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....
Chuck Harvey - Tue June 20, 2017
'Midtown Express' Project Includes More Than 70 Bridges
The $847.6 million Midtown Express project will rebuild and improve portions of much-used Texas state highways 183 and 114 and Loop 12 in the Dallas, Ft. Worth and Irving areas. Capacity of the highways will be increased through construction of a TEXpress toll managed lane in each direction, except on SH 114 from SH 161 to International Parkway where one toll lane will be constructed westbound....
Nomaan Merchant - Mon June 19, 2017
As Wall Looms, U.S. Moves to Settle Border Fence Land Cases
HOUSTON (AP) Government lawyers are renewing efforts to settle about 90 cases against Texas landowners whose land was seized to build a fence along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, in a move that one lawyer for landowners believes is a lead-up to a fight over a border wall proposed by President Donald Trump....
Kyle Mittan - Mon June 19, 2017
Construction Shop Goes Up in Flames While Owner Meets With Fire Chief
Ferndale — A fire Saturday morning tore through a 10,000-square-foot construction shop filled with flammable liquids and thousands of dollars in vehicles and equipment. Most of Friberg Construction's shop, which sits on a 15-acre plot on West 20th Avenue near Interstate 5, was reduced to twisted, blackened metal after the fire that was first reported around 7:15 a.m....
