Despite its rocky start, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe refueling depot in Huetter received a nod of approval from the Kootenai County commissioners on Thursday. Continuing the conditional five-year compliance hearing that was tabled last week, the commissioners voted unanimously that the massive depot is in compliance with the conditions the officials set when they passed a conditional use permit for the facility in 2004/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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