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Columbian Transportation & Environment Reporter

The Columbia River Crossing project would have replaced the Interstate 5 Bridge.

State Senate leaders call for CRC investigation

The Columbia River Crossing project would have replaced the Interstate 5 Bridge.

April 11, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

State Senate leaders on Friday asked Gov. Jay Inslee for a "formal, independent investigation" into the Columbia River Crossing, citing financial questions raised by two forensic accountants. Read story

C-Tran technological upgrades in works

April 9, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

A broad upgrade of C-Tran's technology systems will change the way the agency operates -- and the way its riders use transit in Clark County -- starting later this year. Read story

An artist's rendering of the proposed Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland.

Pike’s bill would halt CRC funding

An artist's rendering of the proposed Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland.

April 3, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

State Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, this week introduced a bill that would halt state funding to the Columbia River Crossing and mandate a redesign of the proposed Interstate 5 Bridge replacement. Read story

Birdwatching buddies Garret Foster, 14, left, and Noah Bumala, 12, with Garret's mom, Jill Foster, following, walk a section of trail at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday. The trail reopened last week after a fire burned nearly 150 acres of habitat in October.

Steigerwald reopens, recovery continues (with video)

Birdwatching buddies Garret Foster, 14, left, and Noah Bumala, 12, with Garret's mom, Jill Foster, following, walk a section of trail at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday. The trail reopened last week after a fire burned nearly 150 acres of habitat in October.

April 2, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

WASHOUGAL -- As Jim Clapp walked past a row of blackened willow trees, he took the thin end of a branch between two fingers. He began to bend it. Read story

C-Tran meetings go live next month

March 30, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Starting next month, look for your local television listings to include a new addition: The C-Tran Board of Directors. Read story

Opponents of the Columbia River Crossing project filled the Grand Ballroom at the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay on Friday.

Rivers: State funds for CRC unlikely

Opponents of the Columbia River Crossing project filled the Grand Ballroom at the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay on Friday.

March 29, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

State Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, told a gathering of mostly Columbia River Crossing opponents Friday that she doesn't believe the controversial project will receive funding in the Washington Legislature this year. Read story

Steigerwald refuge entrance reopens Friday

March 28, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

WASHOUGAL -- A main entrance of the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge will reopen friday, nearly six months after a wildfire burned close to 150 acres of the natural area near state Highway 14. Read story

The Columbia Land Trust on Thursday finalized the acquisition of nearly 300 acres of habitat along the lower Hood River on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. Hood River County will receive about 100 acres of land as part of the transfer.

Land trust acquires new habitat in Gorge

The Columbia Land Trust on Thursday finalized the acquisition of nearly 300 acres of habitat along the lower Hood River on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. Hood River County will receive about 100 acres of land as part of the transfer.

March 27, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

The Columbia Land Trust this week added another prized gem to its growing list of Northwest holdings: more than 3 miles of diverse habitat along the banks of the lower Hood River. Read story

Eli Loudenback, 12, weighs his family's trash and recycling for the week while his mother, Amy, writes down the results at their Brush Prairie home this month. Eli's father, Robert, and 5-year-old sister, Romy, watch in the background.

Five local families vie for Wastebusters title

Eli Loudenback, 12, weighs his family's trash and recycling for the week while his mother, Amy, writes down the results at their Brush Prairie home this month. Eli's father, Robert, and 5-year-old sister, Romy, watch in the background.

March 26, 2013, 5:00pm Community

Earlier this month, five Clark County families embarked on a five-week journey designed to change the way they think about their household waste, and change their behavior to reduce it. Read story

Alex Elliott, 15, left, and Riley Flores, 18, leap for a basketball in a pickup game on a warm afternoon at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday.

Beginning of 2013 may be driest on record

Alex Elliott, 15, left, and Riley Flores, 18, leap for a basketball in a pickup game on a warm afternoon at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday.

March 25, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

What a difference a year makes. Read story