If concerns expressed over the Columbia River Crossing by a key Oregon legislative committee are any indication, the $10 billion* project could be a hard sell with lawmakers in Salem. That’s important to Clark County residents because the Oregon Legislature is expected to pick up $450 million of the project’s ...
Emotions ran high in Battle Ground at a community meeting about placement of a new electrical transmission line the Bonneville Power Administration wants to build in Cowlitz and Clark Counties. The message at last week’s meeting was clear and was even delivered in a song: Go away, BPA. At issue ...
An often testy crowd of nearly 300 packed the Battle Ground Community Center last Thursday to oppose the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) plan to construct a 70-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line through Clark County. The project has been a source of controversy ever since it was announced to the public in ...