Cost of new I-5 bridge linking Oregon and WA balloons from $4.8B to $14.4B
OLYMPIA [JERRY CORNFIELD]—The price tag to construct a new I-5 bridge linking Washington and Oregon has increased to $14.4 billion, officials from the two states said Tuesday, March 17. That means elements of the massive undertaking will be delayed as all the focus will be on building the new span on I-5 across the Columbia […]
Senator Murray condemns ‘horrific’ ICE Dog attack on Vancouver father
VANCOUVER—United States Senator Patty Murray on Friday, December 5, denounced the November 14 arrest of Vancouver resident Wilmer Toledo-Martinez as a “violent and unwarranted assault,” releasing graphic photos of deep gashes across the 28-year-old father’s body and demanding his immediate release from federal immigration detention. Toledo-Martinez is married to a U.S. citizen and has three […]
