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Trump’s NOAA cuts jeopardize Columbia River navigation safety, billions in trade

March 1, 2025, 6:06am Business

Large Trump administration cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have hit a crucial part of the agency that runs a fleet of more than 100 coastal weather buoys.… Read story

Columbia Fruit seeks to expand Woodland raspberry operations

February 28, 2025, 6:05am Business

Woodland’s Columbia Fruit has applied for a water right permit to improve the quality of the water fueling its raspberry growing operation west of the city by the Columbia River,… Read story

Grapes with ash on them hang in a vineyard that was blanketed by smoke from wildfires in Sonoma, Calif., in 2010.

‘Smoke taint’ a growing issue as Washington wine grapes face wildfires

Grapes with ash on them hang in a vineyard that was blanketed by smoke from wildfires in Sonoma, Calif., in 2010.

January 27, 2025, 11:28am Business

The Washington State Wine Commission hosted a talk Wednesday highlighting research into how wineries around the state can fight the impacts of wildfire smoke on wine grapes. Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez tours the Yaquina dredging vessel as the crews works along the Columbia River in August. “So many of our industries rely on these waterways and this dredging schedule,” Perez said.

Lawmakers: Water Resource Development Act will boost Columbia River projects, jobs and the economy

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez tours the Yaquina dredging vessel as the crews works along the Columbia River in August. “So many of our industries rely on these waterways and this dredging schedule,” Perez said.

January 9, 2025, 6:08am Business

Washington’s federal lawmakers are celebrating a significant list of new Columbia River projects made possible by the 2024 Water Resource Development Act, which became law Saturday. Read story

This Teck Metals Ltd. smelter in Trail, B.C., sits on a hill above the Columbia River in 2003, a few miles north of the Washington border. The company dumped heavy metals into the Columbia River for nearly a century.

Nearly 150 miles of Columbia River added to EPA’s Superfund list

This Teck Metals Ltd. smelter in Trail, B.C., sits on a hill above the Columbia River in 2003, a few miles north of the Washington border. The company dumped heavy metals into the Columbia River for nearly a century.

December 16, 2024, 11:22am Clark County News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday a roughly 150-mile stretch of the Columbia River between the Canadian border and Grand Coulee Dam has been added to the Superfund National Priorities List. Read story

A $26 million federal grant will help the Port of Kalama expand capacity at the Temco Rail Export Terminal.

Federal, private and local money continues Kalama’s decadeslong success at grain exports

A $26 million federal grant will help the Port of Kalama expand capacity at the Temco Rail Export Terminal.

December 10, 2024, 11:50am Business

A $26 million federal grant will help the Port of Kalama expand capacity at a local grain-export operation, potentially reducing railroad traffic and increasing local output of grains, oilseeds and wheat to markets around Asia. 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

Dave’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’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

Crews work to build a wood pellet production facility in February at the Port of Longview. The goal of the UK-based company is to ship pellets to Asia, where they would be burned for energy.

Drax fined for starting on Longview biomass fuel plant without proper permits

Crews work to build a wood pellet production facility in February at the Port of Longview. The goal of the UK-based company is to ship pellets to Asia, where they would be burned for energy.

September 19, 2024, 5:41pm Business

Global energy giant Drax Group was fined $34,000 in June for starting construction on a $250 million biomass fuel plant in Longview before securing the proper permits. Read story