Bingen News

A unit of Boeing Co. 's Integrated Defense Systems was awarded two contracts totaling more than $82 million from the U.S. Department of Defense.

On a rocky bench high above the Columbia River, Scott Melcher lowers the boom of his big Timberjack harvester and makes a clean cut at the base of a healthy 90-year-old Douglas fir.

A pair of gorge commissioners and a trio of Skamania County Commissioners are tangling over the proposed Broughton Landing destination project at a former mill site west of Bingen. via The Dalles Chronicle

“You can consider something and then dismiss it”

Gorge Commission expects to meet within two weeks to make amendment decision By RODGER NICHOLS of The Dalles Chronicle The good news: After two years, public testimony on the proposed Broughton Landing ... via The Dalles Chronicle

“We're not going on the weight of the testimony. It's what you have to say that's important.”

Hearing continued until March 11 By RODGER NICHOLS of The Dalles Chronicle After dozens of hours of testimony in meetings since April 2006, hundreds of pages of written comment and more than 1,000 e-mails on ... via The Dalles Chronicle

“We can't have it both ways in the gorge”

Before talking about the large-scale resort being proposed on federally protected land, Tom Wood spoke Tuesday about all the rules and restrictions that help keep the Columbia River Gorge beautiful. via Hotel Online

“If that place is developed, it'll be a better looking place. I'm for development.”

An attentive crowd of more than 120 packed a meeting room here today, and at least three dozen of them blasted a proposal to build a 250-unit destination resort in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. via The Columbian

“I don't like to predict, but it may well be that we'll end up in court.”

The Columbia River Gorge Commission is deliberating whether to let a lumber company build a 250-unit resort in violation of existing rules against a large-scale development. via Willamette Week

Forbes has unveiled its annual Midas List of the top 100 deal-makers in the tech business. via SeattlePI.com

Anybody can fund a Web company. Silicon Valley venture capitalists pumped $30 billion into 2,600 new ventures last year--surely there were some surprises among all those social networks and green technology ... via Forbes

“This is a confidential hotline for anyone to report allegations of sexual abuse by the Catholic Clergy or any other staffers or volunteers for the Catholic Church”

Law enforcement officials have reported that a visiting Jesuit priest on assignment to St. via OregonLive.com

Insitu Inc. , which makes unmanned aerial vehicles, has raised $25 million in new venture capital, the company's CEO said. via Portland Business Journal

“Insitu has done a great job establishing their technological and market leadership in the UAS market”

Insitu, Inc., a pioneer developer of long-range, autonomous unmanned aircraft systems and advanced tools for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance , today announced it has closed $25 Million in Series ... via Venture Capital Access Online

“Certainly, people have talked to us. And we are studying the conditions to decide what makes the most sense for us”

Insitu, whose unmanned aircraft are used in military and homeland security operations, has scored $25 million in venture funding that it will use to launch a new aircraft next year called the Integrator. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Now there are less than 150 people. That's a significant change.”

Skamania chamber director shares woes of county economics By RODGER NICHOLS of The Chronicle As usual in recent gorge commission meetings, the highest turnout Tuesday was for the latest progress report on the ... via The Dalles Chronicle

“These encouraging reactions are what keep our team driven to continually improve the ScanEagle platform. We are honored that the services we provide help to save the lives of troops on the ground”

' Boeing Australia Limited's and Insitu Inc.'s ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program has delivered 5,000 hours of eye-in-the-sky surveillance and reconnaissance services for the Australian Army. via Shephard.co.uk

“The building was fully engulfed”

By KATHY GRAY of The Chronicle Three hundred firefighters are battling a 150-acre blaze today that burned several homes on the hillside above Broughton Lumber Mill, just west of the White Salmon River. via The Dalles Chronicle

Incident: Brougton Mill Released: 54 min. ago The Broughton Mill Fire started Thursday, Sept. via InciWeb

INCIDENT UPDATED 47 MIN. AGO Summary This fire started Thursday, September 20. It is located 3.5 miles west of Bingen, WA along highway 14 in Skamania County. via InciWeb

“These two milestones are important for ScanEagle”

BINGEN, Wash: The Boeing Company and Insitu, Inc. announced today that the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft has made over 700 successful ship-board recoveries on US Navy vessels. via Defence Talk