The Oregon Legislature approved matching funds last week for Washington’s $125 million commitment to replacing the 100-year-old Hood River-White Salmon Bridge.

With just days before the end of Washington state’s legislative session, officials with the commission that oversees land-use planning in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area are ...

— The Columbia River Gorge Commission has managed to avoid a full loss of funding from Washington state, although the final version of the 2025-2027 budget that the state legislature passed on ...

A view of the Columbia River Gorge and the Vista House at Crown Point in Oregon in 2023. Washington state lawmakers are considering defunding a commission that regulates development in the ...