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FEMA has $7.6M for Snohomish County

Members of Washington's congressional delegation say the Federal Emergency Management Agency will give Snohomish County nearly $7.6 million as the first payment in a grant program that reimburses local governments for spending on recovery after federally declared disasters.

N.D. OKs power line in historic battlefield area

By JAMES MacPHERSON

North Dakota regulators on Wednesday approved a permit for a proposed $375 million high-voltage power line that would run through the Killdeer Mountain Battlefield, a site in the western part of the state where a battle between U.S. Army soldiers and American Indians occurred in 1864.


Burst main floods downtown Corvallis

hen a water main broke in downtown Corvallis, office workers saw the pavement heave and thought they were in an earthquake.


Building ban eyed in slide hazard areas

The Snohomish County Council has drafted an emergency, six-month moratorium to ban new housing construction within a half-mile of landslide hazard areas, such as the Oso community hillside that collapsed March 22.


Bus supporters vow to file new initiative

By JOURNAL STAFF

A group called Friends of Transit announced it will file an initiative for the November ballot that would raise up to $25 million to help restore bus service in Seattle.


Settlement will allow sale of land for Alaska park

The city of Anchorage will buy the land with a grant from the Alaska Legislature.


Clean energy lab dedicated in Idaho

The 148,000-square-foot Energy Innovation Laboratory was dedicated Tuesday at the Idaho National Laboratory's Research and Education Campus.


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Green Building Blog:
Oso mudslide: Were the risks ignored?
Disaster-resiliency expert Stephen Flynn says we can do a better job preparing for the worst.

Nuts and Bolts Blog:
Top Line: A faint heartbeat for ‘implied waiver’?
The case involved a contractor’s attempt to foreclose a lien that included the unpaid balance of its written contract plus unwritten change orders.

Previous Stories


April 23, 2014
Nine projects win ASLA awards for landscapes
The Mercer Garage roof becomes an award-winning public garden
Bullitt Center tops its energy goals
Splashy plan unveiled for $15M pool in NYC river
Duke: coal ash removal from N.C. rivers would cost $10B
Will the feds snuff out e cigarette sales?
Kennewick family farm is planning a $48M IPO
Cracked dam cost will be about $61M

April 22, 2014
City Light honored for preserving a 1938 men's dormitory in Diablo
Landslide slowly devouring part of Wyoming town
Oregon forests preparing for controlled fires
State won't use inmates for asbestos cleanup work
Feds buying land for Makah tribe
Apple's free recycling part of new green push
Officials from 9 states gather to discuss taking control of land from the feds
STP has an 8-step plan to fix tunnel machine
Crater Lake snowfall declining
Suit would block Oregon forest sale
New push to overhaul 1872 Mining Act
Kopachuck Park workshop is April 30
Pierce County gets funds for culverts
Bainbridge eyes 3 options for old seawall
Century-old spillway replaced in Idaho
NOAA looks at delisting Snake chinook
RFQ out for Japanese Gulch Park plan
Ecology makes changes to SEPA
City People's won't sell invasive plants
May 3 workshop for forest landowners
Upgrades cut energy use at Idaho hatchery

April 21, 2014
Forest HQ and lab at OSU becomes a case study for wood construction
Fixing road will help protect Snoqualmie River
State rejects revised Hanford proposal
US delays review of Keystone pipeline

April 18, 2014
Road grading may have caused Wyo. hill to slide
Portland to flush reservoir after man pees into it
Filmmaker turns to pot to fund his films
Spokane takes over waste energy plant
Nuclear industry thinks small, even tiny
Lowe's fined $500,000 for lead dust violations
Neighbors unhappy with plans for commercial pot farm near Tenino

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