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Fiber-optic network pact nearly untangled, Lewiston Tribune, April 13, 2017
Cross-state ports finally work out snags to agreement to share data pipe infrastructure By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune It took months of meetings and collaboration among eight entities, but the ports of Lewiston and Clarkston are now poised to link their fiber-optic networks on the Southway Bridge in June. The Idaho port approved an…
Read MoreAgency completes work on locks at eight dams on Columbia and Snake, Lewiston Tribune, April 12
By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune A cruise boat is expected to arrive in Clarkston in the coming week, now that work has been completed on locks at the eight dams between Portland and the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. The vessel is among those operated by five companies that each year take thousands of passengers on a…
Read MoreSimon’s Spill Ruling is Disappointing and Potentially Harmful for Salmon, Northwest RiverPartners, March 27, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Contact: Terry Flores, cell (503) 367-9997; [email protected] Statement from Terry Flores, executive director of Northwest RiverPartners: We are deeply disappointed by the ruling today from U.S. District Judge Michael Simon and by his approach to litigation over federal hydropower operations, which make clear that the hydrosystem is not likely to get a fair shake in…
Read MorePort of Portland, ICTSI Agree to Lease Termination at Terminal 6, Port of Portland, Feb. 27, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release • February 27, 2017 • No. 16 Melanie Mesaros • 503.415.6054 • [email protected] Port of Portland, ICTSI Agree to Lease Termination at Terminal 6 ICTSI Oregon, Inc. and the Port of Portland have mutually agreed to terminate a 25-year lease agreement to operate the container facility at the Port’s Terminal…
Read MoreFebruary 2017 Port Report
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Download Printable Version” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fportoflewiston.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F02%2FFebruary-2017-PR-for-web.pdf|||”][vc_single_image image=”8100″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BPA uses Port rail system to import transformer Oversized cargo movements highlight the value of Lewiston’s multimodal Port [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8102″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_single_image image=”8103″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_single_image image=”8103″ img_size=”small” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] A BPA transformer, weighing approx. 320,000 lbs. and measuring 26’ x 12’ x 16.5’ was transported by Union…
Read More2017 Port Grading Project – Bids accepted until 2 p.m. March 2
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] PORT OF LEWISTON 2017 PORT GRADING PROJECT ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Separate sealed BIDS for 2017 Port Grading Project located at Colonel Wright Way, Lewiston, Idaho and other related work as set forth in the Contract documents for 2017 Port Grading Project will be received by Port of Lewiston at 1626 6th Avenue North, Lewiston,…
Read MoreMegaloads can move – slowly, Lewiston Tribune, Jan. 28, 2017
Agreement allows only one oversized vehicle to use route in months of June, July and August By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune The volume of megaloads being transported along U.S. Highway 12 will be limited to a trickle, and not all of the shipments will necessarily take up two lanes of traffic under a court-sanctioned…
Read MoreDams: To keep or to breach?, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Jan. 19, 2017
Port of Lewiston manager, local farmer advocate for keeping four Lower Snake River Dams By Garrett Cabeza, Daily News staff writer Latah County farmer Joseph Anderson and Port of Lewiston Manager David Doeringsfeld are adamant that the four Lower Snake River Dams should be kept in place and not breached, as many say is necessary…
Read MoreSnake River dams ramp up as cold weather drives demand for BPA power, BPA, Jan. 13, 2017
A regional cold snap drove loads, or power demand, in the Bonneville Power Administration’s balancing authority area to high levels – topping out on Friday, Jan. 6 at 10,943 megawatts. The balancing authority area is the electrically-defined “geographic” unit within which BPA’s Transmission Services Operations team balances the supply and demand of electricity on an…
Read MoreLewiston port gets mixed news, Lewiston Tribune, Jan. 12, 2017
District has gained a tenant, but annual audit shows it had an operating loss of $500,000 for fiscal 2016 By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune The Port of Lewiston is gaining a tenant, but has lost money on its container dock and rented properties for the fourth consecutive fiscal year, according to an audit made…
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