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C-Tran electric buses hit the road in Clark Countyvideo icon

June 8, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News Updated 11 hours ago

At a recent C-Tran board meeting, a bus sat within view, no more than 15 yards away and separated by just a wall of windows, from the board of directors.… Read story

Engineer helped design Spirit Lake highway after 1980 eruption. Now a landslide has brought him back

June 7, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News Updated 13 hours ago

The mid-May landslide that stranded a dozen people and a dog when it buried a section of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway near Mount St. Helens held special significance for… Read story

The Interstate 5 Bridge crosses the Columbia River on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

New I-5 bridge would ‘unlock workforce potential’, says Port of Vancouver economic development director

The Interstate 5 Bridge crosses the Columbia River on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

June 6, 2023, 6:02am Business

You might say that Vancouver’s biggest export is labor. Although it borders on cliché, there is a grain of truth to it. Read story

2/19/03 - Photo by Dave Olson - The Red Lion Hotel at the Quay as seen from the Interstate Bridge.

Crossing the Columbia River a constant in a developing Vancouver

2/19/03 - Photo by Dave Olson - The Red Lion Hotel at the Quay as seen from the Interstate Bridge.

June 6, 2023, 6:02am Business Updated 1 day ago

When Vancouver’s city manager began his career in Clark County in the ’90s, Portland’s bedroom community to the north was perhaps best known for its strip malls, downtown cardrooms and the abandoned Lucky Lager brewery building — aptly located across from the beer can-shaped Smith Tower. Read story

Cars snake along the Historic Columbia River Highway along the waterfall corridor in the Columbia River Gorge. Congestion on busy days has been so bad the traffic impairs the ability of emergency vehicles to respond to accidents.

Car-free visits to Columbia River Gorge sites are possible — with planning

Cars snake along the Historic Columbia River Highway along the waterfall corridor in the Columbia River Gorge. Congestion on busy days has been so bad the traffic impairs the ability of emergency vehicles to respond to accidents.

June 3, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life Updated 2 days ago

Judging by ease of public-transit access, one might conclude that the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is entirely inside of Oregon. Read story

Drainage work planned for northbound I-5 between East 33rd, N.E. 78th streets

June 2, 2023, 5:57am Clark County News

The left lane of northbound Interstate 5 between East 33rd and Northeast 78th streets will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Monday, June 5 through Thursday, June 8. Read story

Attendees listen to a panel of transportation experts talk about the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project on Thursday during an Economic Forecast Breakfast event at Hilton Vancouver Downtown. Pictured from left to right: The Columbian transportation reporter and panel moderator William Seekamp, Vancouver City anager Eric Holmes, Thompson Metal Fab President John Rudi, Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Administrator Greg Johnson, Washington Trucking Associations President Sheri Call and Port of Vancouver Director of Economic Development Mike Bomar.

Economic Forecast Breakfast focuses in on I-5 Bridge replacement’s impacts

Attendees listen to a panel of transportation experts talk about the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project on Thursday during an Economic Forecast Breakfast event at Hilton Vancouver Downtown. Pictured from left to right: The Columbian transportation reporter and panel moderator William Seekamp, Vancouver City anager Eric Holmes, Thompson Metal Fab President John Rudi, Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Administrator Greg Johnson, Washington Trucking Associations President Sheri Call and Port of Vancouver Director of Economic Development Mike Bomar.

June 1, 2023, 1:31pm Business

The Interstate Bridge Replacement is a behemoth topic in the world of local politics. And on Thursday, it helped draw more than 300 attendees to the Hilton Downtown Vancouver for the yearly Economic Forecast Breakfast. Read story

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

Washougal to get $40M for underpass at railroad crossing

Traffic proceeds north on 32nd Street across a set of railroad tracks in Washougal.

May 31, 2023, 7:11pm Clark County News

One weekday afternoon, Washougal City Manager David Scott was driving south on 32nd Street in Washougal, about to merge onto state Highway 14, when he was stopped by the familiar flashing lights, ringing bells and rumblings of a train approaching. Read story

First ‘visualization’ drawings released for replacement Interstate 5 Bridge

May 25, 2023, 2:23pm Clark County News

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program released its first batch of visualizations of six replacement bridge options: four single-level bridges, one stacked bridge and one with a lift span. Read story

Workers cut away an old expansion joint on Interstate 5 in Seattle, during 2022.

Washington roads chief: Transportation system is on ‘glidepath to failure’

Workers cut away an old expansion joint on Interstate 5 in Seattle, during 2022.

May 24, 2023, 6:00am Editor's Choice Free

Washington’s roads czar is warning that the state transportation system is “on a glidepath to failure” after lawmakers put too much money into building new projects and not enough into upkeep.  Read story