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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A controversial and long-delayed natural gas pipeline got the green light for construction on national forest land in Virginia and West Virginia after the U.S. Forest Service reissued its approval for a permit, despite past federal appeals court rulings determining developers had “inadequately considered” the project's environmental impact. Monday night's decision will ...
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Penn State trustees voted overwhelmingly Friday to authorize first phase spending of up to $70 million for planning and design work on a major renovation to Beaver Stadium, home to the Nittany Lions football team and many Penn Staters’ most treasured on-campus memories. The motion passed with just one ‘no’ vote. That came from alumni-elected trustee Barry Fenchak. Fenchak said he had too many ...
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Apr. 24—Parts of FDR Park in South Philadelphia flooded over the weekend with Delaware River water and remained inundated Monday, as a contractor carried out a plan for the park that is, ironically, designed to mitigate flooding. The creation of a 33-acre wetland at the park's western end, known as "the meadows," is part of a multiyear, $250 million plan to transform the 348-acre South Philly ...
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Amazon is asking Virginia for nearly $153 million in state incentive payments, which would be the first tranche of funds to be paid out since the tech giant agreed in 2018 to build a headquarters complex in the state. The application comes even as Amazon has paused work on what will be the centerpiece of its corporate campus — its Pen Place development project, which ...
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The Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded a $101 million contract to a company from Ohio to provide widening of Interstate 81 in a four-mile stretch in Augusta County and Staunton. The award was made on March 29 to Kokosing Construction Company of Westerville, Ohio. Construction is scheduled to start in the fall and should take four years to complete. The project will address safety ...
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HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority Executive Director Brandon Carson announced Friday the approval of grant guidelines for the the Pennsylvania Broadband Infrastructure Program, which will provide $200 million in funding to businesses, nonprofits, local government and economic development organizations. The guidelines will be posted on the authority's website Monday, ...
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Biden administration officials and Appalachian community advocates gathered at the White House on Tuesday to celebrate an influx of cash into West Virginia. The focus at a summit, held by a federal work group created by President Joe Biden’s administration to economically revitalize coal and other energy communities, was federal money allocated to converting the energy transition into economic ...
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Construction firms in Baltimore and Temple Hills that jointly employed workers failed to pay overtime and owe $289,000 in back wages and other penalties, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. Stark Truss Baltimore and Jordi Construction, based in Temple Hills, entered into an “employee lease agreement,” in which Jordi Construction provided leased workers to Stark Truss at a Baltimore ...
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Inflation and rising construction costs are cutting into schools' purchasing power, costing Prince William County Schools an estimated $674 million extra in borrowing over the next decade. School system leadership says it won't be a problem for the division to issue more debt than it has in the past and move forward with new schools and renovations as planned. But they're also hoping that the ...
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The intensifying rivalry between Virginia and Maryland over the prized new FBI headquarters may be driving a wedge between the states on regional transportation improvements important to Northern Virginia. Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia's senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, took a shot at Maryland on Friday over a private transportation company's abrupt withdrawal from a partnership with ...
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