building formerly occupied by Columbia County District Court, according to CEO Shane McGuire. During last week’s hospital district board meeting, McGuire said that the space will be used for the Certified

Nursing Assistant program, as well as for an offsite education facility.

McGuire told the hospital district commissioners that the first round of payments have been received from Washington Rural Health Access Preservation for CCHS’s focus on integrated behavioral health in the clinics, and depre...