Henry Brannan

Leaders around Cowlitz County said that sediment from Mount St. Helens worsened flooding along the Cowlitz River and called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start dredging it — a request the Corps has long avoided. Millions of tons of sediment from ... See more

STEVENSON — The harvest moon’s reflection danced through the churning wake of Jakub Bednarek’s 16-foot aluminum jet boat on a recent night along the Columbia River. The boat sounded a siren as two probes extending off its bow shot electricity into the wat... See more

Wahkiakum and Pacific counties are considering starting a land trust that would use grants to buy thousands of acres of forest about 20 miles west of Cathlamet in coming decades. The move would give the counties much-needed timber revenue while protecting... See more

Washington will continue to collect data on major industrial greenhouse gas emissions despite the Trump administration’s recent move to end the requirement that major polluters report their emissions. “Washington law requires major sources of greenhouse g... See more

The federal permit that allows Northwest states and some Native nations to trap and kill salmon-eating sea lions in the Columbia River was reapproved this month. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service renew... See more