WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 541) entitled "Portland and Western Railroad Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - in Washington County, Oregon": * * * Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. (PNWR), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 264 feet of rail line extending between milepost 27.84 and milepost 27.79 in Banks, Or. (t  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 5 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following order (No. UE-210829) on May 3, 2024, by Administrative Law Judge Paige Doyle: * * * WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Complainant, v. PACIFICORP D/B/A PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY'S Respondent. ORDER 11 PREHEARING CONFERENCE ORDER; NOTICE OF HEARING (Evidentiary Hearing set for October 21, 2024, at 9 a.m.) 1 BACKGROUND. On November 1, 2023, PacifiCorp d/b/a Paci  more