Two months after the Board of County Councilors approved $7 million worth of land conservation projects, including a $4.8 million Camas effort to preserve 100 acres near the northern edges of Lacamas Lake, local leaders are working with landowners to secure natural space and forest land before it can be developed — and pave the way for a planned multi-use trail system that will someday encircle the lake.
How does a growing city address the possibility of increased fire and emergency medical service (EMS) calls without taxing its current system or going overboard by spending millions on future stations that may or may not be needed?
The Port of Vancouver Commission voted unanimously this morning to end the controversial Vancouver Energy Tesoro Savage oil terminal lease, if Vancouver Energy cannot obtain the necessary licenses, permits and…
When Maria Grazia Repetto moved from her native Italy to the Pacific Northwest in 1995, she immediately fell in love with eastern Washington’s cowboy-country charm and Seattle’s moody, rain-soaked landscapes.
More than one month after going into mediation over contract bargaining conflicts, the Washougal School District and its classified employees have come to an agreement.
Local blood banks sent out an urgent appeal for donors this week, after an Amtrak passenger train derailed off an Interstate 5 overpass between Tacoma and Olympia Monday morning, killing three people and injuring more than 70 others.
It’s one of the coldest days of the year, but the sun is radiant and the air invigorating — and we all know that the never-ending rains are coming our way — so it’s not too surprising to see a few cars parked at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge, just outside Washougal’s eastern city limits, off Highway 14.
One man is dead and another in jail on suspicion of murder after what Skamania County Sheriff’s deputies say was a hot springs trip gone horribly wrong. Deputies say Micheal…
Local blood banks sent out an urgent appeal for donors today, after an Amtrak passenger train derailed off an Interstate 5 overpass between Tacoma and Olympia, killing at least three…
Police say a delivery driver who had pulled off of Washougal River Road near milepost 7.5 this afternoon to arrange items in his vehicle was the victim of an assault…
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