By Chantilly Higbee Reader Contributor Optimization is important to the sustainability of any industry. Transportation by rail is no exception. However, the benefits gained by working efficiently should be balanced against the costs and...
By Katie Botkin Reader Contributor Activists have filed a notice of appeal against a state permit for a second railway bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. The Idaho Department of Lands granted Burlington Northern Santa...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Wild Idaho Rising Tide, an environmental activist organization, is challenging a state permit issued to BNSF’s proposed rail bridge expansion. Filed in the First Judicial District Court of Idaho...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Lands hosted two hearings Wednesday on BNSF’s proposed second rail bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. Permitting agencies — including IDL, the U.S. Coast Guard and...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Union leaders and conservation activists are protesting a leaked internal BNSF Railway memo offering compensation to employees who turned out at a Wednesday public meeting in support of the...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council passed a resolution Wednesday requesting that BNSF Railway be required to draft an environmental impact statement for its proposed new rail bridge across Lake Pend...
By Shannon Williamson Reader Columnist I’m going to be straight up with you – this article is about the proposed BNSF rail bridge expansion. Again. This is a BIG deal, so you’re probably going...
By Matt Nykiel Reader Contributor “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...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho Conservation League Conservation Associate Matt Nykiel requested Bonner County commissioners send a letter to several federal permitting agencies requesting they require BNSF produce an environmental impact statement in...
By Commissioner Glen Bailey Reader Contributor Last spring, BNSF Railway announced it would be moving forward on a proposal to add a second rail bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint. Simply put, we...
