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Family of Washington Driver Crushed by Tree Sues Oregon
Family of Washington Driver Crushed by Tree Sues Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The family of a Washington man killed when a tree fell on his car in the Columbia River Gorge seeks $2.2 million in a lawsuit against the state of Oregon. The suit filed Wednesday in Portland asserts the Oregon Department of Transportation has a duty to maintain trees along Highway 30, and the tree that crushed 27-year-old Jorge Figueroa showed obvious signs of decay... Read
Railroad Sues to Force Approval of Oregon Track Expansion
Railroad Sues to Force Approval of Oregon Track Expansion
MOSIER, Ore. (AP) — Union Pacific is asking a federal judge to reject local rules that threaten to derail its plans to add a second main track along the Columbia River Gorge where a crude oil train derailed last June. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad filed the lawsuit Tuesday against Wasco County and the Columbia River Gorge Commission, which moved to block the project last fall...
Regulators Inspecting Railroad Along Columbia River Gorge
Regulators Inspecting Railroad Along Columbia River Gorge
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State and federal inspectors are inspecting railroad tracks along the Columbia River Gorge this week after the fiery crude oil train derailment in Oregon this month. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission said Monday it has sent two track inspectors to work with the Federal Railroad Administration to inspect BNSF Railway's tracks along the Washington side of t

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