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EPA Brownfields grant will fund cleanup of asbestos, metals, PCBs and other contaminants in vacant San Haven complex
May 12, 2021 BOTTINEAU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that Dakota College at Bottineau will receive a $358,500 Brownfields grant to clean up contamination at Old Main and Milligan Hall buildings located on campus. Dakota College at Bottineau is among 151 communities nationwide selected to receive 154 grant awards totaling $66.5 million in EPA Brownfields funding. “EPA is pleased to support Dakota College at Bottineau’s plans to revitalize these buildings so they may better serve the campus community,” said Mark A. Smith, EPA Region 8 director of Land, Ch...
For the Craig Press The City of Craig will receive a $300,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to advance the cleanup and revitalization of property at priority sites downtown. The city is one of 151 communities nationwide selected to receive 154 grant awards, which totaled $66.5 million in EPA Brownfields funding through the agency’s Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Grant programs. The grant will be awarded once all legal and administrative requirements are fulfilled. The funding will support underserved and economically disadvantaged communities across the country, allow...
Two suspects involved in separate shootings were arraigned on assault charges Monday afternoon in Christian District Court sending both cases to preliminary hearings next week. The first case to appear involved Jaylynn Cheatham, 21, who is accused of being involved in a shooting at the Marathon gas station on East Ninth Street that left two people injured on Mar. 27. Cheatham was finally arrested after police had been searching for Cheatham on Friday afternoon. Cheatham appeared in court Monday afternoon with his defense attorney David Rye, who stated that he would be waiving formal reading o...
Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio May 8, 2021 | 7:38 AM The man sought for a shooting incident Thursday night on North Elm Street is in custody after he went to the hospital Friday night with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Hopkinsville Police Sgt. Tony Sierra says there was evidence at the scene that 24-year old Marshawn Taylor of Hopkinsville had also shot himself when he shot 26-year old Marka Smith of Owensboro in the wrist and hip while she was sitting in a vehicle in the 100 block of North Elm. Taylor went to Jennie Stuart Medical Center Friday night with a minor gunshot...