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Lawmakers want Washington to be the first state to establish a sweetened beverage tax. Author: Drew Mikkelsen Updated: 6:04 PM PST February 22, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. — Your favorite soda, juice and sweetened coffee drinks would likely get more expensive under the latest tax proposal debated in Olympia. Modeled after a similar ordinance in Seattle, Senate Bill 5371 would charge beverage distributors 1.75 cents for every ounce of a sweetened drink that has more tha...

Most participants in a late 2020 survey agree there’s a need for a new Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver, Washington. However, they don’t agree on how to pay for it.

Clark County History: Columbia River freezes over By Martin Middlewood for The Columbian Published: January 24, 2021, 6:00am Share: 4 Photos Clarence Murray made the iced-over river a landing strip for an American Eagle, 90 horsepower biplane on Jan. 31, 1930. Celebrating their landing, a photographer captured Murray, right, and his son, Glenn, standing on the frozen Columbia River. This was the last time the river froze over. (Columbian files) Photo Gallery The Columbi...

January 10 2021 Four online meetings will be held later in January to discuss replacing the bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver. Anyone interested in the Oregon-Washington Interstate Bridge Replacement Program is invited to attend four online public meetings to be held later in January. The program is exploring options for replacing the aging Interstate Bridge across the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver with a seismically resilient, multimodal struct...

December 31, 2020 A head-on collision on the Lewiston side of the Interstate Bridge sent two people to the hospital Wednesday afternoon. Lewiston Police say the crash occurred at around 12:50pm when 31-year-old Richard Flatt of Lewiston lost control of a 2007 Ford Taurus while crossing the railroad tracks prior to the bridge. The vehicle collided with an eastbound 2006 Ford Explorer driven by 62-year-old Ermie Favor of Clarkston. Both men were transported to St. Joseph Regional Medical Cent...

December 28, 2020 A Lewiston man faces several charges after his car crashed into a power pole near the north end of Prospect Avenue Saturday afternoon and rolled down a hill where it hit another vehicle. 24-year-old Michael Damon faces two counts of hit-and-run, a charge of driving under the influence and a charge of failure to have insurance. Lewiston Police say Damon was driving his 1993 Nissan north down Prospect Avenue, near the intersection with Snake River Avenue, at about 3 p.m. Sat...

John SextonPosted at 7:35 pm on December 18, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A significant portion of the border between Washington State and Oregon is the Columbia River. Recently, people entering Oregon on Interstate 5 would cross a bridge and immediately see a mess of vandalized boats tied up near Hayden Island in the center of the river. At the base of the Interstate Bridge on Hayden Island are two old military vessels — the Alert and the Sakarissa. Ownership issues have left the ...

Part. hoisting one person after another to safety. on the water, a frightening moment when break-away barges slammed into an interstate bridge. the highway is shut down the extent of the damage still unknown. in houston the storm unleashed so much rain it made for the citys wettest september day on record. at one school teachers turned benches into a bridge doing their best to keep students dry on their way to lunch. authorities say imelda is responsible for five deaths. >> everybody is devastat...

Hoisting one person after another to safety. and a break away barge slammed into an interstate bridge. today still stuck. the highway shut down. extent of damage still unknown. in houston, the storm unleasheds so much rain, the wettest september day on record. one school teachers turned benches into a bridge doing their best to keep students dry on the way to lunch. the total impact yet to be seen, but authorities say imelda is now responsible for at least five deaths. >> everybody needs help. y...

Republicans for years. >> upgrades infrastructure, it will help save lives. >> rebuild our infrastructure. >> rebuilding america with green and modern infrastructure from sea to shining sea. >> so if all our leaders agree fixing our infrastructure is essential, then why are our bridges, roads, and tunnels a crumbling mess? well, for one thing, untangling who is in charge of what is complicated. though some parts are privately owned, the rest is the responsibility of the government, both local an...