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Members of Congregation Kol Ami, including Lauren Trexler, at right, light candles on menorahs Sunday evening to celebrate Hanukkah.

Lights and latkes

Members of Congregation Kol Ami, including Lauren Trexler, at right, light candles on menorahs Sunday evening to celebrate Hanukkah.

December 13, 2015, 9:42pm Churches & Religion

BARBERTON -- Hanukkah is usually a "do-it-at-home holiday," Congregation Kol Ami Rabbi Elizabeth Dunsker said Sunday, but her congregation has its own tradition. Read story

Crews respond to a fire caused by a fatal crash between a tractor-trailer and a train Sunday morning in Northwest Portland.

Truck driver dies in crash with train in Portland

Crews respond to a fire caused by a fatal crash between a tractor-trailer and a train Sunday morning in Northwest Portland.

December 13, 2015, 7:00pm Clark County News

A collision between a truck and a train sparked a spectacular fire and caused a closure of Highway 30 and the St. Johns Bridge in North Portland. Read story

House near Woodland destroyed by fire

December 9, 2015, 7:47pm Clark County News

A house in the hills north of Woodland was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Read story

A landslide has blocked the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 north of Woodland near Dike Access Road.

Landslide shuts down northbound lanes of I-5 near Woodland

A landslide has blocked the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 north of Woodland near Dike Access Road.

December 9, 2015, 3:25pm Clark County News

Mounds of dirt, a few trees and several boulders — one as big as a car — slid onto Interstate 5 just north of Woodland on today, shutting down all northbound lanes of the busy freeway until this morning at the earliest. Read story

Troopers searching for hit-and-run driver

December 9, 2015, 2:44pm Clark County News

Washington State Patrol troopers are on the lookout for a sport-utility vehicle that they say caused a serious-injury crash in Vancouver and fled the scene. Read story

Children watch as Candy, one of the reindeer visiting Vancouver on Sunday from Reindeer Express in the Spokane area, rears up to approach them. Reindeer petting was one of several activities available for families at a Christmas block party in Uptown Village.

Reindeer star attraction at Uptown Village block party

Children watch as Candy, one of the reindeer visiting Vancouver on Sunday from Reindeer Express in the Spokane area, rears up to approach them. Reindeer petting was one of several activities available for families at a Christmas block party in Uptown Village.

December 6, 2015, 9:55pm Clark County News

Children and their parents crowded around a pen in the middle of Vancouver's Main Street. Read story

Chabad Jewish Center Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg, center, leads a group of children in a prayer next to an ice sculpture of a menorah at a Hanukkah celebration and menorah lighting Sunday in Esther Short Park in Vancouver.

Celebration in park marks start of Hanukkah

Chabad Jewish Center Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg, center, leads a group of children in a prayer next to an ice sculpture of a menorah at a Hanukkah celebration and menorah lighting Sunday in Esther Short Park in Vancouver.

December 6, 2015, 9:05pm Churches & Religion

Roughly 200 people put up with the wet weather Sunday evening to watch the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah in Vancouver's Esther Short Park. The menorah in this instance was an ice sculpture, nearly 6 feet tall. Read story

Body found along Blandford Drive in Vancouver

December 6, 2015, 8:47am Clark County News

Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found late Saturday night on North Blandford Drive in central Vancouver. Read story

1 hurt when car falls down ravine in Vancouver

December 1, 2015, 10:29pm Clark County News

Emergency crews are responding to a vehicle crash that sent a car down a ravine and injured one person, according to emergency radio traffic monitored at The Columbian. Read story

Firefighters respond to Battle Ground house fire

November 29, 2015, 10:52pm Clark County News

Firefighters are on scene of a house fire in Battle Ground tonight. Read story