Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Since its launch in 2020, the Washington Department of Transportation and Oregon Department of Transportation have been collaborating with regional legislators on the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) Program. The goal of the project is to replace the I-5 bridge connecting southwest Washington to Portland over the Columbia River. The age of the bridge alone raises safety concerns; one section is 67 years old, while the other has been in use for over a century. Additionally, the current I-5 bridge rests upon a foundation made of timber piles...
On the evening of July 25, the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission held a public meeting to discuss a project that strives to reduce local communities’ vulnerability to flooding. The draft under consideration is an updated version of the 2005 Wahkiakum County Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan. Roughly 8 percent of Wahkiakum County’s population lives in floodplains and during the flooding season of October to April, those community members and their homes are at risk. The flood management plan estimates that flooding “impacts residenti...
