Crews with the Arizona Department of Transportation will begin construction of a new bridge new next month to carry J.W Powell Boulevard over Interstate 17 near Flagstaff Pulliam Airport. The $8.2 million project is set to begin the week of April 1, weather permitting. The new bridge will be built next to the existing J.W. Powell bridge. Traffic will continue using the old bridge during much ...
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While it took much longer than expected, the cliched line of “if you build it, they will come” has finally came to fruition for North Las Vegas. The city has turned itself into an industrial and commercial powerhouse, backed by a flood of new companies setting up shop at the Apex Industrial Park — which spans a total of 18,000 acres — the latest being Crocs shipping its first shoes from a ...
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Mar. 18—The North Central Regional Transit District, which operates the Blue Bus service throughout Northern New Mexico, announced Monday it has teamed up with the Washington, D.C.-based Community Transportation Association of America to study the feasibility, benefits and risks of autonomous vehicle technology in public transportation systems to address driver shortages. The Santa Fe Trails ...
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Mar. 18—Kevin DesRoberts watches as speckled dace and Amargosa pupfish dart through one of the springs at the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. It's a sight environmentalists are working to save. "Any changes in the landscape, any alteration of the soil vegetation could wind up changing how water moves across the watershed," said DesRoberts, a wildlife refuge manager for U.S. Fish and ...
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American Battery Factory Inc. is partnering with one of China's biggest battery-production equipment makers to equip its first battery "gigafactory" near Tucson International Airport. Under a partnership announced Monday, Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment will collaborate with American Battery Factory to build a fully automated production line for its proprietary lithium-iron phosphate battery ...
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Mar. 5—Federal judges in Washington, D.C., reviewed a petition Tuesday by opponents of Holtec International's plans to build an underground storage site for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico. Petitioners contend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an invalid license last year — going so far as to call it illegal — because it would allow the U.S. Department of Energy to be a ...
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Mar. 4—State regulators have fined the U.S. Department of Energy $420,000 for what they say is flawed hazardous waste storage at Los Alamos National Laboratory — problems that were never fixed after inspectors first observed them in 2022. The state has imposed penalties on the agency's Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office for three sets of violations involving waste kept in outdoor ...
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Mar. 2—Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport's $28 million terminal expansion and modernization began serving passengers on Feb. 21 after a ceremony attending by officials from all its partners, including Gilbert. The expansion will link the airport's south, middle and north concourses, "creating a seamless experience for travelers moving from Gate 1A to Gate 10," airport authority President Brian ...
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Feb. 29—Los Alamos National Laboratory's waste-cleanup contractor gave a progress report Wednesday on measures it is taking to keep storm runoff from carrying toxins from the lab's contaminated sites down the hillsides and canyons. Newport News Nuclear BWXT, or N3B for short, which has overseen the lab's legacy waste cleanup since 2018, discussed the work it has done recently in monitoring and ...
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Feb. 28—Zachary Padilla has a great job, a master's degree in social work and a family who's thrilled he's back in New Mexico after a stint in Tennessee. But the 28-year-old still can't find a home he can afford to buy, said his father, state Sen. Michael Padilla, an Albuquerque Democrat. Touting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's signing of a bill that aims to spur housing development in New ...
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