Metro considered barge and train options for taking garbage to the Columbia Ridge Landfill near Arlington, in Gilliam County, but instead awarded the trucking company a 10-year contract.

Columbia Ridge Landfill opened in 1990, and has gone on to become the county’s largest employer. “I think it’s a really good example of a symbiotic relationship between two communities that ...

Oregon News Tough call to expand landfill along fragile Yamhill River Published: Oct. 29, 2008, 9:24 p.m. By Len Reed | lreed@oregonian.com ...

The Columbia Ridge Landfill was originally born out of necessity ... it isn’t the only one - garbage is also hauled in by train from Seattle. Host fees are paid to Gilliam County per ton ...

Some 35,000 tons of mostly household trash arrive here weekly by train from ... the trash arriving at Columbia Ridge has ended up buried. On the southwest side of the landfill, bus-sized ...