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Denver airport beats peers as its city ranks near top for growth
DENVER — Denver International Airport posted lower borrowing costs than most of its peers last year while generating…
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California bullet train fare estimate a bargain
LOS ANGELES — A newspaper analysis has found that the most recent estimate of the cost to ride…
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Girl killed by train was Archbishop Murphy star athlete
SNOHOMISH — The Snohomish girl who was killed by a freight train near Arlington on Saturday was a…
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Girl, 17, struck, killed by freight train in Silvana
SILVANA — A Snohomish teen was killed when she was hit by freight train in an unincorporated area…
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Ferry loses power on Bainbridge-Seattle run
SEATTLE — Washington State Ferries says the ferry Tacoma lost power on a run between Bainbridge Island and…
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Postal Service reports $1.5 billion loss
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service on Friday reported a net loss of $1.5 billion during the first…
Business
37.2 million to travel for Memorial Day
Travel group AAA is forecasting 37.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home for…
Business
BNSF reopens track after oil train derailment
BISMARCK, N.D. — BNSF Railway resumed shipments Friday along a track in North Dakota two days after an…
Business
GM predicts an electric car future
DETROIT — General Motors declared that the auto industry’s future is electric just as Americans’ rekindled demand for…
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Seattle mayor, kayaktivists take on Arctic oil drilling
SEATTLE — Royal Dutch Shell wants to park two massive Arctic oil drilling rigs on Seattle’s waterfront, but…
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Oil train derails, burns in small town
BISMARCK, N.D. — A train that derailed and caught fire early Wednesday in rural North Dakota was hauling…
Business
Everett to host Arctic oil drilling ships
EVERETT — Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic means more traffic at the…
Business
BNSF plans long-distance drone flights
BSNF Railway Co., owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, will be among the first companies to operate a…
Business
New Freightliner big rig drives itself
LAS VEGAS — Its name is “Inspiration” and Daimler Trucks says it’s the first ever self-driving semi-truck licensed…
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Oil train derailment, fire prompt evacuation in North Dakota town
BISMARCK, N.D. — A train that derailed and caught fire early Wednesday in rural North Dakota was hauling…
Opinion
Progress made on oil trains, but more should follow
Some in the railroad and oil industries may believe the recent legislative and regulatory attention paid them is…
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Feds say leaking oil train had flawed valves while crossing Washington, Idaho
SPOKANE — Federal investigators say a leaking oil train that hauled crude oil from North Dakota to Washington…
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Crews will repair Coupeville ferry terminal, stop service
SEATTLE — Safety repairs on the Coupeville ferry terminal means suspended service on the Coupeville/Port Townsend ferry route…
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State lawmakers call newly released rail-safety rules inadequate
Rail-safety rules announced Friday would phase out older tank cars used to transport crude oil and impose new…
Opinion
County’s larger cities best for growth
For those who lived in Snohomish County before 1990, you remember it as being very different. The way…