The number of freight trains loaded with coal that pass through Montana could significantly grow in the next several years, thanks to the planned development of new ports on the West Coast with an eye ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana Rail Link officials stood before commissioners to talk about train traffic through town, and how it's increasing. "Our volume is going to grow" said Jim Lewis with the MRL.

You’ve probably heard all the arguments against the proposed expansion of coal production. Dozens more traffic-stopping trains on the rails across Puget Sound. The potential environmental impact. On ...

The average number of coal trains traveling through Missoula has remained flat the past three years, according to Montana Rail Link. But Montanans are among those who have contributed to the massive ...

A recent letter to the editor proclaimed a variety of inaccuracies regarding the anticipated impacts from coal trains traveling through Montana. The letter proclaimed that “multinational corporations ...

I read with interest the Gazette's March 28 article about the Port of Coos Bay Port Commission demanding citizens pay thousands of dollars for a public records request for a proposed coal export port.

HELENA, Mont. — A Seattle-area U.S. congressman wants to tax coal production to help mitigate the effects of increased train traffic if Powder River Basin coal is exported through West Coast ports.

Have you heard about the plans to develop one of the largest coal export facilities on the continent at Cherry Point? This is located about 15 miles northwest of Bellingham. What could this mean for ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - The Missoula City Council passed a resolution Monday night asking the Army Corps of Engineers to study the environmental impact of increased coal traffic through the city. Councilman ...

Montana Rail Link crews will spend Friday morning emptying the Bitterroot Valley of the last 156 empty coal railcars stored there for the past two years. “We ask that the public exercise caution when ...