Quarry in Washougal incites quarrel over land use regulations
The controversy began in October of 2017, when the Nutter Corporation started mining gravel on Judith Zimmerly’s property...
Dec
13, 2018
Dec
6, 2018
Coleman Oil fined for spilling biodiesel into the Columbia River
A Lewiston-based fuel retailer faces at least $189,000 in fines for spilling biodiesel into the Columbia River. The Washington State Department of Ecology says the unchecked leak contaminated nearby soil and groundwater, eventually making its way into the Columbia...
Dec
6, 2018
BLM approves prospecting permits in the upper Green River Valley
This summer, Columbia Insight published a story about a proposed mining project near the headwaters of the Green River. Since then, opponents of the project have been awaiting the BLM’s inevitable stamp of approval...
Nov
29, 2018
National Climate Assessment sheds light on climate change in the Northwest
Released to the public this year on Black Friday, hundreds of experts from 13 federal agencies contributed to the report. And their findings were unanimous...
Nov
22, 2018
Aging dam gets repaired: Newport Avenue Dam fortified with steel
Repairs to the Newport Avenue Dam in downtown Bend are now complete. Aiming to fix a small leak that was discovered on Oct. 10, construction crews started work on Nov. 13 and they finished this Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving...
Nov
16, 2018
What do the midterms mean for the environment?
Nov. 8, 2018. Well, it depends on where […]
