March 17, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
Vancouver resident Eric LaBrant told a panel of lawmakers on Monday the home he shares with his two children, Carissa and Phoenix, is a block from the rail yard and less than a mile from two proposed crude-by-rail oil terminals. Read story
March 15, 2015, 12:00am Business
BEIJING -- As its national legislature adjourns this week, China has signaled it intends to further lower coal consumption, reducing pollution but also rocking coal-export industries from Australia to the Pacific Northwest. Read story
March 13, 2015, 12:00am Northwest
SEATTLE -- Washington lawmakers say they want to study the impacts of closing a massive coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana that provides power to the Northwest. Read story
March 13, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
Several Clark County leaders have joined a growing coalition of elected officials across the Northwest who say they want to raise awareness about the risks of transporting coal and oil by rail. Read story
March 9, 2015, 12:00am Northwest
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Wyoming is prepared to up the stakes in its high-dollar push to override local opposition in the Northwest and get access to ocean ports to allow coal exports to Asia. Read story
March 7, 2015, 12:00am Business
The companies behind a proposed oil transfer terminal at the Port of Vancouver on Friday asked for "reasonable conditions and limitations" on more than a dozen entities who have declared their intent to intervene in the project's upcoming judicial trial. Read story
February 23, 2015, 12:00am Latest News
BOOMER, W.Va. -- A full-scale federal investigation of an oil train derailment in southern West Virginia has begun as work continues to remove the overturned tank cars from the site, federal officials said Sunday. Read story
February 19, 2015, 12:00am Business
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Wyoming lawmakers are pushing a bill that would allow the state to issue $1 billion in bonds to support possible construction of a Northwest port for shipping Wyoming coal to Asia. Read story
February 15, 2015, 12:00am Business
The proposal by Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies to build an oil transfer terminal in Vancouver has commanded a lot of attention, and for good reason -- if built, it would be the largest facility of its kind in the United States. Read story
February 13, 2015, 12:00am Clark County News
Washougal's elected officials and school district leaders are presenting a united front against the increase of crude oil train traffic through the small city. Read story