The Columbian

South Coldwater Creek joins the flow of water exiting the downstream end of the Spirit Lake drainage tunnel the Army Corps of Engineers completed in 1985. (U.S.

The Spirit Lake drainage tunnel needs millions of dollars in repairs to head off a potentially catastrophic failure, a reality that U.S. Forest Service officials say gives further impetus to constructing a controversial road across a crucial Mount St. Helens research area. Read story

Herrera Beutler silent on inquiry

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, declined through a spokeswoman to comment on the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump as hearings moved from the House Intelligence Committee to the Judiciary Committee last week. Read story

Artist Erin Dengerink is more interested in time and transition than in permanence. Her ice-and-rock art installation at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center is guaranteed to melt within a few days.

Time ‘a major element’ of art installation at Columbia Springs

December 8, 2019, 6:53pm Clark County News

Artists usually have longevity in mind when they’re making beautiful things. They want their creations to last. Read story

A Clark County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured early Sunday when he put his patrol vehicle into the path of an oncoming wrong-way drunk driver to prevent the driver from entering Interstate 5.

Clark County deputy uses patrol vehicle to keep wrong-way driver off freeway

December 8, 2019, 9:40am Clark County News

A Clark County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured early Sunday after he put his patrol vehicle into the path of a wrong-way driver who was about to enter Interstate 5 near Battle Ground. Read story

Matt Barton, vice president of the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association, signals that the engineer inching a locomotive along is running out of clear track. Behind Barton is the saddle-style water tank that was lifted off the group's 1929 steam engine during the federally mandated inspection.

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad on track to recovery

December 8, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

Dangling from a web of heavy chains, the 2,000-gallon water tank looked like a gargantuan horseshoe — the biggest good-luck charm you’ve ever seen — until it swung sideways, revealing its upside-down U-shape to be yards long. It’s almost as long as the locomotive engine it’s been sitting upon and… Read story

Construction crews work on apartment buildings at the Latitude 45 development, a Ginn Group project near the Four Seasons subdivision in east Vancouver. Ginn Group typically builds single-family detached housing and townhomes; the apartment project represents a new push into multi-family units and rental properties.

Vancouver-based Ginn Group aiming for the ‘missing middle’

December 8, 2019, 6:00am Business

In September, Vancouver-based residential development company Ginn Group was honored as the Large Business of the Year by the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce — a feat made all the more notable by the fact that the company in its current form is about 2 years old. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Amid air stagnation advisory, forecast sees cracking of inversion

December 8, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Let’s face it, Saturday was a gloomy day. Light rain at times, low clouds, cool temperatures: plain yucky. We deserve better, don’t you think? It’s OK to complain about the weather; most folks do when it isn’t to their liking. Read story

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Sign spinners perfect their craft at Esther Short Park in Vancouver

Spirit Lake tunnel in need of repairs