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Wed June 21, 2017

Denver Airport Developing $1B Renovation Partnership

DENVER (AP) A more than $1 billion partnership with a Spanish firm over three decades would renovate the Denver International Airport terminal by moving the security screening area and tripling the amount of space for shops and restaurants....

Wed June 21, 2017

Alaska Forestry Division Fights, Monitors 15 Fires

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Alaska Division of Forestry officials said they're busy fighting or monitoring 15 fires burning in southwest Alaska as of June 9. The fires have burned 65 square mi. from McGrath to Dillingham....

Wed June 21, 2017

James G. Murphy Sale Breaks Records in Kenmore, Wash.

On June 10, the James G. Murphy Company had a record-setting day at its auction site in Kenmore, Wash. This auction had something for everybody. The weather was great and the crowd was amazing. The auction featured 18 dump trucks; 19 pup trailers; four Vactor trucks; and a 2008, 600-hp Peterbilt heavy haul truck....

Scott Sonner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 21, 2017

Apple Plans $1B Expansion at Data Center in Nevada

RENO, Nev. (AP) Apple has announced plans for a $1 billion expansion of its massive data center east of Reno, Nev. Apple spokesman Josh Rosenstock said the investment will include the hiring of 100 permanent workers, doubling its workforce at the existing site in the Reno Technology Center....

Joe Little - Tue June 20, 2017

Chula Vista to Get $1 Billion Resort Hotel, Convention Center

CHULA VISTA (KGTV) -- Officials with the City of Chula Vista and Port of San Diego are expected to sign a Letter of Intent this week with Rida Development Corporation to build a billion-dollar resort hotel and convention center....

Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel - Tue June 20, 2017

National Guard Trains in Alaska

Thirty Arizona National Guardsmen from the 259th Engineer Platoon alongside service members from across the Department of Defense are participating in an Innovative Readiness Training exercise in Alaska, April 17 to Aug....

Chuck Harvey - Tue June 20, 2017

Block Proposes $4B Amusement Park

A sun-drenched land of rides, attractions and hotels may be coming to the Arizona desert. The Block Sports Co. of Orlando, Fla., has submitted a proposal to build an estimated $4 billion Disney World-like 1,500-acre themed amusement park and resort called Dreamport Villages near the junction of Interstate 8 and Interstate 10 in Casa Grande, Ariz....

Tue June 20, 2017

Rattlesnake Wind Project Begins Construction in Texas

Renewable Energy Systems (RES), a company that deals in the development, engineering, and construction of wind, solar, transmission and energy storage projects in the Americas, and Chicago-based Goldwind Americas, a subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co....

Tue June 20, 2017

Nueces Power Equipment Holds Open House in Humble

Nueces Power Equipment held an open house May 18 at its Humble, Texas, location. The newest Nueces location, which will feature Link-Belt excavators, Liebherr, and the full Wirtgen line, is located at 7667 N....

Tue June 20, 2017

Volvo Machines Give Texas Demolition Contractor Advantage

It might seem to many mothers that all 10-year-old boys try to wreck their houses, but for Texan Lloyd Nabors he really did — starting a lifelong love of demolition — assisted by his loyal gang of Volvo machines....