September 8, 2014, 5:00pm Business
Oil terminal proposal at Port of Vancouver continues to generate opposition Read story
September 3, 2014, 5:00pm Business
SEATTLE -- Environmental groups say they plan to sue the federal government for failing to ensure that regional oil-response plans don't harm endangered species. Read story
September 1, 2014, 5:00pm Business
SEATTLE -- Five people were arrested Tuesday after tying themselves to poles erected over the railroad tracks at a BNSF Railway yard in Everett that about a dozen demonstrators blocked to protest train shipments of oil and coal and proposed export terminals in the Northwest. Read story
August 28, 2014, 5:00pm Latest News
BILLINGS, Mont. — A Washington state man faces sentencing Friday in federal court on charges he led an interstate meth-trafficking ring that exploited workers in eastern Montana's oil patch. Read story
August 25, 2014, 5:00pm Business
Opponents of building the Northwest's largest oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver packed a hearing room Tuesday to keep up their criticism of port commissioners and to urge them to reconsider their lease decision. Read story
August 25, 2014, 5:00pm Business
As questions continue to swirl about the safety of transporting crude oil by rail, BNSF Railway's top executive acknowledged Tuesday that the process can be safer, and said his company welcomes the regulatory push toward more modern tank cars. Read story
August 19, 2014, 5:00pm Business
PORTLAND -- Oregon regulators have approved an expansion of a crude oil train terminal near Clatskanie, Ore., to move 1.8 billion gallons of oil annually, enough to bring 50 oil trains per month through Portland and small towns along the Columbia River. Read story
August 19, 2014, 5:00pm Business
The state panel reviewing a proposal for an oil-by-rail transfer terminal in Vancouver agreed Tuesday to extend to early next year the timeline for completing a review of the proposal and for making a recommendation to Gov. Jay Inslee. Read story
August 17, 2014, 5:00pm Business
WILLISTON, N.D. -- Just off Highway 1804, a high grassy slope offers a sweeping view of the epicenter of North Dakota's oil boom. Read story
August 17, 2014, 12:00am Business
On a rare day off, Chris Piche reached into the bed of his pickup truck and pulled out a small plastic container holding his livelihood. The former Battle Ground resident opened it and poured its contents into an empty water bottle. The thin, dark orange-tinted liquid, about the consistency of… Read story
