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Western Ky. ferry plans to resume Tuesday

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:11:53 -0400

HICKMAN, Kentucky - Almost a month to the day after it closed, the Dorena-Hickman Ferry in western Kentucky expects to resume service Tuesday.

USS Merrimack heading out for recycling

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:20:18 -0400

FORT EUSTIS, Virginia - The USS Merrimack will be recycled in the city where it was built.

Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:40:22 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling.

Inslee signs $8.7 billion transportation budget

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:58 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington - Gov. Jay Inslee signed off on an $8.7 billion transportation budget Monday that puts money toward maintaining state roadways and continues spending on existing big-ticket projects.

Coast Guard begins drill barge grounding inquiry

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:50:04 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard's inquiry into the December grounding of a Shell drill barge off the coast of Alaska kicked off with testimony from the company's emergency response coordinator.

Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:29:32 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Commuters navigated a patchwork of cars, trains and buses along Connecticut's shoreline Monday, encountering lengthy delays as authorities probed the cause of a train collision that disrupted one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways.

Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder'

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:44:09 -0400

NEW YORK - If you didn't think Henrik Ibsen's work was sexy and racy, you'll be pleasantly surprised by BAM's production of "The Master Builder," which embraces a whole new interpretation of that classic 1892 tragedy.

Louisiana revokes company's explosives license

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:43:15 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - An explosives recycling company that authorities said improperly stored millions of pounds of a military propellant, causing the evacuation of a Louisiana town last year, was stripped of its state explosives licenses on Monday.

Record amount of cargo passes through Ga. ports

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:38:25 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A record 2.4 million tons of cargo moved through the state's ports in April, Georgia Ports Authority officials announced Monday.

Lawsuits over fatal Wyo. plane crash to mediation

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:53 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Lawyers are planning mediation sessions to try to resolve two federal lawsuits stemming from a 2010 plane crash in western Wyoming that killed a Minnesota father and three sons.

Schweitzer elected chairman of Stillwater board

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:40:19 -0400

HELENA, Montana - Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that he is "focused like a laser" on improving the Stillwater Mining Co. after being elected chairman of the board - but he also isn't ruling out a potential U.S. Senate run.

Firm to appeal nuclear plant whistleblower case

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:43 -0400

WICHITA, Kansas - An engineering firm accused of firing a whistleblower for reporting unsafe conditions at an eastern Kansas nuclear power plant plans to appeal the ruling by federal regulators, the firm said Monday.

United restarts 787 flights after grounding

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:58 -0400

United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them.

Coal operator plans to open 7 mines in Pike County

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:46:04 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - A longtime coal operator plans to open seven mines in the heart of the eastern Kentucky coalfields in a venture expected to create more than 250 jobs in a hard-pressed region where several thousand mining jobs have disappeared in recent years.

Kan. House preparing to consider gun-rights bill

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:47:35 -0400

TOPEKA, Kansas - A favorable vote in the Kansas House is all supporters need for final legislative approval of restrictions on the use of state tax dollars for promoting or opposing gun-control measures.

Police: Body found in park is post office retiree

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:04 -0400

WARWICK, Rhode Island - Police say a man whose body was found in a trash barrel at Warwick City Park was a retired postal worker and avid runner who frequently used the park's bike path.

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:50:15 -0400

SOCHI, Russia - The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.

Ascension considers getting into utility business

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:52:20 -0400

GONZALES, Louisiana - Ascension Parish government officials, already trying to pull together the early pieces of a parish-wide sewer system, also have been investigating the possibility of getting into the natural gas and water business.

New water taxi service planned in Corpus Christi

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:39:14 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Supporters say a new water taxi service across the Corpus Christi Ship Channel is meant to bolster tourism in the city's Sports Entertainment Arts District.

6 hurt in 3-vehicle crash in Saratoga Springs

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:17:46 -0400

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah - Saratoga Springs police are trying to determine the cause of a three-vehicle accident that sent six people to the hospital over the weekend.

Slow morning commute in wake of train accident

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:17:38 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Connecticut transportation officials say the morning commute went about as well as they could have hoped following Friday's train collision outside Bridgeport that disrupted rail service into New York.

51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:19 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan - Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday.

New wastewater plant planned for Central Landfill

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:44:12 -0400

JOHNSTON, Rhode Island - A new $28 million wastewater treatment plant is being planned for Rhode Island's Central Landfill.

Corps holds meeting Gulfport channel deepening

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:47 -0400

GULFPORT, Mississippi - A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on the state port's proposal to study deepening the ship channel to as much as 47 feet.

Iran says producing new air defense missile

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:08:04 -0400

TEHRAN< Iran - Iran says it has started mass producing a new sophisticated air defense missile system capable of engaging low-altitude aircraft.