URS Wins 2.5 Billion Yucca Mountain Contract
The U S Department of Energy awarded a 2.5 billion management and operating contract to USA Repository Services a URS subsidiary for Yucca Mountain Nevada. Shaw Environmental AREVA Federal Services will be principal subcontractors with a five year base plus option. Transition to full performance begins April 1 2009.
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U.S. Department of Energy
M&o
USA Repository Services
USARS
URS Corporation
Nevada
Yucca Mountain
Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc
Areva Federal Services Inc
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
DOEF
DOE
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jefferson Elem tall tale project buries legends in class cemetery
Jefferson Elementary students under Rita Walden researched Tall Tale heroes such as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Swamp Angel. They compared exaggeration in tales, built tombstones with legends, and presented findings using bubble maps and independent reading.
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Blake Argo
Jefferson
Rita Walden
Paul Bunyon
John Henry
Swamp Angel
Thundering Tarnation
Walden
Meagan O’ Banion
Meagan
Mike Fink
Tabitha Moore
Devil's Backbone trail reopens in Hitchcock Woods
The Devil's Backbone trail at Hitchcock Woods reopens via the South Boundary Avenue entrance after a sewer line project by the City. Hitchcock Woods Foundation exec director Doug Rabold praises safe completion with minimal landscaping impact. Public Safety and Public Works teams managed warnings, heavy equipment, and rerouted 700 feet of 18 inch pipe. entrance is now open to visitors including riders and runners.
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Boundary Avenue
Hitchcock Woods
Doug Rabold
Hitchcock Woods Foundation
Frommer
Public
Larry Morris
Woods
Karen Daily
Felon in Possession Sentenced in Gun Case
Christopher Eugene Blitchington, 37, of Aiken, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison without parole for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. In July 2006 he obtained a pistol in Aiken and drove out of state with it. West Virginia deputies stopped him for a traffic violation and found the gun. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office said a record check showed Blitchington was a felon and prohibited from gun possession.
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Christopher Eugene Blitchington
Aiken
West Virginia
Blitchington
U.S
Man sentenced to 30 days for animal cruelty case
An Aiken County man Joseph Howard aged 28 was found guilty at a bench trial and sentenced to 30 days in jail plus a 1092.50 fine for what officers called one of the worst cases of animal cruelty seen. Police described a severely neglected dog euthanized after its rescue.
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Aiken County
Joseph Howard
Redds Branch Road
Aiken Public Safety
Aiken Animal Control
Howard
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
Windsor Man Charged With Assault After Road-Rage Incident
Michael Wayne Pope, 30, of Pine Acres Drive Windsor, is jailed on two counts of assault with intent to kill after authorities say he attempted to ram a vehicle off Highway 1 North at Old Camp Long Road on Oct 22, endangering two occupants. He was arrested Wednesday.
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Windsor
Michael Wayne Pope
Pine Acres Drive
Old Camp Long Road
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