The results are in — more than 2,660 people submitted comments to the U.S. Coast Guard overwhelmingly in support of an Environmental Impact Statement to more closely analyze BNSF Railway’s second rail bridge over Lake Pend Oreille. After two 30-day public comment periods and two public hearings, nearly 2,700 people …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
They say never let a fox guard the hen house, but that’s how Idaho operates when it comes to railroad safety. Sandpoint should take this into careful consideration as BNSF Railway pushes for a new bridge over Lake Pend Oreille.
“Look before you leap,” is good advice for anyone jumping into a cold lake or a big project. Likewise, the community of Sandpoint should examine options carefully as Burlington Northern-Santa Fe proposes a new bridge over our prized Lake Pend Oreille.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Last week, I drove through Lewiston on my way back home following the holidays. An inversion had settled over Lewiston on New Year’s Eve, trapping stinky and nauseating gas that the Clearwater Paper Mill was pumping into the air. As I drove by on U.S. 95, it was hard to …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
It’s been a month since a Montana Rail Link coal train derailed along the Clark Fork River, near Heron, Mont., dumping coal into the river and along its banks. To date, MRL has yet to clean up its mess. Piles of coal still litter the shoreline near an ecologically sensitive …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
