Sometime this spring, Elmer City residents, along with town visitors, can take a hike from their doorsteps along a new interior trail system that leads to the Downriver Trail along the Columbia River.

The bid that will allow this to happen was awarded last Thursday night by the Elmer City Council.

Council members awarded a $159,726 contract to DW Excavating, Inc., of Davenport, Washington, for a 2...