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Columbian Transportation & Environment Reporter

C-Tran, Clark County's transit agency, has asked TriMet, which serves the Oregon side of the metro area, to cancel a deal that would have governed the running of a light-rail system that is not now going to be built.

C-Tran asks TriMet: Please terminate light-rail contract

C-Tran, Clark County's transit agency, has asked TriMet, which serves the Oregon side of the metro area, to cancel a deal that would have governed the running of a light-rail system that is not now going to be built.

October 3, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

C-Tran has formally asked TriMet to join it in mutually terminating a controversial light-rail contract the two agencies signed last year. Read story

A fisherman launches his boat on the Columbia River at Marine Park in Vancouver earlier this week.

Clark County’s water year about 10 inches below normal

A fisherman launches his boat on the Columbia River at Marine Park in Vancouver earlier this week.

October 1, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Despite recent rains, the 2014 water year ended this week with a sizable precipitation deficit in Clark County. Read story

The current Interstate 5 Bridge, seen here looking toward the Oregon shore from under the lift span, is actually two bridges.

States granted extension on CRC funding

The current Interstate 5 Bridge, seen here looking toward the Oregon shore from under the lift span, is actually two bridges.

September 30, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

At the request of Washington and Oregon, the Federal Highway Administration has granted a five-year extension on the money it doled out for the now defunct Columbia River Crossing project. Read story

N.D. regulators consider oil stabilization policyvideo icon

September 26, 2014, 5:00pm Business

Most Clark County residents don't pay close attention to the North Dakota Industrial Commission. But the three-member regulatory body has the authority to influence something increasingly familiar to Southwest Washington and the Northwest: oil trains. Read story

Mount St. Helens came back to life a decade ago

September 25, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

On a late-September weekend in 2004, Seth Moran received a phone call while mowing his lawn. It was about Mount St. Helens, which only days earlier had caught scientists' attention with a swarm of shallow earthquakes. Read story

Salmon slip, slide on wild ride in ‘cannon’video icon

September 23, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

WASHOUGAL -- It's known as the "salmon cannon," but Vincent Bryan III has another way of describing the latest technology being used to move migratory fish in Washington. Read story

What’s Up with That? State had purpose for curved overpass

September 23, 2014, 5:00pm Community

Now that the Northeast 139th Street overpass is completed and open, you can really notice how curved it is rather than straight. On Google Maps, the road on both sides of the interstates (I-5 and I-205) seems to be in perfect alignment. Why did the designers curve the overpass slightly… Read story

Drivers getting used to new Salmon Creek Interchange

September 22, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Almost a month after the opening of a new freeway interchange at Northeast 139th Street, traffic patterns in the Salmon Creek area still appear to be in flux as thousands of drivers feel out the new setup. Read story

Development plan riles Washougal neighbors

September 21, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

A planned tree-clearing and development on a 40-acre wooded property outside Washougal has some neighbors worried about damage to what they call a "critical" habitat -- and the character of their rural setting. Read story

Punctured tank spills diesel on BNSF tracks near Pasco

September 18, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

A large rock on BNSF Railway's tracks in eastern Washington punctured an engine's fuel tank and spilled diesel near the Columbia River on Friday, according to the state Department of Ecology. Read story