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  • July

    Fleming House Volunteer

    Fleming House Volunteer

    This summer and last summer Tina Kurtz has volunteered at the Fleming House of the Bulltown Historic Area. Tina lives in Montana but has family here in West Virginia. During her visit last summer she found a calling to volunteer at the Fleming House. She met Interpretive Ranger Lisa Hess and they have since developed a unique attraction for visitors to the Bulltown Campground and Burnsville Lake area.
  • Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, left, receives an update about the Corps’ Long Beach Veterans Affairs Healthcare System project from the Corps’ contractor, Walsh Construction, during a July 9 visit to the Long Beach VA Healthcare System Medical Center in Long Beach, California. The Corps is constructing the five-phase, $317-million-project, which includes a mental health in-patient/out-patient facility, community living center, parking structure, combined heat-and-power generation plant and demolition of the existing mental health and community living center buildings.

    Top Corps general tours Golden State projects

    The commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers toured several of the agency’s Los Angeles District projects during a recent three-day visit to the Golden State. Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite visited Southern California July 8 to 10, touring the San Diego border construction project, before heading to the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Medical Center to visit the sites of the future mental health in-patient/out-patient facility and community living center, which are under construction.
  • The North Landing Bridge, which spans the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway on the border of Chesapeake, Virginia and Virginia Beach, Virginia, handles approximately 11,000 vehicles per day under normal conditions. The bridge was damaged by two separate barge strikes, the first on March 1, 2016, the second on June 4, 2016.

    North Landing Bridge closed to vehicle traffic for repairs

    Following emergency repairs this week, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District officials said North Landing Bridge should be reopen to vehicle traffic before noon Thursday.
  • Col. Chris Becking assumes command of the Transatlantic Afghanistan District during the informal Change of Command Ceremony held July 15 at the District headquarters.

    Becking assumes command of Transatlantic Afghanistan District

    The Transatlantic Afghanistan District welcomes new commanding officer Col. Chris Becking.
  • Dworshak Dam on the Clearwater River. The dam, which is 750 feet tall, is the highest straight-axis concrete dam in the Western Hemisphere. The dam is located within the Nez Perce Reservation.

    Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations Technical Center of Excellence hosts liaison training, meets with Nez Perce Tribe

    Members of the Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise attended a training event for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations community of practice in Walla Walla, Washington, June 17-19. During the training, the group met with members of the Nez Perce Tribe whose reservation is located in the vicinity of Orofino, Idaho.