Southwest Washington steel importers are feeling the pain from a Trump administration move earlier this month to double the import taxes they pay to 50…
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I-5 tolls one step closer to reality with bills signed in Washington, Oregon
By The Citizen on June 11, 2025
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill last week updating the state’s authorization to toll the Interstate 5 Bridge. The move follows a Washington bill…
South Fork Toutle salmon habitat restoration project breaks ground
By The Citizen on June 9, 2025
A Southwest Washington salmon habitat restoration nonprofit broke ground Thursday on a large restoration project on and around the South Fork Toutle River. The two-year…
“A lot of fun”: Yakama Nation biologists partner with college students to pull lamprey from drying canal’s mud
By The Citizen on October 31, 2024
UNION GAP — About a dozen Heritage University students joined biologists from the Yakama Nation’s Pacific Lamprey Project last week to save more than 1,000…
Can Pacific lamprey numbers be restored in the Columbia River Basin? Yakama Nation biologists think so
By The Citizen on October 19, 2024
WOODLAND — Biologist Dave’y Lumley paced the shallow water at the mouth of the Lewis River on an overcast morning late last month. With each…
Drax fined for starting on Longview biomass fuel plant without proper permits
By The Citizen on September 20, 2024
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…