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News >  Pacific NW

Oil shipments across Washington could triple by 2020

Nearly 3 billion gallons of crude oil will move through Washington on trains this year, and that figure could triple in five years. Communities along the route and state regulators aren’t ready for the current volume of oil trains – about 19 per week, each about 100 tank cars – let alone the expected surge in oil traffic, according to a preliminary state report, which is the subject of a Tuesday hearing in Spokane.
News >  Spokane

B.C. official calls for Columbia River Treaty accounting

In the 1960s and 1970s, three huge dams were built in British Columbia to hold back the flow of the Columbia River. The entire Northwest still benefits from their construction. B.C. reservoirs release water at strategic times, boosting the amount of cheap electricity generated at U.S. dams. The reservoirs’ storage capacity also protects U.S. cities from flooding.
News >  Idaho

Gold Reserve awarded $740 million in claim against Venezuela

A Spokane mining company emerged as the winner in a multimillion-dollar dispute with Venezuela over the government’s decision to revoke the firm’s permits to build an open-pit gold mine in the South American country. Gold Reserve Inc. was awarded $740.3 million by the three-member tribunal at the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in late September. The award is one of the larger ever issued by the tribunal.
News >  Spokane

Avista sees range of job openings over next five to 10 years

When Josh Burnside got laid off from a sawmill job, he used retraining money to attend electrical lineworker school. Now, the 30-year-old is a journeyman lineworker, teaching others the trade as an instructor at Avista Utilities’ Jack Stewart Training Center.
News >  Spokane

Twin Rivers Hatchery dedicated

MOYIE SPRINGS, Idaho – White sturgeon in the Kootenai River can live for decades and grow to lengths of 8 feet. The bottom-dwelling fish share the river’s rocky depths with burbot, a pugnacious, freshwater cod.
News >  Pacific NW

Anger over wolf attacks rekindles at Washington agency meeting

A tense summer between ranchers and wolves led to a packed crowd Tuesday night in Colville at a public meeting with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Phil Anderson. One by one, people took the microphone to talk about the events of a grazing season where 33 sheep were killed or injured and a cow and calf were killed.
News >  Idaho

Idaho cities must reduce river discharges of phosphorus

Idaho cities will be required to cut their discharge of phosphorus into the Spokane River by more than 90 percent over the next decade to protect water quality. The new limits are included in wastewater permits for the cities of Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls and the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board issued last week by the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency.
News >  Idaho

A new dawn: Restoring the Clark Fork Delta

On a fall afternoon, the Clark Fork Delta is a place of astonishing beauty. Yellow-green grasses glow against the denim-blue of the Clark Fork River as it empties into Lake Pend Oreille. Each detour down the braided river channels reveals a surprise: an eagle’s nest, a pair of redheaded ducks, a golden stand of cottonwoods.
News >  Spokane

Economy, education highlight Idaho gubernatorial debate

Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff attacked Gov. Butch Otter’s record on school achievement and economic growth during today’s debate in Coeur d’Alene, saying both have suffered during the Republican incumbent’s two terms in office.
News >  Spokane

Colville-area ranch family receives Forest Service award

A ranching family from Colville has received a national award from the U.S. Forest Service for their stewardship of public rangeland. John and Melva Dawson, and their son, Jeff, received the award earlier this month at a meeting in Ignacio, Colorado. The award cited the family’s progressive approach to facing challenges associated with livestock grazing on federal lands.
News >  Spokane

Long Lake pollution study worries Suncrest residents

Andy Gendaszek dove into the shallow water along Long Lake’s shoreline earlier this week, targeting dark, weedy areas downstream from housing developments. When he emerged, the U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist was grasping handfuls of pondweed.
News >  Idaho

Bull trout protection plan worries boaters on Lake Pend Oreille

Dennis Hall spent Saturday afternoon on Lake Pend Oreille, launching his 28-foot cabin cruiser from Sandpoint and ferrying friends across the lake to dinner. With blue skies and temperatures in the 70s, it was an ideal day to be on the water. “I even got a little sunburn,” said Hall, a Coeur d’Alene resident.
News >  Idaho

Colvilles ask feds to boost forests’ fire safety

The dry forest north of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation used to burn every five to 20 years, resulting in open stands of ponderosa pine. But a century of wildfire suppression has changed the forest’s make-up. Now, it’s a flammable thicket of pines and fir that compete for light and water.
News >  Spokane

Board reviews dog shooting

The owner of a 2-year-old Labrador-mix dog shot by a Coeur d’Alene police officer will file claims against the officer and the city in the dog’s death, which a review board said violated department policy for use of deadly force. Craig Jones, the owner of Arfee, has retained a Bellingham attorney, Adam Karp, in the case.