Another wave of heavy rain smacks western Washington this week, coupled with strong winds adding concern for potential power outages. by The Associated Press ANACORTES, Wash. — A safety device meant ...

Jun. 23—ANACORTES — The city of Anacortes is asking the community for donations to fund a $140,000 display of the Tommy Thompson Train after a local group withdrew its support of the project. The city ...

The Anacortes Railway left town Monday morning on the longest journey of its life: 830 miles to Sacramento, California, where it will be restored and someday placed in service as an amusement. Headen ...

Getting the Tommy Thompson Train operational — whether in Anacortes or in a city near Sacramento, California — is proving to be no easy challenge. A designer and vintage restorer – who is also the ...

ANACORTES, Wash. — Workers in Skagit County on Sunday replaced diesel-contaminated dirt with backfill, and worked on repairing the railroad bed on the Swinomish Reservation. The progress comes within ...

Authorities cleared the railroad tracks of protesters and arrested 52 climate activists Sunday morning in Skagit County, after a two-day shutdown. About 150 people spent the night in tents and ...

ANACORTES, Wash. – Shell Puget Sound Refinery has terminated plans for a proposed oil-by-rail project at its refinery near Anacortes. Under the plan, trains would have brought crude oil from the ...

Dozens of people concerned about Shell’s proposed oil train facility in Anacortes asked the state to study the risks of a train derailing and exploding and other topics during a public comment session ...

Shell said Thursday, Oct. 6 it has suspended permitting for a planned crude-by-rail project at its refinery in Skagit County. The move came two days after the Washington State Department of Ecology ...

ANACORTES — Shell Puget Sound Refinery announced Thursday it has terminated plans for a proposed oil-by-rail project at its refinery in Washington state. Under the plan, trains would have brought ...