Archaeologists, tribe clash over remains taken from project site

Archaeologists and Native Americans are clashing over Indian remains and artifacts that were excavated during a construction project in the San Francisco Bay Area and then reburied at an undisclosed location, a newspaper reported.

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.

Heathrow's new $4.2B terminal set to open

By GREGORY KATZ

The rundown, overcrowded Terminal 2 at London's sprawling Heathrow Airport is long gone, about to be replaced by a spacious new building built to handle 20 million passengers each year.

Sales of new homes plunge 14.5%

By JOSH BOAK

It was the second straight monthly decline and the slowest pace since July 2013.

Miller Hull designs mixed-use ‘anchor' for a new neighborhood in San Diego

By LYNN PORTER

The developers say the IDEA1 complex will anchor a mixed-use area they are promoting that would be similar to South Lake Union.

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.

Squabbling stalls rail safety push

By JOAN LOWY

Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by government and industry to make safer tank cars used for shipping crude oil and ethanol has bogged down in squabbling and finger-pointing over whether they're needed and if so, who should pay.

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.

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.

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.

Design Detailings

• Event focuses on housing families
• Sergio Fajardo talks on social urbanism
• SAF tour May 3 of Harvard Belmont
• Spokane developers speak at MAS event
• Redmond tries techie approach to parks
• Freight advisory board needs new members
• Don Peting earns preservation award
• SPVV moves to new Spokane office