Project would eliminate gorge eyesore Tom Koenniger’s recent column (Development seeks to chip away at gorge, Wednesday, March 26, 2008) used the metaphor of diamond cutting to illustrate his opposition to proposals by Broughton and SDS Lumber Companies. If the Columbia Gorge is the “$1 billion” diamond analogized by Koenninger, then surely the Broughton Mill–a […]

Broughton may aid Ecology in probe of site Broughton Lumber Co. might cooperate with the Department of Ecology in investigating whether old underground fuel tanks have contaminated the site of its proposed destination resort in the Columbia River Gorge. Friday, March 28, 2008 By KATHIE DURBIN, Columbian Staff Writer Broughton Lumber Co. might cooperate with […]

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. March 21, 2008 The Dalles Chronicle A story in today’s issue of The (Vancouver) Columbian said Skamania County Commissioners denounced Columbia River Gorge Commissioners Jim Middaugh […]

Skamania County commissioners Thursday denounced two members of the Columbia River Gorge Commission for requesting a state investigation of possible industrial contamination at the Broughton mill property, site of a proposed destination resort in the gorge. Friday, March 21, 2008 By KATHIE DURBIN, Columbian Staff Writer Gorge commissioners Jim Middaugh of Portland and Honna Sheffield […]

Probe of proposed gorge resort site sought Two Columbia River Gorge commissioners are asking the Department of Ecology to launch an immediate investigation of possible industrial contamination at the former Broughton mill property near Underwood, the proposed site of a major resort in the heart of the gorge. Thursday, March 20, 2008 By KATHIE DURBIN, […]