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Visiting Washington State by Train
Washington State is located on the Pacific north coast of the United State; it's bordered by British Columbia (Canada) in the North, by Idaho State on the East side, and by Oregon State in the South.
The state can be divided into 6 geographic land a [...] (Read Article)
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May 22 2012 - Phelps beats Lochte at Charlotte, Berens wins race
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Michael Phelps easily beat Ryan Lochte in perhaps their final race before the U.S. Olympic trials, but they both wound up trailing hometown favorite Ricky Berens at the Charlotte Grand Prix.... |
May 16 2012 - Activists block train tracks to protest Duke Energy, Apple
CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. -- Seven people were taken into custody in Catawba County after blocking the train tracks Duke Energy and Apple use to ship coal. Four protesters locked themselves to the train tracks near the Marshall Steam Station in Catawba County and two others hung a sign reading "Save Our Mountain Clean The Cloud."Â Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and Charlotte Fire Department officials ... |
May 15 2012 - Wineka column: Waiting for the train
SALISBURY — I was a little early for the 7:43 a.m. train, the Carolinian, which goes from Charlotte to New York. But I was still surprised that so few people were here at the Salisbury station. I grabbed a bench outside, near the covered p ... |
May 07 2012 - $44M railroad yard planned near Wilmore neighborhood
The state wants to make Charlotte a more important part of its rail-car maintenance operations and has proposed spending $44 million for a maintenance yard on 26 acres beside the historic Wilmore neighborhood. |
May 06 2012 - Activists protest Duke Energy's annual meeting
Environmental activists on Thursday blocked a train shipment of coal to a Duke Energy Corp.'s plant outside of Charlotte. The action took place the same day the utility company is holding its annual shareholders meeting in North Carolina's largest city. |
May 06 2012 - Greenpeace activists protest Apple by blocking train tracks
Greenpeace activists tried to stop Apple's coal consumption at its source by blocking train tracks that Duke Energy uses to ship coal to Apple's Maiden, North Carolina data center. Activists targeted the Marshall Steam Station in Catawba county, according to a report in Charlotte's WCNC . Protestors locked themselves to the train tracks, posted a sign that read "Save Our Mountain Clean The Cloud ... |
April 28 2012 - Charlotte gets $2.3 million for lead paint program
Charlotte is getting millions of dollars to get rid of lead paint in low-income homes. The Queen City was the only municipality in North Carolina to earn the $2.3 million federal grant. The city will use the money to remove the paint, train contractors, and screen children under the age of six for lead poisoning. Officials said the homes that will be impacted by the program have not yet been ... |
April 27 2012 - Train’s collision with car unavoidable, official says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Area Transit System said Thursday that the Lynx Blue Line has a strong safety record and that Wednesday night’s collision between a light-rail train and a car was unavoidable. Wednesday’s crash happened around 8:40 p.m. when the driver of a car stopped on Remount Road near South Boulevard, according to police. The crossing arms were down at the light-rail tracks ... |
April 15 2012 - QBs under scrutiny in UVa spring game
CHARLOTTESVILLE — When today’s annual Orange & Blue spring football game begins at Scott Stadium, most Virginia fans will train their eyes on the quarterbacks, because that’s just what fans do. |
April 14 2012 - Area residents battle construction of train maintenance facility
Residents in the historic Wilmore Neighborhood located just outside of Uptown Charlotte, are fighting a new train maintenance facility in their back yard. The North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division is looking to add a new $12.6 million locomotive and rail car maintenance facility. |
April 10 2012 - Investigation underway after man's Jeep catches fire
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It was January 19, 2012, and Rob Pyrock had only been on Wesley Chapel Stouts Road for a few minutes. Then suddenly and without warning Rob says he “came across the railroad tracks and lost all power to the vehicle.” Pyrock had no idea what was happening, and he never expected what did happen when he rolled to a stop. “And when I went to the back to grab my tool bag, the ... |
April 10 2012 - Harrisburg leaders ride rail to DOT meeting
The Carolinian rumbled toward Harrisburg at 79 miles an hour, with members of the Harrisburg N.C. Railroad Committee seeing from the train’s perspective how the new high-speed rail project will cut through Harrisburg. The group left out of the Amtrak station in Charlotte — headed to Raleigh — to meet with members of the N.C. Department of Transportation, to continue discussing how to limit the ... |
March 24 2012 - Residents of historic neighborhood say rail project could ruin revitalization efforts
Residents in a historic south Charlotte neighborhood told Eyewitness News a rail project could ruin their efforts to revitalize the area. Erik Mulzet bought his house in the Wilmore neighborhood five years ago because of the proximity to uptown and the push to turn the area around. Mulzet is concerned the North Carolina Department of Transportation's plans to build a train maintenance and repair ... |
March 24 2012 - Train struck teen in Durham
Amtrak officials say the Carolinian train was running from New York to Charlotte when it hit the male just after 6 p.m. |
February 22 2012 - Railroad deals another blow to Red Line
         A Norfolk Southern official said Tuesday the railroad would like to work with backers of the proposed commuter train between Charlotte and Mt. Mourne, but that the current Red Line plan is “fatally flawed” and will not be supported by the railroad. |
February 16 2012 - SchoolBook: An Evaluation Architect Says Teaching Is Hard, but Assessing It Shouldn't Be
Sixteen years ago, an Oxford-trained economist, Charlotte Danielson, developed a method for evaluating teachers that became the foundation for attempts by federal and state officials and school districts to quantify teacher performance. As the standoff over adoption of a teacher evaluation system moves toward an Albany-style showdown this week, SchoolBook visited Ms. Danielson in Princeton, N.J ... |
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