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Stories by William Seekamp

Columbian staff writer

A Washington State Department of Transportation engineering geologist studies the head of the landslide that buried Highway 504 some 2,000 feet below.

Engineer helped design Spirit Lake highway after 1980 eruption. Now a landslide has brought him back

A Washington State Department of Transportation engineering geologist studies the head of the landslide that buried Highway 504 some 2,000 feet below.

June 7, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News

The mid-May landslide that stranded a dozen people and a dog when it buried a section of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway near Mount St. Helens held special significance for Paul Harrison. Read story

The Interstate 5 Bridge crosses the Columbia River on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

New I-5 bridge would ‘unlock workforce potential’, says Port of Vancouver economic development director

The Interstate 5 Bridge crosses the Columbia River on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

June 6, 2023, 6:02am Business

You might say that Vancouver’s biggest export is labor. Although it borders on cliché, there is a grain of truth to it. Read story

2/19/03 - Photo by Dave Olson - The Red Lion Hotel at the Quay as seen from the Interstate Bridge.

Crossing the Columbia River a constant in a developing Vancouver

2/19/03 - Photo by Dave Olson - The Red Lion Hotel at the Quay as seen from the Interstate Bridge.

June 6, 2023, 6:02am Business

When Vancouver’s city manager began his career in Clark County in the ’90s, Portland’s bedroom community to the north was perhaps best known for its strip malls, downtown cardrooms and the abandoned Lucky Lager brewery building — aptly located across from the beer can-shaped Smith Tower. Read story

Drainage work planned for northbound I-5 between East 33rd, N.E. 78th streets

June 2, 2023, 5:57am Clark County News

The left lane of northbound Interstate 5 between East 33rd and Northeast 78th streets will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Monday, June 5 through Thursday, June 8. Read story

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

Washougal to get $40M for underpass at railroad crossing

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

May 31, 2023, 7:11pm Clark County News

One weekday afternoon, Washougal City Manager David Scott was driving south on 32nd Street in Washougal, about to merge onto state Highway 14, when he was stopped by the familiar flashing lights, ringing bells and rumblings of a train approaching. Read story

Clark College student Hallie Tibbit, right, welds a bar to the bottom of a metal boat as River Fortier, center, watches during an Advanced TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding class at Clark College. The boat, the students' final project, will be put to the test at Lacamas Lake in less than three weeks, a rite of passage for those graduating from the program, a symbolic send-off to their next adventure.

I-5 Bridge replacement will require strong labor pool in Clark County

Clark College student Hallie Tibbit, right, welds a bar to the bottom of a metal boat as River Fortier, center, watches during an Advanced TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding class at Clark College. The boat, the students' final project, will be put to the test at Lacamas Lake in less than three weeks, a rite of passage for those graduating from the program, a symbolic send-off to their next adventure.

May 28, 2023, 6:05am Business

A light blue glow flickered across DJ Johnson’s face, contrasting with his reddish-brown goatee as he examined what was shaping up as an aluminum dinghy. Read story

First ‘visualization’ drawings released for replacement Interstate 5 Bridge

May 25, 2023, 2:23pm Clark County News

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program released its first batch of visualizations of six replacement bridge options: four single-level bridges, one stacked bridge and one with a lift span. Read story

Drivers wait during a bridge lift on the Interstate 5 Bridge in 2012.

Expect more bridge lifts on Interstate 5

Drivers wait during a bridge lift on the Interstate 5 Bridge in 2012.

May 22, 2023, 6:36pm Clark County News

On Wednesday, a man stepped out of his olive green Ford Expedition and onto the roadway on Interstate 5 north on Hayden Island and squinted at the bridge ahead, attempting to see beyond the rows of traffic at a dead stop. Read story

Cars travel along the Oregon side of I-5 and the Interstate Bridge on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, as seen from the top of one of the northbound bridge lift towers.

Oregon Interstate 5 Bridge bills face delay

Cars travel along the Oregon side of I-5 and the Interstate Bridge on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, as seen from the top of one of the northbound bridge lift towers.

May 20, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee On Transportation ended its final meeting to advance bills on Thursday without moving the Interstate 5 Bridge replacement policy bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Read story

Interstate 5 in southwest Washington will see its fair share of construction this summer.

Southwest Washington bridges in focus as road work season gets underway

Interstate 5 in southwest Washington will see its fair share of construction this summer.

May 17, 2023, 6:48pm Clark County News

Seemingly everywhere you look, people are sporting their shades and sandals, blotched with sunscreen — and soon experiencing the road work season in full bloom. Read story