In mid-March, the Northwestern Engineer Division began increasing releases at Gavins Point Dam, mile 811.1 on the Missouri River. The releases had been at 12,000 cubic feet per second over… Read More
Kansas City
The Kansas Citys Levees project held a groundbreaking ceremony October 13 at the Central Industrial District Levee Unit, marking the start of the levee raising phase of the $529 million… Read More
(Note: an earlier version of this story had the incorrect species that was removed from the Endangered Species List earlier this year. It is corrected in the version below.) Since… Read More
We recently covered the opening of an $11 million grain terminal at the port of Blencoe, Iowa, funded by a farm co-op. The opening of the terminal will return barge… Read More
The Kansas City Engineer District announced May 1 further progress and more contracts awarded in its levee rehabilitation program. It said 66 levee systems are on target for repairs, some with… Read More
Command of the Kansas City Engineer District was transferred July 19 from Col. Douglas Guttormsen to Col. William Hannan Jr. in a formal ceremony at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art… Read More
Among the many speakers at the Missouri River Navigators meeting in Kansas City February 13, Jon Stephens, the new president and CEO of Port KC, told the crowd about the… Read More
The 2019 meeting of the Missouri River Navigators will again be held in Kansas City, Mo., at the National Weather Service Training Center on February 13. The meeting is scheduled… Read More
The Kansas City, Mo., we know today is a diverse and populated metropolitan area on the Missouri River, the nation’s longest river that extends from the Rocky Mountains of western… Read More
Officials at Port KC named Jon Stephens, a long-time economic development and civic executive, as president and CEO on September 18. With more than 20 years of leadership experience spanning… Read More
