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  • 18-110 Work starts Sept. 15 to repair Heise-Roberts Levee flood damage

    RIGBY, Idaho – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors plan to begin work Saturday, Sept. 15, to rehabilitate flood-damaged areas of the Heise-Roberts Levee System, located near Rigby, Idaho, on the upper Snake River between Jefferson and Madison counties. The levee was damaged in multiple locations by sustained high flows during the 2017 and 2018 flood seasons.

  • Army Corps of Engineers waives fees on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 22

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees normally charged at boat launch ramps and swimming beaches at its recreation areas nationwide in recognition of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 22.

  • Corps awards $10.5 million contract for Chittenden Locks filling gates, expect extended large chamber closures

    SEATTLE – A contract to replace the original large lock chamber’s 100-year-old filling culvert gates at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard was awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials September 10, 2018. Ferndale, Washington, headquartered IMCO received the contract award for their $10.5 million bid. The project will replace the original valves, called Stoney Gate Valves, designed and originally used during the Panama Canal construction.

  • Pittsburgh District power team deploys to East Coast in support of anticipated hurricane landfall

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District’s emergency power team deployed to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, today, in anticipation of Hurricane Florence’s landfall.

  • MDC, partners to host MoNASP archery tournament at Mark Twain Lake Oct. 20

    MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), together with the U.S. Army Corps

  • District employees ready for Florence

    Employees at the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, joined millions along the East Coast this week as they prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Florence.

  • Commander reflects on time as member of 9/11 search-and-rescue team

    The inside of the building was dark, smoky, damp and hot. It was still smoldering from the fires that raged within it just hours before, when Col. Aaron Barta, then a captain and commander of the Military District of Washington Engineer Company, and his team stepped into the battered Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001.

  • Flannagan Drawdown Public Meeting Announced

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting to inform the public and seek their input regarding potential changes to the winter drawdown process at the John W. Flannagan Dam, located in Dickenson County, Virginia, on Sept. 27, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Conference Center at the Breaks Interstate Park, 627 Commission, Cir., Breaks, Va.

  • 18-109 Corps invites comments on draft FONSI for City of Blackfoot Wastewater Collection and Treatment System Improvements Project

    BLACKFOOT, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District invites public comments on its draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the City of Blackfoot, Idaho, Wastewater Collection and Treatment System Improvements Project. Comments are due to the Corps no later than Friday, Oct. 12, 2018.

  • Honolulu District activates EOC, response teams for storms

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- Honolulu District activated its Emergency Operation Center Sept. 6, 2018, in support of the response to Typhoon Mangkhut that ravaged the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Hurricane/Tropical Storm Olivia that is heading for landfall in the eastern Hawaiian Islands. USACE is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response in preparation for Hurricane/Tropical Storm Olivia. USACE has more than 100 personnel engaged and coordinating with local, state and Federal Emergency Management Agency partners on the Hawaiian Islands and CNMI.