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Friday,  November 22 , 2024

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I-5 Bridge replacement comment period: Walking paths, bridge footprint and a tunnel among 3,000 responses

November 22, 2024, 6:10am Murrow

The 60-day window for people to share their thoughts about the planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement ended Monday. Read story

Federal agencies consider additional Columbia River environmental guidelines amid political uncertainty

November 21, 2024, 6:11am Clark County News

A trio of federal agencies are considering whether to pursue additional environmental guidelines for the Columbia River. Read story

Apple farmers like Tim Calhoun take just a short break between the apple harvest and pruning trees for the next crop.

The Columbia River feeds Washington’s booming apple industry — and its economy

Apple farmers like Tim Calhoun take just a short break between the apple harvest and pruning trees for the next crop.

November 16, 2024, 6:13am Business

Tim Calhoun operates a small orchard and fruit distribution business about 2 miles off the Yakima River. Walking through rows of apple trees last month as the end of the harvest approached, he explained how he came to run the operation. Read story

Gary Kristensen paddling his giant pumpkin down the Columbia River. The trip took place over Oct. 12 and 13.

46 miles on the Columbia River in a giant pumpkin lands Oregon paddler a world record

Gary Kristensen paddling his giant pumpkin down the Columbia River. The trip took place over Oct. 12 and 13.

November 4, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

It was just after midnight when the support boat’s rack of lights cut out, leaving Gary Kristensen in near-darkness as he paddled down the Columbia River in a roughly thousand-pound hollowed-out pumpkin. Read story

Yakama Nation Pacific Lamprey Project lead Ralph Lampman, left, reaches under the fish screen for a young lamprey as Kyal Shoulderblade, right, mans the electrofisher and Zachary Minthorn, center, stands ready to take it on Oct. 22 at the Wapato Irrigation Canal.

“A lot of fun”: Yakama Nation biologists partner with college students to pull lamprey from drying canal’s mud

Yakama Nation Pacific Lamprey Project lead Ralph Lampman, left, reaches under the fish screen for a young lamprey as Kyal Shoulderblade, right, mans the electrofisher and Zachary Minthorn, center, stands ready to take it on Oct. 22 at the Wapato Irrigation Canal.

October 31, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

About a dozen Heritage University students joined biologists from the Yakama Nation’s Pacific Lamprey Project last week to save more than 1,000 young lamprey from the mostly-drained Wapato Irrigation Canal. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference held at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Does Trump plan to send Columbia River water to California? It’s unclear

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference held at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C.

October 29, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

About a dozen media outlets around the U.S. and Canada reported in recent weeks that former President Donald Trump seemed to propose diverting the Columbia River to solve California’s water crisis and fight wildfires. Read story

Dave&rsquo;y Lumley, left, and Noah Sampson of Yakama Nation Fisheries survey for new lamprey sites near the mouth of the Lewis River in Woodland on Sept. 25.

Can Pacific lamprey numbers be restored in the Columbia River Basin? Yakama Nation biologists think sovideo icon

Dave&rsquo;y Lumley, left, and Noah Sampson of Yakama Nation Fisheries survey for new lamprey sites near the mouth of the Lewis River in Woodland on Sept. 25.

October 19, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

Biologist Dave’y Lumley paced the shallow water at the mouth of the Lewis River on an overcast morning late last month. With each step, she carefully scanned the water in front of her, holding two hockey sticklike probes just under the surface. Read story

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Salmon lawsuit ends in settlement but tensions over hatcheries simmer

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October 1, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife is closing two Southwest Washington hatchery programs and lowering releases at another as a part of a settlement agreement stemming from a lawsuit by two environmental groups. Read story

Pacific lamprey cling to a fish-viewing window at Bonneville Lock &amp; Dam on June 28. This year, adult Pacific lamprey returns are lower than in 2023. So far, fish counters estimate only 22,021 (as of Sept. 14) lamprey have passed through Bonneville&rsquo;s fish ladders. (Tom Conning/U.S.

Pacific lamprey returns to the Columbia River plummet but Northwest tribes are working to fix those runs

Pacific lamprey cling to a fish-viewing window at Bonneville Lock &amp; Dam on June 28. This year, adult Pacific lamprey returns are lower than in 2023. So far, fish counters estimate only 22,021 (as of Sept. 14) lamprey have passed through Bonneville&rsquo;s fish ladders. (Tom Conning/U.S.

September 24, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

This year’s Pacific lamprey return in the Columbia River is nearly 30 percent lower than the average run in the past 10 years, according to counts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers taken at Bonneville Dam. Read story

A fence blocks access to Kalama&rsquo;s OYO Hotel, which the Port of Kalama will demolish soon.

Kalama hotel to be demolished this fall; port plans development to build out downtown business district

A fence blocks access to Kalama&rsquo;s OYO Hotel, which the Port of Kalama will demolish soon.

September 23, 2024, 6:07am Business

Once home to Elvis for just one night, a Kalama motel is now slated to be demolished after falling into disrepair more recently. Read story