Legislators on both sides of the Columbia River expressed disappointment Monday after Interstate Bridge Replacement Program leaders failed to provide a long-awaited cost estimate update during their bistate legislative committee meeting.
Parks leaders are celebrating the city of Vancouver’s official acquisition of a 14.3-acre parcel of undeveloped, forested land in east Vancouver set to become the city’s newest community park.
Leaders say they’ve reached a key milestone in their quest to replace the century-old Interstate 5 Bridge.
Fifteen months after losing her race to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, Camas City Councilor Leslie Lewallen is facing another political upset.
C-Tran riders will pay a bit more in 2026.
New estimates indicate the cost of operating and maintaining light rail trains and express buses on the planned Interstate 5 replacement bridge will likely be less than half the $21.8 million annual price tag that shocked local officials in December.
In April 2020, just one month into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vancouver Fire Department replaced one of its aging fire engines with a new rig that cost $614,000. Today, that same fire engine, built by the same manufacturer to the same specifications, will cost Vancouver taxpayers $972,000 and take twice as long to arrive.
Following a meeting with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey and a tour of the recently remodeled and expanded Clark County Elections Office last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, said she is a firm believer in Washington’s vote-by-mail system and that she will fight to protect it while in Washington, D.C.
A Thurston County judge has given C-Tran some breathing room in its dispute with the state over the transit agency’s board composition.
Faced with an impasse over what the state requires and what its own advisory group has suggested, C-Tran’s board of directors has agreed to seek a court-ordered solution.
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