June 18, 2016, 1:45pm Clark County News
Twenty-one people were arrested for trespassing Saturday afternoon when they sat in the middle of a railroad crossing near the Vancouver Amtrak station and refused to move. Read story
June 18, 2016, 6:05am Northwest
The Union Pacific oil train that derailed June 3 in Mosier, Ore., rolled into the Port of Tacoma on Sunday with little notice, despite the intense scrutiny its wreck, spill and fire attracted to the expanding practice of shipping crude oil by rail through the Columbia River gorge and the… Read story
June 17, 2016, 8:38pm Clark County News
After a fiery derailment in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Washington officials have declined to join their Oregon counterparts in calling for a moratorium on shipping crude oil by railroad. Read story
June 16, 2016, 4:52pm Business
The fiery derailment of an oil train in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge has state transportation officials asking for a halt to the massive trains because of concerns their heavier weight could be putting extra strain on a certain type of bolt that fastens the rails to the tracks. Read story
June 14, 2016, 5:10pm Business
City and fire officials from Mosier, Ore., drove more than an hour Tuesday to send a clear message to Port of Vancouver commissioners: The oil train derailment and fire that happened in their town could happen anywhere along tracks carrying crude. Read story
June 14, 2016, 2:18pm Business
Portland and Multnomah County leaders on Tuesday urged the governors of Oregon and Washington to push Congress for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail in the wake of a fiery train derailment along the Columbia River. Read story
June 14, 2016, 6:56am Business
The oil market just hit a yellow light. Read story
June 13, 2016, 11:02am Latest News
Union Pacific penalties have surpassed those of every railroad nationwide for the past two years, according to inspection records obtained by an Oregon newspaper after a company train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire earlier this month. Read story
June 11, 2016, 8:52pm Northwest
The president of a Washington state association of firefighters unions is urging Gov. Jay Inslee to halt oil transport through the state by rail until an investigation into last week’s fiery oil-train derailment in Mosier, Ore., is done. Read story
June 9, 2016, 1:50pm Latest News
Leaders of several Northwest tribes are gathering at the site of last week’s fiery train derailment to highlight the risks of moving volatile crude oil along the Columbia River. Read story
