Skamania County News

A climber was in good condition after he was found by rescuers late Tuesday night on a main route of Mount St.

Job searcher Deborah Clark, 41, of Hillsboro, seeks employment earlier this month at WorkSource Oregon in Hillsboro.

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.

The body of a 27-year-old Carson man who was swept away in a fast-moving current of the Wind River last month has been recovered, the Skamania County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A climber who became separated from two companions and got lost in whiteout conditions on Mount Adams walked out on his own Monday, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office said this morning in a news release.

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

New state Rep. David Taylor, R-Moxee, announced Thursday that he'll hold three town hall meetings later this month in far-flung areas of the expansive 15th Legislative District he represents.

As Thursday's storm passed through Southwest Washington, a fire reported to be caused by a lightning strike engulfed a home in western Skamania County and spread to dry brush.

Unemployment jumped more during a year's period in greater Portland-Vancouver than in any of the nation's large metropolitan areas.

A sparkling gem in Clark College's educational tiara prepares for its first rush of students on Sept.

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

A volunteer work party gets Pine Creek Information Center ready to open. Pine Creek Information Center on Forest Service Road 90 in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington is scheduled for a grand re-opening on Saturday, May 23, 2009.

A man was feared drowned after falling into the Wind River near Shepherd Falls, not far from Carson, Washington.

A search will continue Tuesday for 27 year old Dustin Ferguson. He fell into the Wind River near Shipherd Falls in Carson, Washington.

Bid Date/Time: June 4, 2009, 2 p.m. POSTED: 03:56 PM PDT Monday, May 18, 2009 BY DJC STAFF Project consists of the construction of the Discovery II Industrial Building at 390 Evergreen Drive in North Bonneville, Wash., for the Port of Skamania County.

Natural beauty should win every time The May 11 editorial, "Zero, Nada for Zips," reinforced that the zip line park in Skamania County is being squashed because of Gorge and Forest Service guidelines.

A man from Stevenson in southwest Washington has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife.

A company that started out in a garage 15 years ago has turned into a major player in the Columbia Gorge economy - making drone surveillance aircraft for the military.

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.

'She might be in the bedroom,' That was the response Darcy Wayne Banaszek reportedly gave deputies who arrived at his house in Stevenson early on May 8 after receiving a tip that Banaszek killed his wife.