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Wed June 21, 2017

Clean Coal Technologies Plans to Build Its First Pristine M Facility in Wyoming

Clean Coal Technologies Inc. (CCTI), an emerging cleaner-energy company utilizing patented and proven technology to convert untreated coal into a cleaner burning and more efficient fuel, has signed a binding agreement with Wyoming New Energy Corp....

Wed June 21, 2017

CDOT Begins Wall, Roadway Repairs on Berthoud Pass

In mid-June, crews began making wall and roadway repairs along U.S. Highway 40 between mile points 244.37 and 248.09 at Berthoud Pass. This $2.8 million project consists of wall and expansion joint repairs at several locations on U.S....

Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 21, 2017

Vegas Community Hopes Raiders Bring a Super Boon to Economy

LAS VEGAS (AP) When the Oakland Raiders received a $750 million commitment from the Nevada Legislature in October to help build their future home in Las Vegas, they also were directed to ensure the greatest possible participation by the local community in the design, construction and operation of the stadium....

Wed June 21, 2017

OTC Awards 23 Projects Worth $23M

Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission's June 5 meeting include a report on the impact of the recently-approved Fiscal Year 2018 state budget on highway projects and approval of several contracts that were deferred in May due to state funding concerns....

Chuck Harvey - Wed June 21, 2017

NMDOT Oversees McCarty's $12.5M Bridge Replacement

Construction is under way on a $12.5-million bridge replacement project at the Interstate 40 and NM 124 interchange (Exit 96) in McCarty's, west of Albuquerque, N.M. The bridge will be built over I-40....

Wed June 21, 2017

Ritchie Bros. Hosts Unreserved Equipment Sale in Las Vegas

More than 1,750 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. ' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Las Vegas, on June 9. With bidders from 34 countries, approximately 76 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Ecuador and Lithuania....

Wed June 21, 2017

Cheering First Day of Summer? Crews in the Southwest Aren't

PHOENIX (AP) — The first day of summer brought some of the worst heat the Southwest U.S. has seen in years, forcing flights to be canceled, straining the power grid and making life miserable for workers toiling in temperatures that reached 120 degrees or higher in some desert cities....

Brenda Ruggiero - Wed June 21, 2017

$50M Streetcar Project Under Way in Oklahoma City

The first streetcar system in Oklahoma City, Okla., since the 1940s is becoming a reality. Civic leaders broke ground on the MAPS 3 Oklahoma City (OKC) Streetcar track line in February, starting work on the metro's first streetcar system in generations and launching a new era in local public transit....

Wed June 21, 2017

Denver Airport Developing $1B Renovation Partnership

DENVER (AP) A more than $1 billion partnership with a Spanish firm over three decades would renovate the Denver International Airport terminal by moving the security screening area and tripling the amount of space for shops and restaurants....

Wed June 21, 2017

Alaska Forestry Division Fights, Monitors 15 Fires

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Alaska Division of Forestry officials said they're busy fighting or monitoring 15 fires burning in southwest Alaska as of June 9. The fires have burned 65 square mi. from McGrath to Dillingham....