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Prices are displayed on a corner sign at a Shell gas station, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

Will carbon tax Initiative 2117 lower gas prices? That’s debatable

October 17, 2024, 6:00am Election

Brian Heywood claims Washington’s cap-and-invest program could raise state gas prices by up to $1 per gallon if the initiative to repeal it is defeated at the November polls. Read story

Neal Ballard of Vancouver, right, and others look over renderings of a proposed Interstate 5 Bridge design Tuesday during public comment at an open house for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program in Clark College’s Gaiser Hall. The organization recently released their draft supplemental environmental impact statement and video renderings of proposed bridge designs.

‘I’ve been stuck on that bridge many times’: Public comment on I-5 Bridge replacement kicks off at Clark College

October 16, 2024, 1:03pm Clark County News

Two recent news events got Cherise Billington of Portland thinking about a potentially massive earthquake and the Interstate 5 Bridge. First, a mysterious, acrid odor permeated Southwest Washington. Then, an unprecedented number of small earthquakes struck Mount Adams. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Last December, Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

WA program to clear roadside encampments needs more money to keep going

October 16, 2024, 7:43am Latest News Free

Washington’s work cleaning up encampments along state highways is helping get unsheltered people into housing. Read story

A snag continues to smoke nearly two months after the Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon.

‘For a while, it looked like the whole world might burn’: In Oregon, grassland blazes are now sapping state resources

October 16, 2024, 7:37am Latest News Free

Bert Siddoway heard the fire before he saw it, no seconds at all between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder. The strike “shook the whole flipping town,” he said, and immediately ignited a wildfire in a hard-to-reach spot in the hills above the community where he is… Read story

Columbia Land Trust staffers David Cook, from top Elizabeth Martin and Sanoe Keliinoi work to move western pearlshell mussels Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, on Wildboy Creek near the former site of Kwoneesum Dam. The mussels were moved downstream to a temporary home before the dam was removed and are now being moved back further up Wildboy Creek.

‘A significant milestone’: Camp Kwoneesum Dam is gone but work to reshape the land continues

October 16, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life

The past five months have brought a lot of changes to the remote forestland that once housed Camp Kwoneesum Dam. Read story

Democrat John Zingale, left, and Republican John Ley are running for the 18th District House, Position 2.

Candidates for 18th Legislative District House Position 2 seat diverge on critical issues

October 16, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

The candidates vying for the 18th Legislative District House Position 2 seat diverge on how to address some of the biggest issues facing Clark County, including education, homelessness and the effort to replace the Interstate 5 Bridge. Read story

If you like biscuits with chicken and mushrooms in a rich gravy, then you’ll love this chicken-in-a-biscuit casserole.

Chicken cobbler is making the rounds on social media; this Chicken-in-a-Biscuit Casserole is even better

October 16, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

I feel a sliver of shame every time I fall prey to another viral internet recipe. I hate to do what everyone else is doing. (You may be surprised to learn this, but it could be factor in many of my kitchen disasters.) I’m constitutionally unable — unwilling, more truthfully… Read story