Tulsa airport runway overhaul closes main runway
KOTV - News on 6 reporter Emory Bryan says the pilots view down the main runway of Tulsa’s airport shows a big X at ends and construction equipment in the middle. It’s because of a major project to extend two taxiways - one of them to run the length of the . more.
3 seek Winnebago board seat
Globe Gazette - Wubben, a Vietnam veteran, worked for Kiewiet Tilling for more than a decade as a backhoe operator. He also has worked as a family counselor. Currently he is doing farm work. Miller, 74, Thompson, defeated Susan Bosma and Pat Conroy in the Republican . more.
Two kinds of immigration
Boston Globe - This extraordinary finding casts serious doubt on the common contention that new immigrants simply take jobs that . Some firms in construction, low-wage manufacturing, and the hospitality industry avoid immigration laws, wage and hour laws, and . more.
Iowa Road Construction Projects Wind Down For 2006 (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
The road construction season is winding down in Iowa as cooler weather arrives. more.
INL blows up old reactor building (The Idaho Statesman)
ARCO ? An icon of Idaho?s contribution to the nuclear age is no longer. The dome-shaped “Loss-of-Fluid” test reactor building at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho was demolished last week by workers using explosives and heavy equipment. more.
Worker killed in Milwaukie construction accident (KGW Portland)
MILWAUKIE, Ore. — One worker was killed and another was critically injured during a construction accident in Milwaukie on Friday, fire officials said. more.
