Patrick Kinsman News Today

Hurricane Ian’s devastation on the Southwest Florida coast sent a chill up the spine of anyone in Miami worried about the next big one — and it sharpened the focus of federal planners working to design and build new barriers to avoid a similar outcome for Miami-Dade.

But Hurricane Ian’s devastation on the Southwest Florida coast sent a chill up the spine of anyone in Miami worried about the next big one — and it sharpened the focus of federal planners working to design and build new barriers to avoid a similar outcome for Miami-Dade.

Students visited the Portsmouth Marine Terminal to tour the future site of an offshore wind energy facility this week to explore future career opportunities. The buses filled with students went through the port terminal where the blades for the offshore wind turbines will be assembled and maintained in a $200 million facility already under construction.

NORFOLK, Virginia - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District is scheduled to host a “Careers Virtual Open House” event March 17 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to fill multiple vacancies within the organization. ,

Residents have been hearing for 20 years about a replacement for the two-lane span built in 1934. Some owners of land needed for the project say they haven't been offered a fair price.