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Erica Erland and Mel Buckner work on a puzzle together on Monday evening Nov. 27, 2017, at their home in Vancouver. Mel proposed to Erica singing a Karaoke version of Bruno Mars' "Marry You" in 2012, and a year later they were married on Sept. 1, 2013, in a best friend's backyard in Vancouver.

Same-sex couple appreciate the benefits of marriage

Erica Erland and Mel Buckner work on a puzzle together on Monday evening Nov. 27, 2017, at their home in Vancouver. Mel proposed to Erica singing a Karaoke version of Bruno Mars' "Marry You" in 2012, and a year later they were married on Sept. 1, 2013, in a best friend's backyard in Vancouver.

December 11, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

A medical emergency derailed Erica Erland and Mel Buckner's honeymoon in New England, but because they were married Erland was able to arrange for emergency care for her incapacitated wife. Read story

Shirin Elkoshairi addresses the crowd before the start of the Circle of Peace interfaith organization’s Conversations with Muslims event at the Vancouver library Sunday afternoon. Elkoshairi emceed as speakers shared about their faith and fielded audience questions regarding Muslims and Islam.

Muslim speakers clear misconceptions about their faith

Shirin Elkoshairi addresses the crowd before the start of the Circle of Peace interfaith organization’s Conversations with Muslims event at the Vancouver library Sunday afternoon. Elkoshairi emceed as speakers shared about their faith and fielded audience questions regarding Muslims and Islam.

December 10, 2017, 10:33pm Clark County News

Everyday Muslims have been saddled with a lot of strange questions as the profile of radical Islamist terror groups grows, Shirin Elkoshairi said, recalling growing up with Egyptian parents, Americans who happen to be Muslim. Read story

Teen girl shot in Vancouver’s Shumway neighborhood

December 10, 2017, 9:20pm Clark County News

A 17-year-old girl was wounded Sunday night in a shooting in Vancouver’s Shumway neighborhood, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story

Two businesses robbed at gunpoint Sunday morning

December 10, 2017, 6:32pm Clark County News

A man in a ski mask robbed two Clark County convenience stores at gunpoint Sunday morning. Read story

Cody Messick, left, and his wife, Kasey Cannon, outside the STEM building at Clark College in November.

Off Beat: Rising star shines light on science education

Cody Messick, left, and his wife, Kasey Cannon, outside the STEM building at Clark College in November.

December 10, 2017, 4:22pm Clark County News

Cody Messick is excited about how the universe works. He wants other people to be excited about it, too — even when they’re 5 and younger. Read story

Joel Justus, a central sterile technician, receives a flu shot from Lindsey Wreden.

Flu season in full swing in county

Joel Justus, a central sterile technician, receives a flu shot from Lindsey Wreden.

December 10, 2017, 6:06am Clark County Health

Flu activity is heating up in Clark County and across the country, and health officials say the strain circulating doesn’t typically respond as well to the annual flu shot as other strains. Read story

Public meetings

December 10, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

A list of public meetings Read story

Weather Eye: Clear skies won’t last; rain to return by week’s end

December 10, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

All you have to do is step outside to know it’s December. Read story

James Griener, left, offers a toast to his husband, Paul Harris, as they celebrate Paul's birthday with a quiet dinner and a birthday cake at their Camas home Monday night, Dec. 4, 2017. The couple, who have been together for decades, were finally able to legally get married in 2012.

Five years after legalized gay marriage, couple reflect on living their dream

James Griener, left, offers a toast to his husband, Paul Harris, as they celebrate Paul's birthday with a quiet dinner and a birthday cake at their Camas home Monday night, Dec. 4, 2017. The couple, who have been together for decades, were finally able to legally get married in 2012.

December 10, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Paul Harris and James Griener met on a crisp winter day in 1972 on the Brooklyn Heights promenade, a walkway overlooking the East River and the Manhattan skyline. In two days, they’ll have been married five years. Read story

Jason Hudson, this year’s program director, parks a finished bicycle in front of a cutout of Scott Campbell, a Vancouver civic leader who was running for a city council seat when he died in September.

Annual bike-building event renamed for civic leader Scott Campbell

Jason Hudson, this year’s program director, parks a finished bicycle in front of a cutout of Scott Campbell, a Vancouver civic leader who was running for a city council seat when he died in September.

December 9, 2017, 8:28pm Clark County News

By 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, hundreds of boxes full of handlebars, wheels, frames and other bike parts had been opened up in a cavernous building in east Vancouver. Not even two hours later, hundreds of volunteers had nearly finished assembling those parts into more than 600 new, complete bikes destined… Read story