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Columbian Transportation & Environment Reporter

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A conservation project led by the Vancouver-based Columbia Land Trust will protect more than 14 square miles u2014 about 9,000 acres u2014 along the Klickitat River. The project area covers a wild and remote part of the Klickitat.

Project will conserve 9,000 acres near Klickitat River

Columbia Land Trust
A conservation project led by the Vancouver-based Columbia Land Trust will protect more than 14 square miles u2014 about 9,000 acres u2014 along the Klickitat River. The project area covers a wild and remote part of the Klickitat.

July 15, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

When a huge swath of forestland along the Klickitat River is formally secured for conservation by next year, it won't just be environmental advocates celebrating. Read story

Scenes like this one from May 1, with area children and some adults cooling off in the water at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, may be repeated over the next week as an extended heat wave blankets the region.

Extended heat wave to stick to region

Scenes like this one from May 1, with area children and some adults cooling off in the water at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, may be repeated over the next week as an extended heat wave blankets the region.

July 12, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

An extended heat wave starting Saturday is expected to bring a run of several consecutive 90-degree days to the region, according to the National Weather Service in Portland. Read story

Extended heat wave moves in today

July 11, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

An extended heat wave starting today is expected bring a string of several consecutive 90-degree days to the region, according to the National Weather Service in Portland. Read story

A group of local volunteers charged with removing graffiti on state highways often respond quickly to paint over targeted locations, including this newly cleaned spot along state Highway 500 in Vancouver.

Volunteers target highway graffiti

A group of local volunteers charged with removing graffiti on state highways often respond quickly to paint over targeted locations, including this newly cleaned spot along state Highway 500 in Vancouver.

July 10, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

When Cindy Franke sees graffiti along Interstate 5, she doesn't call to report it. She doesn't wait for someone else to take care of it. Read story

A Bus Rapid Transit vehicle stops on the side of East Fourth Plain Boulevard at Grand Boulevard in this artist's rendition of C-Tran's proposed system.

C-Tran allocates $6.7 million for BRT line

A Bus Rapid Transit vehicle stops on the side of East Fourth Plain Boulevard at Grand Boulevard in this artist's rendition of C-Tran's proposed system.

July 9, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

The C-Tran Board of Directors on Tuesday authorized spending $6.7 million in local funds for a bus rapid transit system in Vancouver, clearing the way for the project to secure a crucial federal grant and begin construction as early as next year. Read story

Mount St.

Mount St. Helens drilling foes claim victory

Mount St.

July 8, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

An environmental group fighting a proposed drilling operation near Mount St. Helens declared victory Monday after a federal judge in Oregon found earlier review and approval of the proposal to be deficient. Read story

Crews are tackling a variety of jobs as the Washington State Department of Transportation prepares to widen state Highway 502 between Interstate 5 and Battle Ground.

New Highway 502 taking shape

Crews are tackling a variety of jobs as the Washington State Department of Transportation prepares to widen state Highway 502 between Interstate 5 and Battle Ground.

July 8, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

They may have seen it in plans already, but now motorists can see it in plain sight: They'll be driving a very different state Highway 502 between Interstate 5 and Battle Ground once crews finish expanding the corridor. Read story

An artist's rendering of what a bus rapid transit station at downtown Vancouver's Turtle Place plaza could look like.

C-Tran board poised to act on BRT

An artist's rendering of what a bus rapid transit station at downtown Vancouver's Turtle Place plaza could look like.

July 5, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

More than three years after C-Tran first floated a proposed bus rapid transit system in Vancouver, the agency's board of directors could make the project all but a done deal on Tuesday. Read story

Cottonwood Island fire fully contained

July 3, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

A small fire that started Wednesday on an uninhabited island on the Columbia River was fully contained this morning, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Read story

Holiday street closures and detours planned

July 3, 2014, 12:00am Clark County News

If you're among the tens of thousands of people expected to descend on the Fort Vancouver National Site for Friday's Fourth of July celebration, don't expect to snag a prime parking spot and stroll right in just as the fireworks start. Read story