• Corps, Hanford reflect upon 70th anniversary of Manhattan Project

    One of the best-kept secrets of World War II was America’s significant effort to build the atomic bomb.
  • Corps completes another military construction project for Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, helped celebrate the completion
  • Corps completes another military construction project for JBLM

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, helped celebrate the completion
  • Busy year for nation’s largest regulatory permitting program

    Jacksonville District’s regulatory permitting program, the largest in the Corps, exceeded all national performance standards in Fiscal Year 2012. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that 94 percent of general permit decisions were completed within 60 days of receipt of a complete application and 82 percent of individual permit decisions were completed within 120 days of receipt of a complete application.
  • Interim extension of Kansas River dredging permits

    KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended five permits to extract sand from the Kansas River for one year while a thorough evaluation of potential impacts from the proposed reauthorization continues.
  • Interagency Report Published on Information Required for Short-Term Water Management Decisions

    WASHINGTON - Adapting to future climate change impacts requires capabilities in hydroclimate monitoring, short-term prediction and application of such information to support contemporary water management decisions. These needs were identified in a report, "Short-Term Water Management Decisions: User Needs for Improved Climate, Weather, and Hydrologic Information."
  • NR 13-001: State highway over Center Hill Dam restricted to one lane

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (Jan. 9, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Highway 96/141 over Center Hill Dam is being restricted to one lane beginning today. The restriction is necessary to enlarge work space on the dam to support the next construction phase of the Center Hill Dam Foundation Remediation Project, installation of the foundation barrier wall. During the two-year duration of the lane restriction, an automated traffic control system will safely manage vehicles across the dam. The maximum wait time is five minutes.
  • Future leaders kick off 2013 program

    “The most important qualities for a leader are to have a vision and to show people you care,” Col. Mark Toy said to 20 Tier I and Tier II members of Los Angeles District Leadership Development Program during the kick-off meeting held Jan. 8 at the District’s headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reopen boat ramp at Lake O’ the Pines

    FORT WORTH, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Northeast Texas
  • MLK holiday a day of service, not a day off

    On Jan. 21, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Black Employment Program will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a day of service, not a day off.