As developers look for prime real estate in Portland's central core, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has offered up its 18-acre campus along the Willamette River as the next stage in Portland's waterfront development.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will leave in place Obama-era protections against mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviews Northern Dynasty Mineral’s permit for the Pebble Mine, the agency said on Jan. 26.
The public comment period on a proposed plan to move radioactive capsules to a new storage location area within the Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in southeast Washington is coming to a close.
As researchers at Seattle’s University of Washington study nano-engineered systems, the new Nanoengineering and Sciences Building took on a design specifically for the discipline that deals with energy, materials science, computation and medicine.
The Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel was originally slated to open in December 2015, but faced years of delays when the tunnel-boring machine malfunctioned beneath downtown Seattle.
With repairs as the focus, Multnomah County is systematically working its way through Willamette River bridges in downtown Portland, bringing the crossings up to speed in terms of maintenance and operations.