Feb. 16—JUNEAU — Alaska's four-year, $5.6 billion transportation plan has been rejected by the federal government, which could delay or jeopardize planned road construction projects across the state. The State Transportation Improvement Plan, or STIP, is a comprehensive plan for highways, state ferries and general transportation projects to be implemented in Alaska through 2027. State ...
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Environmental groups have denounced a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff report supporting a $3.3 billion pump-storage power plant along the Columbia River in south-central Washington. FERC's final environmental impact statement released Feb. 8 acknowledged the Goldendale Energy Storage Project would disturb sites sacred to tribes, but would provide renewable electricity with minimal ...
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday toured the century-old Interstate 5 bridge that connects Portland, Oregon, with southwest Washington state, a vital but earthquake-vulnerable structure that's set to be replaced as part of a multibillion-dollar project supported by federal funding. The bridge — so old that horses were still a main mode of ...
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil project in a federal petroleum reserve on Alaska's North Slope. Environmentalists and a grassroots group called Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic are seeking to have last March's approval overturned. Arguments before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
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Jan. 30—After five years of construction at Portland International Airport, the final piece — the reconstructed main terminal — will open in May. Gone is the dark and dingy Concourse A, once used for regional flights, and in its place is an extended Concourse B with airy ceilings and ample seating. The Concourse E Extension — serving Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and Air Canada — has ...
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Each year, millions of migratory birds flock to Alaska. Thousands of caribou use the tundra as their calving grounds. Alaska's North Slope is rich in other natural resources: oil, gas, minerals. But one thing is lacking: Rocks. "Yes, gravel is a precious commodity on the North Slope," said Jeff Currey, an engineer with the state's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities who works in ...
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Jan. 23—Labor officials have fined a Vancouver construction company more than $150,000 after a 16-year-old boy's legs were amputated following an injury last summer while working on a site in La Center. The boy, while working for Rotschy LLC, was using a walk-behind trencher to dig a channel for fence posts when he was dragged under the blade. His injuries were so severe that both of his legs ...
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Jan. 20—A landslide north of Vancouver has disrupted passenger train service between Seattle and Portland until Sunday night, according to the Washington state Department of Transportation. The slide, which occurred south of Kelso early Saturday morning, blocked the railroad tracks and triggered a 24-hour moratorium for all passenger trains per BNSF Railway rules, WSDOT spokesperson Janet ...
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A long alliance between Vancouver real estate developer Dean Kirkland and OTAK Inc., a prominent Portland engineering and architecture firm, has given way to open warfare over alleged unpaid bills and enormous fee increases. OTAK has filed three construction liens in Clark County and at least one other in Washington County seeking more than $2.4 million it claims Kirkland Development LLC and ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Alaska's bid to revive a proposed copper and gold mine that was blocked by the Environmental Protection Agency. The justices did not comment in turning away the state’s attempt to sue the Biden administration directly in the high court over its desire to revive the proposed Pebble Mine in the state’s Bristol Bay region. A year ago, the EPA ...
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