Stories by Anthony Macuk

Columbian business reporter

Keeping the Interstate 5 Bridge up and running

September 19, 2021, 6:05am Business

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program has been running in earnest for more than a year now, slowly developing a plan for a new bridge to carry Interstate 5 across the Columbia River — a plan that lawmakers and officials on both sides of the river hope will succeed where the… Read story

Downtown Vancouver buses on detours this weekend

September 17, 2021, 5:56am Clark County News

C-Tran will detour several bus routes through downtown Vancouver this weekend due to the PeaceHealth AppleTree Marathon events, the agency announced in a press release Thursday. Read story

A truck joins other traffic crossing the Interstate 5 Bridge while traveling north on I-5 on Jan. 7, 2020. The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program office is aiming to settle on a single recommended configuration for a replacement bridge in January.

Group sets goal of recommending new Interstate 5 Bridge’s blueprint by January

September 15, 2021, 7:21pm Clark County News

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program’s ambitious timetable calls for the bistate project’s office to produce a single recommended configuration for a replacement Interstate 5 Bridge in as little as four months, releasing the plan publicly in January. Read story

The Vancouver Waterfront pictured from the air on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

Apartment building planned at Waterfront Vancouver Block 19

September 15, 2021, 6:05am Business

Another apartment tower is in the works at The Waterfront Vancouver. A developer submitted a pre-application packet to the city earlier this month outlining plans for a 180-unit building on Block 19, one of the blocks along the railroad tracks near the western edge of the redevelopment area. Read story

A house on Northeast 118th Street with a Hasson Company Realtors for sale sign in front is pictured Tuesday. After a slight reprieve in July and August, Clark County real estate agents are expecting the housing market to tighten again in the fall.

Clark County home sales dip slightly in August as prices rise

September 15, 2021, 6:04am Business Subscriber Exclusive

August sees dip in sales from July, but 12.8% growth since last year Read story

Update: Missing man located

September 11, 2021, 7:21pm Clark County News Free

Vancouver police are seeking assistance from the public to help locate endangered Vancouver resident Richard Denney, who was last seen at home at around 8 a.m. Saturday, according to a press release from the Vancouver Police Department. Denney’s family stated that he suffers severely from Alzheimer’s disease and is incapable… Read story

Clark County residents commemorate anniversary of Sept. 11th attacks

A plane flies overhead as hundreds gather for the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Saturday at Waterfront Park in downtown Vancouver, marking 20 years since the terrorist attacks that hit the Pentagon and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

September 11, 2021, 5:13pm Clark County News

Bagpipes blared, doves took flight and fighter jets roared by overhead as Vancouver and Clark County residents commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in a ceremony held Saturday morning at the city’s Waterfront Park. Read story