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… Read story
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… Read story
September 27, 2024, 3:43pm Clark County News
A section of the Historic Columbia River Highway between Wahkeena Falls and Multnomah Falls in Oregon will be closed starting Tuesday through Memorial Day 2025. Read story
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
September 16, 2024, 11:41am Clark County News
Climate change will cause existing hydroelectric dams to generate more power in the Pacific Northwest and around the lower 48 states in the coming decades. That’s according to projections from an August study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Richland-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read story
September 7, 2024, 6:14am Clark County Life
Early Labor Day morning, Lynn Rasmussen and her group — The Faux Fur-sters — shed their warm, namesake coats to reveal wetsuits. They approached the open door of Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler, which had paddled a mile from shore into the Columbia River’s shipping channel. Read story
August 31, 2024, 6:08am Business
Skamania County’s adventure park saga seems to have come to an end. Read story
August 30, 2024, 6:07am Business
A pair of Connecticut companies are seeking approval to bury a 100-mile transmission line in the bed of the Columbia River to carry solar and wind energy to the Portland-Vancouver area. Read story
August 28, 2024, 6:05am Latest News Free
A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. Read story
August 27, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
After seven years, three surgeries, 18 months of physical therapy and 1,000 miles of rigorous paddleboarding, Michael Curtis is about to complete the most ambitious journey of his self-described “adventurous life.” Read story