Michelle L. Price - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon February 20, 2017
Inland Port Could Make Utah a Freight Hub
Almost 150 years after the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in northern Utah, some of the state's top business leaders and officials said that building another major junction here — an inland port — could provide a major boost to the local economy as cargo is ferried from West Coast seaports to the rest of the country....
Mon February 20, 2017
Peterson Pacific Announces New Distributor in Idaho
Peterson Pacific, a Eugene, Ore., based manufacturer of horizontal grinders, drum and disc chippers, blower trucks, and screens announces Goodfellow Corporation as its new distributor for its products in the states of Utah, Nevada and southern Idaho, effective Feb....
Kimberlee Kruesi - Mon February 20, 2017
Idaho House Panel Introduces Transportation Funding Bills
Idaho lawmakers wrestled with multiple transportation funding proposals, ultimately refusing to budge on raising taxes to fix the state's crumbling infrastructure. The decision came down the same day severe flooding and winter storms wreaked havoc across much of the state, destroying and damaging roads and bridges and prompting Gov....
Mon February 20, 2017
RDO Vermeer Wins Pinnacle Award
RDO Vermeer, part of the RDO Equipment Co. network of heavy equipment dealerships, was honored with five awards at Vermeer's annual Dealer Year End Meeting. Among the awards received was Vermeer's top accolade, the Pinnacle Dealer Award....
Mon February 20, 2017
Rental Store Delivers Special Excavator for Long-Term Use
Five years after the largest wildfire in the history of Arizona burned nearly 841 sq. mi. (2,178 sq km), there are signs that the area is slowly coming back to life. Regrowth is taking place in the national forests, businesses and tourists are returning and there is a new awareness of the importance of managing the land and clearing away debris....
Sean Murphy - Mon February 20, 2017
Governor Submits $1.3B Worth of Transportation Projects
An airport tower in Tulsa, a waterway rehabilitation in eastern Oklahoma and several highway projects are among nearly $1.4 billion worth of transportation projects that Gov. Mary Fallin submitted to the Trump administration for consideration as part of a national infrastructure improvement plan....
Mon February 20, 2017
IronPlanet Facilitates Sale of World's Largest Demolition Excavator
Buying used heavy equipment is no small task, especially when it comes to purchasing one of the world's most extreme demolition excavators. Last summer, a unique 2009 Rusch triple 34-25 long reach demolition track excavator was purchased from Norway by an Arizona-based buyer....
Chuck Harvey - Mon February 20, 2017
Cancer Research Focus of $116.7M Expansion at 'The U'
Cutting-edge family and pediatric cancer research is the focus of a $116.7 million, six-story, 220,000 sq. ft. (20,439 sq m) research wing of the Huntsman Cancer Institute under construction on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City....
Lori Tobias - Mon February 20, 2017
WSDOT Expects to Have Point Defiance Bypass Operational This Fall
When Friday rolls around, crews on the Point Defiance Bypass Project are ready to attack their job building new rail line, but when Monday arrives, it's back to business for the railroad. It's a tightly synchronized operation of a $150 million project that will make rail travel all that more efficient in the corridor stretching from Vancouver, B.C....
Chuck Harvey - Mon February 20, 2017
$54.5M Project Should Protect Highway 1 for 100 Years
Work is surging ahead on a $54.5 million Highway 1 Piedras Blancas realignment project to protect the highway from a rising sea level and erosion along the coast in San Luis Obispo County. The project area runs along Highway 1 from Point Piedras Blancas to Arroyo De La Cruz Bridge near San Simeon....
