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Columbian Assistant Metro Editor

This traffic cam image shows traffic at the sound end of the southbound lanes on the Interstate 5 Bridge at a standstill at 5:53 p.m. Sunday, a little more than an hour after a fatal crash on I-5 just south of the bridge.

Fatal crash Sunday on I-5 closed southbound lanes

This traffic cam image shows traffic at the sound end of the southbound lanes on the Interstate 5 Bridge at a standstill at 5:53 p.m. Sunday, a little more than an hour after a fatal crash on I-5 just south of the bridge.

June 5, 2016, 9:55pm Clark County News

A fatal vehicle crash on Interstate 5 closed all three southbound lanes of the freeway for several hours Sunday at Hayden Island, creating a traffic challenge for motorists trying to make their way to or from Portland. Read story

Swimmers cool off Sunday in the Columbia River at Wintler Park in Vancouver. The park was a popular destination for people seeking relief from the hot weather.

Heat draws many to water, shade looking for relief

Swimmers cool off Sunday in the Columbia River at Wintler Park in Vancouver. The park was a popular destination for people seeking relief from the hot weather.

June 5, 2016, 8:32pm Clark County News

Record-setting heat sent many in search of relief Sunday in Vancouver. Read story

Vancouver man dies in car crash on I-5

May 29, 2016, 9:13pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man died Sunday morning in a vehicle crash that police say was caused by a medical problem. Read story

Members of the First Congregational United Church of Christ arrive for the Sunday morning service under a tented area on church grounds. Their church was damaged in a suspected arson Wednesday.

Hazel Dell church worships under tent, vows to carry on

Members of the First Congregational United Church of Christ arrive for the Sunday morning service under a tented area on church grounds. Their church was damaged in a suspected arson Wednesday.

May 29, 2016, 8:57pm Churches & Religion

The pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ had a strong message for her flock Sunday morning. Read story

A body was found inside a motor home Sunday after firefighters extinguished a blaze inside the recreational vehicle.

1 found dead in motor home fire in Orchards

A body was found inside a motor home Sunday after firefighters extinguished a blaze inside the recreational vehicle.

May 29, 2016, 6:57pm Clark County News

One person was found dead Sunday afternoon in a motor home that caught fire in Orchards. Read story

Daybreak Youth Services plans to convert this 30,000-square-foot former church into a drug rehabilitation center for teens in Brush Prairie.

Police: Arsonist strikes old church in Brush Prairie

Daybreak Youth Services plans to convert this 30,000-square-foot former church into a drug rehabilitation center for teens in Brush Prairie.

May 29, 2016, 12:30pm Clark County News

Another building in Clark County, this time a former church in Brush Prairie, was the target of a suspected arson early Sunday morning. Read story

1 hurt, 1 arrested in hit-and-run crash

May 29, 2016, 8:08am Clark County News

One man was taken to a hospital and another was arrested Saturday following a hit-and-run vehicle crash on state Highway 500 in Vancouver. Read story

Boy, 3, critically hurt, man arrested in Battle Ground

May 23, 2016, 10:07pm Clark County News

A 3-year-old boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition and a 40-year-old man was arrested tonight after police responded to a disturbance at a home in Battle Ground. Read story

Salah Ansary, director of the Vancouver office of Lutheran Community Services Northwest, speaks Sunday during the Unity Sunday event at Leroy Haagen Memorial Park in Vancouver. The event brought different minority groups together for a potluck and speeches about the importance of unity.

Unity Sunday participants hope to counter divisive rhetoricvideo icon

Salah Ansary, director of the Vancouver office of Lutheran Community Services Northwest, speaks Sunday during the Unity Sunday event at Leroy Haagen Memorial Park in Vancouver. The event brought different minority groups together for a potluck and speeches about the importance of unity.

May 22, 2016, 8:54pm Clark County News

Organizers of a new Unity Sunday event in Vancouver appeared fed up with the divisive rhetoric coming from a certain candidate for U.S. president. Read story

Volunteer Loren Egbert hauls away asphalt chunks removed Sunday from the parking lot of Everyday Deals in Vancouver's Rose Village neighborhood. Many volunteers from Summit View Church wore their “LOVE Vancouver” T-shirts, the name of a community service program at the church.

Greening up Vancouver, one depaving project at a time

Volunteer Loren Egbert hauls away asphalt chunks removed Sunday from the parking lot of Everyday Deals in Vancouver's Rose Village neighborhood. Many volunteers from Summit View Church wore their “LOVE Vancouver” T-shirts, the name of a community service program at the church.

May 15, 2016, 7:49pm Clark County News

Volunteers used sledge hammers, powered asphalt cutters and pointed pry bars to demolish part of the parking lot of Everyday Deals on Sunday in Vancouver’s Rose Village neighborhood. Read story