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Zoie Clift - Thu February 25, 2010

ARRA Funded Projects in the Works in Northwest Ga.

Northwest Georgia is currently home territory to ten American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded highway projects. Work on all the projects began during the summer of 2009 and cumulatively they are valued at more than $48 million....

Fri May 01, 2009

Fecon Taps Tractor & Equipment Co. as New Dealer for Ala., Ga., Northwest Fla.

Fecon has announced Tractor & Equipment Company (TEC) as its dealer for Alabama, Georgia and northwest Florida. TEC will offer Fecon’s line of Bull Hog brush cutting tractors and attachments. FTX tractors range from 97 to 440 hp (72.3 to 328 kW)....

Wed February 04, 2009

Fecon Names Dick Benson as Northwest Regional Manager

Dick Benson has been named Fecon’s Northwest regional manager. His territory includes northern California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Montana and Alaska. Benson brings his experience as a former regional manager of compact skid loaders and mini excavators to Fecon in addition to his years as an independent representative of Fecon....

Tue February 03, 2009

Papé Welcomes Camoplast as New Allied Vendor in Northwest

Effective Jan. 1, Papé Machinery Inc. has added Camoplast as a new allied vendor. Camoplast manufactures specialized rubber track undercarriage components, sub-systems and assemblies for off-road vehicles....

Rachel La Corte - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sat January 17, 2009

Northwest Floodwaters Recede; Cleanup Begins

CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) State officials began reopening Washington’s major highways on Jan. 9 as floodwaters receded and road crews plowed away mud, snow and debris. But flooding continued on a handful of major rivers, and residents of some low-lying areas were only beginning to tackle the cleanup of their sodden homes....

Wed June 11, 2008

New Champion Dealer ’Thinks Big’ in Pacific Northwest

Central Machinery Sales Inc. recently signed on to become the Champion Motor Grader dealer for Central Washington. The company’s two locations in Moses Lake and Pasco serve the Columbia Basin area, plus Northern and Northeastern Oregon....

Mon May 12, 2008

AIM Northwest Opens Seattle Branch to Better Serve United States, Canada

AIM Attachments recently has opened AIM Northwest. The new location has been set up in the Seattle, Wash., area to allow AIM to better facilitate communication and services to customers across the United States and Canada....

Thu January 24, 2008

Northwest Completes St. Michael’s Church Day Care Job

Northwest Construction & Excavating of Rockaway, N.J., recently completed prepping the site for St. Michael’s Church Day Care Center, a 5-acre (2 ha) plot adjacent to St. Michael’s Church in Netcong, N.J., which will be used for St....

Mon September 17, 2007

Missoula-Based Modern Machinery Expands Sennebogen to Northwest

Seven years ago, when Sennebogen commissioned one of its first North American scrap handlers at the Tube City operation in Gary, Ind., Lamont Cantrell was on hand to welcome the new equipment line to these shores....

Thu February 15, 2007

Plans on Hold for Northwest Ohio Ethanol Facility

DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) Plans for an ethanol plant in Defiance County in northwest Ohio are on hold, local officials said. The company proposing the plant, New Energy Corporation Inc. of South Bend, Ind., said there were several reasons for the delay, according to Jerry Hayes, executive director of Economic Development of Defiance County....