Bingen News

Few people could be more surprised at the rapid growth of Klickitat County's robotic airplane maker, Insitu, than its chief executive officer, Steve Sliwa.

Last week, river fishing was pretty much a hit-and-miss venture this side of the Cascade Mountains because of low, clear water.

A National Park Service official says a wind project proposed for a Skamania County site just outside the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area would intrude on the experiences of people traveling two national historic trails.

Boeing's low-cost, long-endurance UAV at 4 feet long with a 10-foot wingspan - is being used by the Navy and the Marine Corps.

Low flows and clear water have made river fishing a real challenge this week. Nearly all rivers west of the Cascade Mountains are suffering from this affliction, which has resulted in spooky fish and a sporadic bite.

Sometimes I think Americans are Dorothy looking for the Wizard of Oz. We are traipsing down the yellow brick road in search of a simple solution to our energy problems.

A proposed wind farm on a forested ridge in eastern Skamania County could harm bats, raptors and other wildlife, a state wildlife biologist says.

This photo of Coyote Wall is from Terry Richard's "Travels with Terry" blog. "When rock is compressed and folded, the folds are anticlines and synclines.

Nora Mounce handles the tasting counter at Syncline, a decade-old winery in the Columbia River Gorge.

In this Thursday, April 23, 2009 picture, Jim McClanahan assembles an unmanned surveillance aircraft at their production facility in Bingen, Wash.

What benefit event for CrimeStoppers was held Sunday? D) Your Canyon for a Day bike ride in Yakima River Canyon 11.

What benefit event for CrimeStoppers is being held today? A) Sam Granato dunk tank at Millennium Plaza B) Pink Passionistas Fashion Show at 'Ohana C) Tip-A-Cop at Red Robin restaurant D) Your Canyon for a Day bike ride in Yakima River Canyon 11.

Think of it as Bingen's Boeing. Insitu, the firm that started in a garage 15 years ago, last year generated $148 million in revenue and provided more than 500 jobs, mostly in rural Klickitat and Skamania counties.

Here's the minimalist view: It started in 1994 as a nice little company making remote-control airplanes in the Columbia River Gorge town of Bingen.

Puget Sound Business Journal Insitu , which makes unmanned aerial systems, said it's received a $30 million contract from the Canadian government.

The ScanEagle was on board the USS Bainbridge and was launched to take surveillance video of the lifeboat where four Somali pirates were holding Capt.

By Jesse Burkhardt The Enterprise With a severe lack of demand for lumber products due to the slumping economy, Bingen's SDS Lumber Co.

BINGEN Hillside gives way; rock mining suspended The Washington Department of Natural Resources has ordered SDS Lumber Co.

Jason Spadaro, president of SDS Lumber Co., stands on industrial timberland near Underwood Mountain where his company hopes to develop a 70-megawatt wind farm.

View east Bingen, Wash. with the SDS quarry at right, and landslide on Burdoin Mountain.