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December 11, 2025
Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council member Blake Nelson, right, examines a cross section of a transmission cable to be used in the Cascade Renewable Transmission project during a Nov. 17 public meeting at Black Pearl on the Columbia in Washougal. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Power line worries Columbia River navigators

Columbia River navigators are growing worried as a project to put a 100-mile power transmission line under the river charges ahead without offering ways to mitigate its impacts on the industry.

December 11, 2025
Sherry Erickson, from left, Jane Van Dyke and Nancy Barnes take part in the Clark Public Utilities board of commissioners meeting with CEO Lena Wittler in Vancouver on Oct. 21. On Tuesday morning, the utility’s board of commissioners unanimously approved separate budgets of $500 million for the electric system, $95 million for the generating system and $41 million for the water system. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Utility approves budgets for 2026

Clark Public Utilities avoided a budget shortfall this year and will keep power rates steady next year with some help from the Climate Commitment Act.

December 11, 2025
Cohen Butler of Camas (132) runs in the Nike Cross Nationals 5,000-meter men’s
championship race on Saturday at Glendoveer Golf Course in Portland. He posted a time of 15 minutes, 59.2 seconds. (Ken Martinez/West Coast XC)

Cohen Butler of Camas places 55th at nationals

After chasing down a Class 4A state championship in record time and winning the Nike Cross Regional Northwest Championships, Camas senior Cohen Butler capped a busy monthlong stretch with a memorable experience competing in the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday.

December 11, 2025
A meadow sits inside a forested tract of land at the Vancouver Innovation Center site in east Vancouver. The city of Vancouver has purchased the 14.3-acre site for $4.3 million and plans to turn it into the city’s next park. (Contributed photo)

Vancouver plans community park

Parks leaders are celebrating the city of Vancouver’s official acquisition of a 14.3-acre parcel of undeveloped, forested land in east Vancouver set to become the city’s newest community park.