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Potato latkes cook on a grill at Congregation Kol Ami. The congregation&#039;s men&#039;s club cooked the potato pancakes for the annual Latke Fest, a potluck held during Hanukkah.

A lot of latkes mark Hanukkah’s final night at synagogue in Vancouver

Potato latkes cook on a grill at Congregation Kol Ami. The congregation&#039;s men&#039;s club cooked the potato pancakes for the annual Latke Fest, a potluck held during Hanukkah.

December 29, 2019, 7:16pm Churches & Religion

About 15 men shouted over each other in a crowded kitchen at Congregation Kol Ami on Sunday morning, arguing about how to best prepare latkes for the night’s potluck that marked the final night of Hanukkah. Read story

An assortment of sparklers are seen on display at TNT Fireworks Warehouse in Salmon Creek.

A fireworks refresher for New Year’s in Clark County

An assortment of sparklers are seen on display at TNT Fireworks Warehouse in Salmon Creek.

December 29, 2019, 5:46pm Clark County News

While cities around Clark County have spent the last few years tweaking firework regulations surrounding July 4, most have kept their New Year’s regulations the same. Read story

Top 10 Stories of the Year: Measles, shootings, sex ed rank as biggest headlines

December 29, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News

Measles will bookend 2019, as a poll of newsroom staffers at The Columbian voted it the top news story of the year. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Wettest month of the year still a bit below average in rainfall

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

December 29, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Here we are, just three days left in the month, and looking in the rain bucket for Vancouver’s rainfall in December as of 4 p.m. Saturday, I saw 4.45 inches of rain. We should have about 1.50 inches more. We get a little rain today, a break Monday, then rain… Read story

Kate Dunphy, left, deputy director of the Tenants Union of Washington, works with Charmaine Crossley following a hearing in her eviction case at Clark County Courthouse in October 2017.

Knowledge of law fuels fight against source-of-income discrimination

Kate Dunphy, left, deputy director of the Tenants Union of Washington, works with Charmaine Crossley following a hearing in her eviction case at Clark County Courthouse in October 2017.

December 29, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Last spring, Charmaine Crossley was excited to learn she would receive a Section 8 voucher to help her cover rent. However, when she texted her landlord’s son to give him the good news that she would be receiving rental assistance, he wrote back, “We do not accept Section 8 at… Read story

Mobile home fire puts man in burn center

December 28, 2019, 8:18pm Clark County News

A man was hospitalized Saturday following a mobile home fire in Clark County’s Sunnyside area. Read story

Quilt, from Oregon City, Ore., weaves through posts Saturday during the all-breed agility trial hosted by the Boston Terrier Club of Western Washington at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.

All-breed agility trial a real treat

Quilt, from Oregon City, Ore., weaves through posts Saturday during the all-breed agility trial hosted by the Boston Terrier Club of Western Washington at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.

December 28, 2019, 6:40pm Clark County News

Quilt maneuvered gingerly through the timed course, his white and tan hair swishing with each step. The 4-year-old collie ran up and down a seesaw, leapt over fences, slalomed through posts and zoomed through a tunnel before exiting the arena. Read story

Maurice Frank, the restoration coordinator for the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group, throws a salmon carcass into the upper Washougal River in early October. Salmon carcasses are an important source of marine-derived nutrients that feed the river and its watershed, and help young salmon survive.

State salmon board awards grants for three county projects

Maurice Frank, the restoration coordinator for the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group, throws a salmon carcass into the upper Washougal River in early October. Salmon carcasses are an important source of marine-derived nutrients that feed the river and its watershed, and help young salmon survive.

December 28, 2019, 3:33pm Clark County News

The Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board has awarded $26.1 million for 96 fish projects in 28 of the state’s 39 counties, including $309,000 for three projects in Clark County. Read story

Dancers move to Cliff McFall&#039;s rendition of Billy Joel&#039;s &quot;It&#039;s Still Rock And Roll To Me.&quot; Recovery Cafe Clark County offers karaoke jam sessions monthly.

Two Vancouver recovery centers want sobriety to have its fun moments

Dancers move to Cliff McFall&#039;s rendition of Billy Joel&#039;s &quot;It&#039;s Still Rock And Roll To Me.&quot; Recovery Cafe Clark County offers karaoke jam sessions monthly.

December 28, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

About a dozen people are gathered inside Recovery Café Clark County in Vancouver, eating sandwiches and chips and playing darts. Read story

(The Columbian files)

From the Newsroom: ‘Top Stories’ lists signal year’s end

(The Columbian files)

December 28, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

As we have talked about many times before, this is a new era of rapid change in the news media in general and for The Columbian in particular. So it is somehow reassuring to see some holiday traditions retained in our business. Read story