Corps awards $7.75 million contract for Isabella Lake fire station relocation (USACE Sacramento District)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $7.75 million construction contract July 19 to Macro-Z Technology Company of Santa Ana for the relocation of the U.S. Forest Service Fire Station in Lake Isabella ... Groundbreaking for the new fire station along Lake Isabella Boulevard, east of the auxiliary dam, is expected to take place in September with construction to be completed by October 2017....

Mormonism in Pictures: Pioneers’ Trek West (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
He led the Latter-day Saints from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Rocky Mountains, where he was instrumental in settling not only Salt Lake City but also other cities and towns in Utah and throughout the West ... An 1866 party of pioneers in Echo Canyon, east of the Salt Lake Valley ... Depiction on the This is the Place monument at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, of the arrival of Brigham Young and others in 1847....

Fishing report from July 21

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 22 Jul 2016
JAMES/APPOMATTOX/ CHICKAHOMINY RIVERS AND CHICKAHOMINY LAKE ... lower main lake Wednesday. The lake level was even with the top of the dam....

Federal judge rejects Jeremy Johnson plea for mistrial

Edit Deseret News 22 Jul 2016
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge Thursday denied convicted businessman Jeremy Johnson's motion for a mistrial based on his allegation that prosecutors ......

City closing portion of Lake Street at railroad July 22-29 (Colorado State University)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
The City of Fort Collins will close a portion of Lake Street July 22-29 at the railroad tracks for utility work ... but some parking spaces along the north side of Lake Street will be closed....

Fencing to help reduce crocodile attacks

Edit The Times of India 22 Jul 2016
Women washing clothes on banks of Vishwamitri river and lakes won't have to worry for their lives any more. In a bid to reduce man-reptile conflict along the water bodies, the forest department has begun building fenced enclosures near rivers and lakes that are infested with crocodiles. These enclosures are being made in such way that women or men will be able to use the river or lake water without fearing crocodile attacks....

FBI Joins Search For Missing Florida Teen, 14, In Washington State: Teen Found Safe

Edit Inquisitr 22 Jul 2016
The FBI has joined in the search for a missing Florida teenager from Orlando, who vanished while on a family vacation at Big >Lake in Skagit County, Washington. Katelynn Barlow, 14 years- old, was staying in a family cabin at Big Lake when she was last seen by family members ... Jeff O’Connor, Katelyn’s uncle said, ” she was excited to take her first trip from Brevard County, Florida, to Big Lake....

Salt Lake's 'passive' house a model of innovative design, materials

Edit Deseret News 22 Jul 2016
SALT LAKE CITY — For a so-called "passive" house, it's a model of forward thinking. Salt Lake officials cut the ribbon on a Poplar Grove house Thursday that employs design and materials innovations that render it energy-efficient and quiet, yet affordable ... "In Salt Lake, we know our number is 7,500 ... Salt Lake City needs more housing, period, he said....

Editorial: To kill algae blooms, we need to tidy the bowl

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 22 Jul 2016
Add toxic blue-green algae to the growing list of Utah environmental challenges. Actually, algae blooms are not a brand new problem, but they are getting worse. And the one that blossomed on Utah Lake last week is on a scale apparently never seen. Virtually the entire lake has been consumed, and it has spread to the Jordan River and Little Cottonwood Creek. With hot, calm weather ahead, more are possible ... The entire lake is closed to... ....

Foothill Fire (Lake County) Started 7/19/2016, updated 7/22/2016 (OSFM - Office of the State Fire Marshal)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit ... Lake County ... CAL FIRE, North Shore Fire Protection District, Lake County Sheriff Department, and United States Forest Service ... CAL FIRE and Lake County firefighters are on scene of a vegetation fire in the area of ......

Foothill Fire (Lake County) Started 7/19/2016, updated 7/22/2016 (CALFIRE - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit ... Lake County ... CAL FIRE, North Shore Fire Protection District, Lake County Sheriff Department, and United States Forest Service ... CAL FIRE and Lake County firefighters are on scene of a vegetation fire in the area of Foothill ......

Police: ICU evacuated after man barricades himself in hospital room

Edit Deseret News 22 Jul 2016
SALT LAKE CITY — The intensive care unit at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center was evacuated Thursday night while officers negotiated with a man armed with a club who had barricaded himself in a room, police said ... seeking medical help, said Salt Lake police detective Cody Lougy ... ....

7/21/2016 Kings Beach project wins prestigious national award (Placer County, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
A cornerstone project that is transforming the North Lake Tahoe community of Kings Beach's downtown has been given a prestigious national award by the American Public Works Association ... Prior to construction, runoff, with its nutrient-laden dirt, would flow unchecked into Lake Tahoe. The reduced clarity of the lake can be directly attributed to runoff....
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