By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Since Burlington Northern-Santa Fe announced plans in the spring of 2017 to begin pursuing permits for building a second rail bridge to span Sand Creek and Lake...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council took up a number of old business items Sept. 18, chief among them pushback to a recent decision by the U.S. Coast Guard regarding the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The United States Coast Guard has completed a Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) regarding the proposed second rail bridges over Lake Pend Oreille...
By Ken Brown Reader Contributor In a recent article piece, environmentalist Matt Nykiel asserted that an Environmental Impact Statement should be conducted prior to U.S. Coast Guard approval of BNSF’s proposed rail bridge over...
By Matt Nykiel Reader Contributor 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...
By Steve Holt Reader Contributor As the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper, we are unapologetic in our call for a thorough and independent Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed BNSF Sandpoint Junction Connector project. Contrary...
By Pierre Bordenave Reader Contributor I rarely comment on, much less respond to, opinion pieces in the newspapers. However, the opinion written by Shannon Williamson in last weeks Reader regarding the proposed BNSF Railway...
By Shannon Williamson Reader Columnist I am writing in response to Matt Morrison’s article titled “Rail investments provide access to foreign markets and job growth for Idaho.” I am not going to spend my...
By Matt Morrison Reader Contributor Commerce via rail is a vital part of our economic future. Not just for northern Idaho, but for the entire Northwest. Investments in rail infrastructure increase access to foreign...
By Matt Nykiel Reader Contributor Local conservationists are asking the U.S. Coast Guard to do a better job of identifying and mitigating the risks that will come along with building a new railroad bridge...
