Coast Guard Auxiliary to be honored for 70 years service Tuesday
PORTLAND, Ore. – Coast Guard Sector Portland will honor the Coast Guard Auxiliary for 70 years of service Tuesday, June 23. The Auxiliary is a civil organization that Congress authorized to support all...
View ArticleWashington Target of “Dirty Little Secret” Tour
SEATTLE - Using electricity in Washington has impacts as far away as Montana and Wyoming. That's the message from a Wyoming rancher, LJ Turner, who is in the Northwest this week to tell people about...
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Oregon Police Seek Suspect in Connection with Disappearance of FL Woman
2010-08/3056/37404/Tent.jpg A nationwide Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution arrest warrant for auto theft has been issued for 26-year old Joseph Dean Roberts. Roberts is also a person of interest in...
View ArticleCommissioners Approve Coal Export Facility in Washington State
Kelso, WA — The Cowlitz County Commission put its rubber stamp on a plan today that allows an Australia-based company to establish a coal export terminal in Longview, WA. The commissioners, by a 3-0...
View ArticleState Wades into Coal Terminal Controversy
LONGVIEW, Wash. - The State of Washington wants to weigh in on the environmental review process for a coal export terminal that has been proposed for Longview. Several conservation groups banded...
View ArticleRepairs being made to tracks, roadway in Aberdeen after train derails early...
Crews delivered lights and generators this evening to the site of a train derailment in Aberdeen, Puget Sound and Pacific plans to have the line open again by tomorrow. The cars have been up righted,...
View ArticleTracks repaired at the scene of Aberdeen train derailment
Puget Sound and Pacific crews completed repairs overnight to the tracks at the site of a train derailment in Aberdeen. The good weather should give them time to install new pavement over the...
View ArticleGrain train derails North of Friends Landing in Montesano
The third train derailment in three weeks occurred in Grays Harbor County Thursday afternoon in West Montesano. It happened just after 4 p.m. at the Devonshire Road crossing near Central Park drive,...
View ArticlePuget Sound & Pacific shuts down trains for repairs and inspection of rail
Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad, Inc. (PSAP) experienced three low-speed grain car derailments in the past 17 days, none of which involved any injuries or damage to non-railroad property: On April...
View ArticlePSnP, Genesee & Wyoming respond to recent derailments with plans to invest in...
We’re sorry, embarrassed, and fixing our recent purchase. That was the sentiment from Puget Sound and Pacific this week to Commissioners at the Port of Grays Harbor, after recent slow-speed derailments...
View ArticlePuget Sound & Pacific improving railroad crossings at entrances to Olympic...
A construction project to improve six railroad crossings at the East Wishkah Street/Olympic Highway/U.S. 12 entrances to the Olympic Gateway Plaza in Aberdeen is planned for Monday, July 21, through...
View ArticleBobcats return from SkillsUSA National Skills Leadership Conference With...
Jonathon Ball became the first ever repeat SkillsUSA National Champion in Automotive Service Technology when he won the gold medal for the second year in a row at the SkillsUSA National Competition...
View ArticleCommissioners Approve Coal Export Facility in Washington State
Kelso, WA — The Cowlitz County Commission put its rubber stamp on a plan today that allows an Australia-based company to establish a coal export terminal in Longview, WA.The commissioners, by a 3-0...
View ArticleState Wades into Coal Terminal Controversy
LONGVIEW, Wash. - The State of Washington wants to weigh in on the environmental review process for a coal export terminal that has been proposed for Longview.Several conservation groups banded...
View ArticleSpring snow falls in New England, U.S. Midwest prepares for blizzard
By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) – New England states enjoying the first signs of spring were hit with a wintry blast of snow on Monday and parts of the U.S. Midwest prepared for a blizzard. The snow...
View ArticleMan gets life for killing teen who accused him of rape
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a western Michigan man to life in prison for killing a 16-year-old girl who accused him of rape. Forty-three-year-old Quinn James of Wyoming, Michigan,...
View ArticleGroups ask judge to halt drilling, mining in 7 states
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four conservation groups have asked a judge to block a Trump administration plan allowing drilling, mining and other activities in seven western states they say will harm sage...
View ArticleNevada urges GOP to drop new push on nuclear waste dump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada lawmakers want Republicans to end a renewed effort aimed at creating a national nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert. The lawmakers say the ensuing political battle will...
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Oregon Police Seek Suspect in Connection with Disappearance of FL Woman
2010-08/3056/37404/Tent.jpg A nationwide Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution arrest warrant for auto theft has been issued for 26-year old Joseph Dean Roberts. Roberts is also a person of interest in...
View ArticleThird-biggest US coal company files for bankruptcy
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — The nation’s third-largest coal company by production volume filed for bankruptcy Friday as utility companies increasingly turn to gas-fired generation and renewable energy for...
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