Chabad ((huh-BAHD)) is one of several groups planning public events tonight ((SUN)) for the first night of Hanukkah [hahn-uh-kah], to begin the eight-day Jewish holiday. A gunman killed at least 16 people Saturday at a similar event in Australia's Bondi ((bond-eye)) Beach. Events in Oregon are stepping up their security precautions, but all plan to go ahead.

A judge has temporarily blocked new noise restrictions against protests near the Eugene Federal Building.

The McKenzie Community Land Trust is celebrating the completion of the first new neighborhood built in Blue River following the Holiday Farm fire.

Washington state leaders are starting to assess the effects of this week's record flooding, as most rivers in the state have crested.

Widespread flooding has sent northwest Washington blueberry and dairy farmers scrambling. N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King has more.

LEDE: Flooding and landslides have left communities along upper Lake Chelan [SHUH-lann]dealing with major damage. This comes nearly a year after wildfire weakened hillsides in the area. N-W-P-B’s Murrow Fellow Reneé Díaz reports.

President Trump on Friday approved Washington State's request for help with flood recovery efforts. People living in flood-impacted areas will likely be out of their homes for days... and, in some cases, weeks.

More from KNKX reporter Freddy Monares.

Five years after the Holiday Farm fire, Blue River has a new neighborhood. On Wednesday afternoon, the McKenzie Community Land Trust cut the ribbon on six freshly built homes now available for ownership by fire survivors. As KLCC's Tiffany Eckert reports, the event drew a surprise guest.

Oregon’s Harney Basin faces a groundwater crisis. Yesterday ((this week/Thursday)) water regulators made a pivotal decision. It will change how people can use groundwater in the state's dry southeast corner. OPB’s Alejandro Figueroa has more.

Parts of Washington State impacted by severe flooding over the last week will get help from the federal government.