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Coal export plan suffers setback in Oregon
A state agency rejects a plan designed to ship coal to Asia.
Floyd McKay
Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
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Trains boot Washington fruit crops to carry more coal, oil
A major shipper of state crops gives up on its service to Midwest, East Coast, blaming delays caused by oil and coal trains.
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Coal trains pose economic, traffic worries for Puget Sound region
A coal port proposed north of Bellingham could provide some jobs there while creating big costs elsewhere.
Tech
Coal exports from Bellingham could ramp up rapidly
A new plan reduces impacts on wetlands, but train traffic could speed up.
Tech
From Silicon to Seattle: A quest for a healthier kind of innovation
Why did Jordan Ritter, Napster co-founder and Silicon Valley resident since 1999, make the move to Seattle last fall? “There