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Columbian Transportation & Environment Reporter

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed killing nearly 16,000 double-crested cormorants near the mouth of the Columbia River to protect the endangered fish they eat.

Army Corps plan proposes killing birds to protect fish

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed killing nearly 16,000 double-crested cormorants near the mouth of the Columbia River to protect the endangered fish they eat.

June 12, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed killing nearly 16,000 double-crested cormorants at the mouth of the Columbia River to prevent the birds from eating threatened fish. Read story

Gorge trails reopen as crews battle wildfire

June 11, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

A pair of Columbia River Gorge trails closed since Monday have reopened as crews battle a nearby wildfire, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Read story

C-Tran's No. 4 bus picks up passengers at Seventh and Washington streets in downtown Vancouver near Turtle Place plaza this week.

C-Tran plans new downtown bus rapid transit station

C-Tran's No. 4 bus picks up passengers at Seventh and Washington streets in downtown Vancouver near Turtle Place plaza this week.

June 11, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

It's been seven years since C-Tran's Seventh Street Transit Center closed, but memories of the downtown Vancouver bus mall still leave a bad taste in the mouths of business owners who operated nearby. Read story

With the help of the Vancouver Fire Department's ladder truck, police investigate a fatal accident involving a C-Tran bus and a bicyclist in April 2012.

C-Tran sued for wrongful death of boy in 2012 crash

With the help of the Vancouver Fire Department's ladder truck, police investigate a fatal accident involving a C-Tran bus and a bicyclist in April 2012.

June 10, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

The family of an 11-year-old boy who died in 2012 after a collision with a C-Tran bus has sued the transit agency in a wrongful death complaint. Read story

C-Tran delays action on light-rail deal

June 10, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

The C-Tran Board of -Directors has pledged to take a vote in July on whether to terminate a controversial light-rail contract the transit agency inked in 2013. Read story

Columbia River Gorge trails closed by wildfire

June 8, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Two popular trails in the Columbia River Gorge are temporarily closed due to a wildfire burning above state Highway 14 about 50 miles east of Vancouver, Gorge officials announced. Read story

Passengers board a TriMet Max light rail train at the Delta Park/Vanport light rail transit station.

Light rail deal on C-Tran’s radar

Passengers board a TriMet Max light rail train at the Delta Park/Vanport light rail transit station.

June 8, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

By all accounts, the Columbia River Crossing is dead. A controversial light-rail contract inked by C-Tran and TriMet last fall, however, doesn't quite fall into the same category. The deal has been called "dormant." Or "unenforceable." But not dead. Read story

El Nino could bring mild N.W. winter

June 5, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Winter is still several months away, but a brewing El Nino could mean the Northwest is in for a mild one, federal forecasters said Thursday. Read story

David Madore
Clark County councilor

Madore escalates C-Tran offensive

David Madore
Clark County councilor

June 4, 2014, 5:00pm Clark County News

Clark County Commissioner David Madore hasn't been shy about publicly criticizing C-Tran in recent months, often accusing the transit agency of misconduct or undue secrecy. Read story

Mary Widerburg has lived in the Brandts apartments for 17 years, transferring her flower garden each time she's moved within the complex.

New garden rules cause outcry at Vancouver complex

Mary Widerburg has lived in the Brandts apartments for 17 years, transferring her flower garden each time she's moved within the complex.

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

In 17 years living at the Brandts, Mary Widerburg has called several different units home. Every time she moves within the central Vancouver complex, her flower garden moves with her. Read story