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  • Corps of Engineers awards $2.3 million contract for maintenance dredging of Scarborough River in Maine

    CONCORD, Mass. – Maintenance dredging of a portion of the Scarborough River in Scarborough, Maine,

  • A multigenerational workforce brings opportunities, challenges for the Corps

    Famous author Rick Riorden once wrote, “People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.” While Mr. Riorden was writing about a Greek god in one of his fictional books, the sentiment can be applied to any workplace environment. The bottom line is this: for any organization to be successful, it is crucial to take care of the people that make it run.

  • The secret to her success: ops chief shares some key milestones on the road to career success

    We all have that “tipping point” in life, that moment when circumstances converge to change our future direction forever. For graduating college senior Andrea Murdock in 1988, that point came as she was pursuing various options for post-college employment. On the one hand, she had already decided that she wanted to be a park ranger and had interviewed for a park ranger job with three different Army Corps of Engineers Districts—St. Louis, Huntington, and Mobile—at a job fair in El Paso.

  • Bluestone Dam to Temporarily Stop Flows Oct. 8

    Huntington, W.Va. – The water flowing through the Bluestone Dam in Hinton, W.Va., will be temporarily stopped by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Oct. 8, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to allow Corps personnel to conduct a regular periodic inspection of the sluice gates.

  • The secret to her success: ops chief shares some key milestones on the road to career success

    DALLAS--We all have that “tipping point” in life, that moment when circumstances converge to change our future direction forever. For graduating college senior Andrea Murdock in 1988, that point came as she was pursuing various options for post-college employment. On the one hand, she had already decided that she wanted to be a park ranger and had interviewed for a park ranger job with three different Army Corps of Engineers Districts—St. Louis, Huntington, and Mobile—at a job fair in El Paso. On the other, she had no real professional work history, and was considering joining the Peace Corps to get some solid experience on her resume prior to going for that federal government position.

  • District commander talks leadership with University of Maryland residents

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District commander Colonel Trey Jordan talked to residents of

  • A multigenerational workforce brings opportunities, challenges for the Corps

    Famous author Rick Riorden once wrote, “People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.” While Mr. Riorden was writing about a Greek god in one of his fictional books, the sentiment can be applied to any workplace environment. The bottom line is this: for any organization to be successful, it is crucial to take care of the people that make it run.

  • Chittenden Locks large chamber closes to vessel traffic October 7-9

    The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks large chamber will close to vessel traffic from 7 a.m., Oct. 7 to 7 p.m., Oct. 9.

  • West Point Lake: USACE closes Half Moon Creek Park

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District closed Half Moon Creek Park - located at the West Point Lake Project in West Point, Ga. – permanently on Oct. 1.

  • Gavins Point Dam Road Closed October 6, 2014

    Crest Road, the road that crosses the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., will be closed from 8:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 6, 2014. The public is asked to plan on an alternate route of travel during this time.