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Aug. 10—Disparate interests in the Northwest have found something they can agree on — the need for a sustained spending boost of more than $1 billion a year on cleanup at the Hanford nuclear reservation. Tuesday a letter was sent to President Biden asking that the administration's next annual budget request bump the Hanford site's budget to nearly $3.8 billion and continue that increased ...
Aug. 10—A long-anticipated draft report released Wednesday calls for approximately 1,000 housing units — including 283 affordable units — to go along with 940 on-site jobs and a resident population of 2,400 at the site of the historic Sonoma Developmental Center near Glen Ellen. Those numbers, which are in line with previous proposals, are bound to add fuel to the ongoing debate about how best ...
Aug. 10—Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday OK'd moving ahead with a project to find an additional water source for when the creek supplying Ryderwood's water runs low. The commissioners approved the agreement with RH2 Engineering to determine a reliable supplemental water source for a maximum of $50,000 in American Rescue Plan Act pandemic relief funding. Susan Eugenis, county engineer, said ...
Aug. 10—CATHLAMET — In a pocket of farmland just north of Cathlamet, an environmental group is building a creek they hope will restore the land to its natural state, bring in white-tailed deer and give a boost to salmon recovery efforts. The Bonneville Power Administration, which supplies 28% of the Northwest's power, recently entered its third phase of a multi-year project with Columbia Land ...
The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled the state does not have to pay inmates minimum wages, upholding a lower court decision to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an inmate. The lawsuit named the Nevada Division of Forestry, the Nevada Department of Conservation and the State of Nevada as defendants. The complaint was filed by now-former inmate David Gonzalez, who had worked clearing brush and cleaning ...
It was Tuesday evening at Newark’s 15-story New Community Associates apartment tower, more than 12 hours after a water main break a few miles away. And as the building’s elevator went up, tenants’ water pressure went down. In a fourth-floor apartment, at about 7 p.m., the toilet flushed for the first time that day, and to the delight of the elderly woman who lives there, the kitchen faucet let ...
Aug. 10—Each of us holds the key to reducing the likelihood that black bears are killed after interactions with humans, the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife says. The WDFW reported it had to kill a 5- to 6-year-old sow believed to have two cubs in tow after an Aug. 3 incident along Y Road Trail to Stewart Mountain northeast of Bellingham, after the incident resulted in the ...
Aug. 10—GRAND RAPIDS — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is inviting hunters and anyone interested in deer to a public information meeting Aug. 23 to discuss chronic wasting disease in the Grand Rapids area. The meeting is set for 6-8 p.m. in the Chukar Auditorium at the Minnesota North College, formerly Itasca Community College, 1851 East Highway 169. DNR wildlife health and big ...
ANTIOCH — Fire investigators arrested an Oakland resident on suspicion of arson following a two-alarm vegetation fire that charred an acre Monday and came dangerously close to homes, fire officials said. The 37-year-old was spotted by a witness who photographed him as he fled the area, according to Contra Costa Fire Protection District spokesman Steve Hill. Investigators arrested him about ...
Ford Motor Co. and DTE Energy on Wednesday announced what they're billing as the largest-ever renewable energy purchase from a utility in the U.S. Under a purchase agreement between the two Michigan companies, DTE is slated to add 650 megawatts of new solar energy in the state to power Ford's facilities — enough to power 140,000 homes, according to Ford. The addition will increase the total ...