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Eye On Olympia archive for Feb. 8, 2007

THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 2007

You now own a railroad...

After years of often-rancorous negotiation with a Kansas-based rail operator, the state has agreed to buy a 108-mile stretch of rail line between Cheney and Coulee City.The purchase price is about $5.6 million, according to Mark Blazer, senior vice president for the western region of…

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