Earl Francis Blumenauer is an American lawyer,author,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district since 1996. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River.
The Interstate Bridge is a pair of nearly identical steel vertical-lift,Parker through-truss bridges that carry Interstate 5 traffic over the Columbia River between Vancouver,Washington and Portland,Oregon in the United States.
Interstate 205 (I-205) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and Washington,United States. The north–south freeway serves as a bypass route of I-5 along the east side of Portland,Oregon,and Vancouver,Washington. It intersects several major highways and serves Portland International Airport.
Clark College is a public community college in Vancouver,Washington. With 11,500 students,Clark College is the largest institution of higher education in southwest Washington. Founded in 1933 as a private two-year junior college,Clark College received its first accreditation in 1937 and has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1948. It was incorporated into the statewide community college system in 1967.
Samuel Francis Adams is an American politician in Portland,Oregon. Adams was mayor of Portland from 2009 to 2012 and previously served on the Portland City Council and as chief of staff to former Mayor Vera Katz. Adams was the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city.
Donald Leroy Bonker was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1989,representing Washington's third Congressional district.
The Columbian is a daily newspaper serving the Vancouver,Washington,and Clark County,Washington area. The paper was published for its first decade (1890–1900) as a four-page daily that was meant as a counterweight to the local Republican newspaper The Independent. Printer Tom Carolan began publication of The Vancouver Columbian on October 10,1890. It successfully hedged out daily competition,such as the former Independent,to become the sole daily in the city today. A former weekly The Sun which published for 39 years prior to going daily;was absorbed by the Columbian and for a time the paper was published as The Vancouver Columbian and the Sun. It has been owned by the Campbell family since 1921;current president and publisher Ben Campbell is the fourth generation of the family to run the paper. It is the newspaper of record for both Vancouver and Washougal.
Dan Saltzman is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a commissioner on the City Council of Portland in Portland,Oregon,from 1999 through the end of 2018. As of 2017,he had served longer on the Council than any other person since 1969.
Esther Short Park is a public park and town square located in downtown Vancouver,Washington. Established in 1853,it is the oldest public park in the state of Washington. and one of the oldest public parks in the West.
Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington,located in Clark County. Founded in 1825 and incorporated in 1857,Vancouver had a population of 190,915 as of the 2020 census,making it the fourth-most populous city in Washington state. Vancouver is the seat of government of Clark County and forms part of the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area,the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Originally established in 1825 around Fort Vancouver,a fur-trading outpost,the city is located on the Washington–Oregon border along the Columbia River,directly north of Portland,and is considered a suburb of the city along with its surrounding areas.
Royce Pollard is an American politician who served as the six-term mayor of Vancouver,Washington. He served seven years on City Council and became mayor in 1996. He lost a reelection race to Tim Leavitt in 2010.
The Columbia River Crossing (CRC) was a joint freeway megaproject from 2005 to 2013 between Oregon and Washington,which proposed to widen and modernize Interstate 5 where it crossed the Columbia River. Central to this was the replacement of the Interstate Bridge,a pair of through-truss bridges. The northbound bridge dates to 1917,and its nearly identical companion was opened in 1958 to carry southbound traffic. The bridges,the earlier of which pre-dates the U.S. Highway System by nine years,served as the crossing for U.S. Route 99 before the establishment of the Interstate Highway System and Interstate 5 as the new route number. Each of the current bridges currently has three traffic lanes and no emergency lanes. Each bridge also has a vertical-lift draw bridge span on the Washington State side of the river to allow shipping traffic access upriver.
Portland Beavers Ballpark was a description of a new stadium in Portland,Oregon,or in an outlying city that was being planned for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League of Minor League Baseball. The ballpark idea was abandoned in October 2010,with no location ever determined for it;several locations were rejected due to public criticism.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the ten U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's ten congressional districts,a gain of one seat following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election,and a U.S. Senate election. The state certified the returns on December 6,2012. Primary elections were held August 7,2012.
Donald Mark Benton is an American politician. Originally from Santa Clarita,California,he served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1995 to 1996 and the Washington State Senate from 1996 to 2017,representing Washington's 17th legislative district. He served as campaign director for Donald Trump in Washington. In 2016,after Trump was elected,Benton was appointed as a senior White House advisor at the Environmental Protection Agency for a few weeks,but reportedly did not work well with newly appointed agency head Scott Pruitt. In April 2017,Benton was named by President Trump as the 13th Director of the Selective Service System. He served in that position until the inauguration of President Biden.
The Green Line,also known as The Vine on Fourth Plain,is a bus rapid transit (BRT) route in Vancouver,Washington,that is operated by C-Tran as part of The Vine system. The 6-mile-long (9.7 km) line runs from downtown Vancouver to the Vancouver Mall,serving 34 stations primarily on Fourth Plain Boulevard. It opened on January 8,2017,becoming the first bus rapid transit line in the Portland metropolitan area.
The ilani Casino Resort is a casino operated by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and located near La Center,Washington. The casino opened on April 24,2017,after a lengthy legal battle over the tribe's right to establish a reservation on which to build the casino.
Anne McEnerny-Ogle is an American politician and educator,serving as the 58th Mayor of Vancouver,Washington.
James "Jim" Godfrey Justin was an American military officer and politician who served as the Mayor of Vancouver,Washington from 1974 from 1984.
