Thursday, September 19 , 2024

Stories by William Seekamp

Columbian staff writer

A row of parked cars are lined up near Library Square, a 3.2 acre area in downtown Vancouver that city officials hope to purchase for a future transit center. The Vancouver City Council will vote on the proposed $12 million purchase on Monday.

Vancouver OKs $12M purchase of Library Square transit site

A row of parked cars are lined up near Library Square, a 3.2 acre area in downtown Vancouver that city officials hope to purchase for a future transit center. The Vancouver City Council will vote on the proposed $12 million purchase on Monday.

May 16, 2023, 7:42pm Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council approved without discussion the purchase and donation of Library Square — the grassy field south of the Vancouver Community Library — for $12 million at its meeting Monday night. Read story

Expect delays today on northbound I-5 through Woodland

May 16, 2023, 5:58am Clark County News

A rolling slowdown will be in effect from 9 to 11 a.m. today on northbound Interstate 5 south of Woodland so Washington State Department of Transportation crews can install a temporary bridge deck patch on the North Fork Lewis River Bridge after a hole was discovered in the center travel… Read story

Debris slide closes Spirit Lake Highway; dozen people, dog airlifted from observatory

May 15, 2023, 6:55pm News

A dozen people and a dog were airlifted Monday from Johnston Ridge Observatory near Mount St. Helens after a debris slide blocked both directions of state Highway 504, according to the King County Sheriff’s Air Support Unit’s Twitter. Read story

Debris slide closes Spirit Lake Highway, people and dog airlifted from observatory

May 15, 2023, 1:40pm Clark County News Free

Both directions of Highway 504 near Coldwater Lake near milepost 45.0 are closed due to a debris slide. The slide occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday. Read story

After a nearly five-year hiatus due to litigation, the Clark County Council is resuming plans to allow more development to utilize its short line railroad. Plans were delayed after the railroad's operator, the Portland-Vancouver Junction Railroad, and the county engaged in a legal dispute over the validity of their lease.

Clark County rail plan on track as council considers development in rural areas

After a nearly five-year hiatus due to litigation, the Clark County Council is resuming plans to allow more development to utilize its short line railroad. Plans were delayed after the railroad's operator, the Portland-Vancouver Junction Railroad, and the county engaged in a legal dispute over the validity of their lease.

May 13, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

After a nearly five-year hiatus due to litigation, the Clark County Council is resuming plans to allow more development to utilize its short line railroad. Read story

The city of Vancouver has purchased the vacant lot next to the Vancouver Community Library for a transit center.

Vancouver eyes property near downtown library for transit center

The city of Vancouver has purchased the vacant lot next to the Vancouver Community Library for a transit center.

May 11, 2023, 7:12pm Clark County News

Behind a chain link fence next to the Vancouver Community Library sits one of downtown’s prime pieces of land: Library Square. Read story

Interstate 5 lane closures in Hazel Dell, Vancouver through Friday

May 9, 2023, 11:08am Clark County News

Parts of Interstate 5 in Vancouver and Hazel Dell will experience single-lane closures through Friday. Read story

The Amtrak Cascades line from Eugene, Ore., to Vancouver, B.C.

Landslide blocks Amtrak route between Vancouver and Kelso

The Amtrak Cascades line from Eugene, Ore., to Vancouver, B.C.

May 9, 2023, 11:07am Clark County News

All Amtrak train service between Portland and Seattle is canceled through Wednesday due to a landslide between Vancouver and Kelso resulting in a BNSF Railway passenger train moratorium. Read story

Highway 504 to Mount St. Helens to reopen at noon today

May 4, 2023, 5:58am Clark County News

Highway 504 to Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory reopens at noon today. Read story

Cars and trucks travel north on the Interstate 5 Bridge, seen from the top of one of the northbound bridge lift towers.

Oregon governor pauses toll plans until 2026

Cars and trucks travel north on the Interstate 5 Bridge, seen from the top of one of the northbound bridge lift towers.

May 2, 2023, 7:56pm Clark County News

Oregon interstates will live to see another toll-free year. Read story