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The Medal of Honor started as a humble recruitment award during the Civil War. Since then, it has risen to the nation's highest award for courage. Each of the armed forces issues one of its own design. This one is for the Army. Four recipients of the Army's Medal of Honor are buried in the Vancouver Barracks Cemetery: Maj. William Wallace McCammon, 1st Sgt. James Madison Hill, Pvt. Herman Pfisterer and 1st Sgt. Moses Williams.

Clark County History: Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor started as a humble recruitment award during the Civil War. Since then, it has risen to the nation's highest award for courage. Each of the armed forces issues one of its own design. This one is for the Army. Four recipients of the Army's Medal of Honor are buried in the Vancouver Barracks Cemetery: Maj. William Wallace McCammon, 1st Sgt. James Madison Hill, Pvt. Herman Pfisterer and 1st Sgt. Moses Williams.

May 29, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Near Interstate 5’s ramps to Fourth Plain Boulevard, a steel and stone fence surrounds four Medal of Honor recipients resting under the Vancouver Barracks Cemetery grass. They are among the 3,511 receiving the award. Read story

Bigfoot, cheesecake, and Mountain Pop are among the dozens of popcorn flavors at Popcorn Cove in Vancouver.

Working in Clark County: Charlotte and Jeremy Cook, Popcorn Cove Snack and Candy Shop

Bigfoot, cheesecake, and Mountain Pop are among the dozens of popcorn flavors at Popcorn Cove in Vancouver.

May 28, 2022, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

What do peanut butter chocolate, dill pickle, Oreo, nacho cheese and bacon all have in common? They’re all flavors of specialty popcorn that can be purchased at Popcorn Cove in Vancouver. Read story

Crisis Support Specialists Bryan Rippentrop, left, Trista Rust, center, and Clinical Supervisor Dawn Tec Yah chat Wednesday outside the Battle Ground Police Department before a shift on Columbia River Mental Health Services' Mobile Night Crisis team. The service was launched on May 15, and aims to provide direct mental health counseling and treatment to vulnerable individuals and relieve law enforcement and emergency service personnel from the need to respond to mental health and substance use crises overnight. At top, a logo identifies the Columbia River Night Crisis team's mobile health van.

Clark County mental health counseling expands with launch of Mobile Night Crisis team

Crisis Support Specialists Bryan Rippentrop, left, Trista Rust, center, and Clinical Supervisor Dawn Tec Yah chat Wednesday outside the Battle Ground Police Department before a shift on Columbia River Mental Health Services' Mobile Night Crisis team. The service was launched on May 15, and aims to provide direct mental health counseling and treatment to vulnerable individuals and relieve law enforcement and emergency service personnel from the need to respond to mental health and substance use crises overnight. At top, a logo identifies the Columbia River Night Crisis team's mobile health van.

May 28, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

Columbia River Mental Health Services has launched a Mobile Night Crisis team to provide direct mental health counseling and treatment to vulnerable individuals and relieve law enforcement and emergency service personnel from the need to respond to mental health and substance use crises overnight. Read story

Antoine Steven Archer

Vancouver man killed in shooting at Gresham, Ore., apartment complex

Antoine Steven Archer

May 27, 2022, 8:46pm Clark County News

A 23-year-old Vancouver man was fatally shot Wednesday evening at a Gresham, Ore., apartment complex. Read story

Ruse Brewing Crust Collective in Vancouver features Detroit-style pizza like the Quattro Cheesey pizza, foreground, and Towering Trees pizza, background, pictured with a glass of Papyrus Iris hazy IPA and antipasto salad.

Ruse Brewing Crust Collective brings a slice of Detroit-style pizza to Vancouver

Ruse Brewing Crust Collective in Vancouver features Detroit-style pizza like the Quattro Cheesey pizza, foreground, and Towering Trees pizza, background, pictured with a glass of Papyrus Iris hazy IPA and antipasto salad.

May 27, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Detroit pizza hasn’t taken off in Vancouver as it has in Portland. Many locals haven’t discovered the greatness of these rectangular pan pies with cheese-laced crusts that form as cubes of high-fat Wisconsin brick cheese melt down the sides of a hot metal pan. Read story

(Becca Robbins/The Columbian)

Vancouver man accused of shooting at his stolen car during Highway 14 chase

(Becca Robbins/The Columbian)

May 26, 2022, 6:17pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man is accused of shooting at his own car, which he said had been stolen from him, during a high-speed chase Tuesday night on state Highway 14. Read story

A new "Cyber Car Wash" with a 110-foot-long car wash tunnel is going to be built at 14309 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd.

110-foot-long car wash to be built on Fourth Plain Boulevard

A new "Cyber Car Wash" with a 110-foot-long car wash tunnel is going to be built at 14309 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd.

May 26, 2022, 6:01am Business

A new “Cyber Car Wash” with a 110-foot-long car wash tunnel is going to be built at 14309 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., according to plans submitted to the City of Vancouver. Read story

Corey D. Shenkle, 33, of Vancouver makes a first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder, possession of a stolen vehicle, hit-and-run resulting in death, driving under the influence and attempt to elude. He's accused of hitting and mortally wounding 57-year-old Larry Hicks with his SUV on April 22 in central Vancouver.

Vancouver man faces first degree-murder in slaying in Sea Mar parking lot

Corey D. Shenkle, 33, of Vancouver makes a first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder, possession of a stolen vehicle, hit-and-run resulting in death, driving under the influence and attempt to elude. He's accused of hitting and mortally wounding 57-year-old Larry Hicks with his SUV on April 22 in central Vancouver.

May 25, 2022, 3:46pm Clark County News

A confrontation over money owed for fentanyl was apparently the impetus for the April 22 slaying of a Vancouver motorcyclist in a Sea Mar Clinic parking lot, court records show. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1812, which makes changes to the state council that evaluates and makes recommendations on allowing new energy projects in the state at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S.

Gov. Inslee tests positive for COVID; officials urge masking

Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1812, which makes changes to the state council that evaluates and makes recommendations on allowing new energy projects in the state at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S.

May 25, 2022, 1:59pm Editor's Choice

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Wednesday, the same day state health officials urged people to wear face mask indoors as case counts steadily rise. Read story

Firefighters work at the scene as a two alarm fire heavily damages a building at the Interstate Business Center in Hazel Dell on Wednesday morning, May 25, 2022. Carpet City, Phoenix Protection and Styles Unlimited were among the businesses destroyed in the early morning blaze at 9013 N.E. Highway 99, north of Vancouver city limits. No injuries were reported.

Two-alarm fire destroys businesses in Hazel Dell

Firefighters work at the scene as a two alarm fire heavily damages a building at the Interstate Business Center in Hazel Dell on Wednesday morning, May 25, 2022. Carpet City, Phoenix Protection and Styles Unlimited were among the businesses destroyed in the early morning blaze at 9013 N.E. Highway 99, north of Vancouver city limits. No injuries were reported.

May 25, 2022, 7:24am Clark County News

A two-alarm fire on Highway 99 in Hazel Dell destroyed several businesses in an office complex on Wednesday morning.  Read story