Fri July 08, 2016
USAF to Spend $500M for F-35 Prep at Eielson
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) The Air Force is planning about half a billion dollars in upgrades at Eielson Air Force Base in the next five years to make way for two new squadrons of F-35 fighter jets. Officials announced that the base 26 mi....
Fri July 08, 2016
Pumpkin Hollow Copper Project Receives Update
Nevada Copper Corp. announced an update on the potential to develop solar energy generation at its 100-percent owned Pumpkin Hollow Copper Development Property. On May 23, 2016, the Yerington City Council unanimously approved zoning for the majority of Nevada Copper Lands in a newly created industrial district, M-2 — Special Industrial District....
Brenda Ruggiero - Fri July 08, 2016
CDOT Works on Permanent Fix for Glenwood Canyon
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is currently performing permanent mitigation measures in the Glenwood Canyon where a large rockfall incident occurred in February. Glenwood Canyon is located on I-70 in west central Colorado....
Kristena Hansen - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri July 08, 2016
Portlanders Blast EPA for Superfund Cleanup Plan
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A 10-mi. (16 km) stretch of the Willamette River — the iconic body of water flowing directly through one of America's most environmentally-conscious cities — could soon be teeming with massive equipment and crews tasked with cleaning up more than a century's-worth of hazardous contaminants from industrial use....
Adam Lynn - The News Tribune - Fri July 08, 2016
WSDOT Makes Plans to Sell 91-Year-Old Bridge ... As Is
PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) Coming soon to a website near you: 91-year-old bridge for sale. As is. You haul. The state Department of Transportation is working up plans to begin advertising for the sale of the old steel-truss bridge that up until last year carried state Route 167 across the Puyallup River in the town of the same name....
Brenda Ruggiero - Thu July 07, 2016
Workers Unearth Something Extra During OSU Expansion
A renovation and expansion project at the Valley Football Center at Oregon State University recently resulted in an unexpected discovery. “A construction worker digging in the north end zone of Reser Stadium discovered a large femur bone that appeared to be from a mammoth while moving dirt,” said Michelle Klampe of the news and research communications department....
Thu July 07, 2016
Study Makes Recommendations for Future SR-30 Needs
The Utah Department of Transportation has completed its study of the state Road 30 corridor, from I-15 in Riverside to 1000 West in Logan, which yielded several proposals meriting further study for this important transportation facility in northern Utah....
Brenda Ruggiero - Thu July 07, 2016
UDOT's $164M 'The Point' Project Will Improve Mobility
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is well into a project along I-15 between northern Utah County and Draper that involves rebuilding a 7-mi. (11.26 km) section known as The Point because of its location around the point of a mountain....
Thu July 07, 2016
Georgia Power Lights Up Two U.S. Army Bases
Georgia Power is continuing construction on new solar projects at two U.S. Army bases, including Fort Gordon near Augusta. The Fort Gordon project will provide a 30-megawatt, alternating current, solar array on the installation, which will be financed, designed, installed, owned and operated by the power company....
Wed July 06, 2016
Construction Complete on China's Alien-Hunting Telescope
The website Popular Science is reporting that five years, $180 million, and 500 meters after starting, the Chinese Academy of Sciences put the final panel into place on its massive radio telescope this weekend....
