levee

Mo. senator threatens block on EPA administrator

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:54:45 +0000

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, of Missouri, is threatening to block President Barack Obama's choice for Environmental Protection Agency administrator until plans are resolved for a long-stalled levee project in southeast Missouri.

Sen McCaskill calls for closure in levee gap

Associated Press — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:32:47 +0000

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is joining two Republican colleagues in calling for federal agencies to move ahead with plans to close a 1,500-foot gap in a southeast Missouri levee, a project long delayed over environmental concerns.

McCaskill sent a letter in mid-December to the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, calling uncertainty and delays in the project "unacceptable."

Bid protest halts construction at Birds Point Levee

Jacob McCleland — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:10:57 +0000

Restoring the Birds Point-New Madrid Levee to its original height may take a little more time.

Corps grants contracts to firms to rebuild Birds Point levee

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:20:42 +0000

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded contracts to three firms for work to repair the Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri, a levee intentionally breached by the corps at the height of spring flooding in 2011.

Study suggests Army Corps made right call at Birds Point levee

Jacob McCleland — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:51:42 +0000

A new study suggests the Army Corps of Engineers made the right decision when it blew up the Birds Point-New Madrid levee last year.

The study’s authors argue the floodway would have been inundated with or without Corps action.

Newscast for February 27, 2012

Zheng Hwuang Chia — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:59:02 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

Mo. levee group to meet with Congressman Cleaver

Associated Press — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:47:05 +0000

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver will be among the participants at a Missouri River meeting next month.

Corps awards firm with Missouri river levee repair job

Associated Press — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:08:14 +0000

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $888,000 contract to repair a northwestern Missouri levee damaged during last year's flooding.

Newscast for February 13, 2012

Zheng Hwuang Chia — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:05:46 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

Missouri high court to consider redistricting challenge
Northwest Missouri levee districts get grants
Missouri's senator at odds on Obama's contraceptive plan

Northwest Mo. levee districts get grants

Associated Press — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:24:27 +0000

Six levee, drainage and road districts in northwest Missouri will receive a total of about $1.2 million in community development block grants to help repair damage from flooding along the Missouri River. Gov. Jay Nixon's office said in a release that the six districts are located in Atchison and Holt counties.

Levee districts applied for the grants to cover either the 20 percent local cost share required under the Army Corps of Engineers' maintenance program, or for the entire cost if the levee district is not part of the Corps' system.