August 19, 2014, 5:00pm Business
BELLINGHAM -- Whatcom County and Seattle declared a victory in their regional fight against coal terminals, after the state of Oregon on Monday rejected a permit for construction of the Coyote Island Terminal at the Port of Morrow on the Columbia River. Read story
August 17, 2014, 5:00pm Business
PORTLAND -- Oregon state regulators have rejected a proposal for a coal terminal on the Columbia River that would be a conduit for exporting millions of tons of American coal a year to Asia. Read story
August 15, 2014, 5:00pm Latest News
SEATTLE -- The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will file no criminal charges following a four-year investigation into the April 2010 explosion that killed seven workers at the Tesoro Corp. refinery in Anacortes. Read story
August 15, 2014, 5:00pm Business Briefs
PORTLAND -- A federal judge has ordered the Corps of Engineers to release documents about a planned coal terminal on the Columbia River at Boardman. Read story
August 14, 2014, 5:00pm Business
A federal judge has ordered the Corps of Engineers to release documents about a planned coal terminal on the Columbia River at Boardman, Ore. Read story
August 13, 2014, 12:00am Business
Opponents of the Tesoro-Savage plan to build the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver will host a public forum Thursday night about the risks of oil trains running through Washougal. Read story
August 13, 2014, 12:00am Business
Opponents of building the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver renewed their calls on the port Tuesday to re-open its lease for the project, approved in 2013, and to conduct a public hearing in light of new information about safety problems and other risks. Read story
August 9, 2014, 12:00am Business
The companies proposing the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail transfer terminal at the Port of Vancouver are digging for information about two major roadblocks standing in their way: the Vancouver City Council's resolution opposing the oil terminal and the $1.3 billion plan to redevelop the city's former industrial waterfront. Read story
August 4, 2014, 12:00am Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Eric Slifka landed in North Dakota's Bakken shale field three years ago, he says, he was overcome by "this feeling of a lot of growth. You could feel the pressure." Read story
August 2, 2014, 12:00am Business
The state panel reviewing a proposed oil transfer terminal in Vancouver issued an order Friday confirming that the site where it would be built is appropriately zoned for such a purpose. Read story
