Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Environmental Protection Agency is now investigating a train derailment that caused as much as 3,100 gallons of diesel to ...

SWINOMISH CHANNEL — As several boats made their way Monday down the Swinomish Channel, a group walked along its western bank, reminiscing about the channel’s days as a meandering arm of the Skagit ...

A miscommunication between a train crew and a bridge operator likely led to the derailment of two BNSF engines near Anacortes last week, a federal official said. In the early morning of March 16, two ...

BNSF intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community when the railway company ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation, a federal ...

A federal judge ruled Monday that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington state by running 100-car trains ...

SWINOMISH RESERVATION – Excavators were clearing contaminated soil from the site of a BNSF train derailment near the Swinomish Channel on Thursday. It was unclear how much fuel leaked into the soil ...

A train derailed on the Swinomish Reservation, near Anacortes, Washington, just after midnight Thursday morning, spilling diesel fuel between the shore of Padilla Bay and an RV park next to the ...

LA CONNER — The Swinomish Yacht Club kicked off the boating season Saturday with a Jungle Cruise-themed boat parade on the Swinomish Channel. Plastic jungle trees decorated the fronts of boats, and ...

Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash. LA CONNER — The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and the La Conner School District have a long shared history, with generations of students from both sides ...

La Conner sees most of its visitors in the spring, when acres of daffodils and tulips bloom in fields nearby, or in the summer, when breezes off the Swinomish Channel cool the tourists along First ...

Dredging of the 11-mile Swinomish Navigation Channel will begin the week of Sept. 9, making it safer for local boaters to navigate. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will oversee the marine safety and ...