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UPDATE: Storm sweeps through Clark County

A series of thunderstorms delivered lightning, hail and heavy rain Friday night in Clark County, causing at least one house fire, downed tree branches and broken windows, and reports of brief power outages.

Students get an electrifying lesson with fish

Programm offers a look at careers in science, technology, engineering, math

A group of students waded through the icy waters of the Muddy River near Mount St. Helens on Thursday, nets at the ready.

Suspects in Hazel Dell burglaries arrested

Deputies with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office on Friday morning arrested two men allegedly in connection with two residential burglaries in Hazel Dell.

Vancouver father defends lockup of autistic boys

He testifies he heard on a TV show that it's OK for their own safety

John Eckhart took the witness stand Friday afternoon and told jurors he's barely literate, so he couldn't read books on how to help his autistic sons, but that he'd heard on either "Nanny 911" or "Supernanny," that if a parent becomes worried a child might hurt himself, it's OK to lock the child in a room where he's safe.

Liquor store re-auction totals $5.9 million

Olympia — The Washington State Liquor Control Board has successfully re-auctioned the rights to apply for a spirits retail liquor license at 18 state-run liquor stores statewide, including one in Vancouver. The bids, to 14 individual bidders, totaled nearly $5.6 million, exceeding the original bids for those stores, the board said Friday.

UPDATE: Herrera Beutler's campaign kickoff draws 300 guests, 70 protesters

Speaker John Boehner discussed environmental regulations, entitlement programs

With U.S. House Speaker John Boehner as a guest, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, kicked off her campaign for re-election on Friday, drawing attention from roughly 70 MoveOn.org and Occupy Vancouver demonstrators.

Defendant justifies cage-like door

Alayna Higdon says door was installed less than two weeks before boys were removed

Police identify body found in Columbia River as man who fell from Christmas ship

St. Helens, Ore. police on Friday identified a body that was found in the Columbia River as the man who fell from a Christmas ship in December.

Riverview adds to loss in revised earnings report

The bank adds reserve fund for three troubled loans

UPDATE: Police find mom of 3 abandoned kids

Portland police are trying to solve the mystery of two young children and an infant who were found abandoned in a shed.

Man arrested in death of Centralia toddler, 2

Police in Centralia, Wash., say they've arrested a 25-year-old man in the death of a 2-year-old girl.

Interstate 5 Bridge trunnion old, but still carrying weight

Aging axle involved in 5,000 bridge lifts has a crack; officials say it's OK

After 54 years of service -- and at least 5,000 bridge lifts -- one of the trunnions on the northbound span of the Interstate 5 Bridge is showing some age.

States may get more power to fight food stamp fraud

Benefit cards being illegally sold for cash

WASHINGTON — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist -- and then asking the government for replacement cards.

Boy goes from 'chief for a day' to ribbon-cutter

Vancouver 4 year old with leukemia given role at Rose Festival

Four-year-old Carter Harris, who was named Clark County Honorary Sheriff earlier this month, will cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony of the Portland Rose Festival today.

St. Helens study indicates crystals can help predict volcano eruptions

Findings link movement of magma to earthquakes, other warning signs

LOS ANGELES -- Scientists dissecting the remains of the disastrous 1980 explosion of Mount St. Helens in Washington state say that crystal formations trapped in volcanic rocks hold important clues about when a magma-loaded mountain is about to blow -- a discovery that could help volcanologists make more accurate predictions about future eruptions.