Government Contracts

Improvements to the Christopher's Cove bridge are expected to be complete in mid-September, a full year after the aging structure was downgraded by the state Department of Roads. Columbus City Council will be presented with a $147,730 contract for the...

Work on a Circle Drive water line upgrade project is scheduled to begin on May 24. The city council awarded a contract on the project during a special meeting on May 7. Actual construction of the water line will cost about $58,000. There will be other...

A Shohola company just completed its first government contract for $18,000 and the owners hope it will lead to more such work. Industrial Hose & Supply Inc. was awarded a contract with the U.S. Army to build 195 custom-made hydraulic break hoses that...

* U.S.. Russia had hoped to start conference this month * Differences surface over who should represent opposition * Armed rebels refusing to negotiate with Assad government * Russia says a May start is "impossible" (Wraps various strands together)...

* Feeder futures benefit from bigger corn supplies * Most live cattle firm as beef keeps setting record highs * Most lean hogs weak on seasonal decline By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures rose on...

The cities of Garden City, Dodge City and La Junta, Colo., this week all approved spending another $20,000 each toward efforts to keep Amtrak's Southwest Chief on its current route through Kansas. Hutchinson City Manager John Deardoff, at the end of...

* Iran offers production sharing contracts * Indian companies reluctant * Agree to develop Iranian port for Afghan trade By Daniel Fineren and Nidhi Verma DUBAI/DELHI, May 9 (Reuters) - Iran has offered new, more alluring terms to reluctant Indian...

(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - After helping coordinate the American civilian aid efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, Mark Ward arrived in Turkey last year to oversee...

By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army will hold a flight demonstration on Tuesday of a newly upgraded version of the Vietnam-era OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter, an Army-led initiative that officials say will save $600...

State employees would get a raise of at least $1,000 under a deal struck Saturday by House and Senate negotiators, as the final pieces of the state budget fell into place. Under the plan agreed to by Senate Appropriations Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart,...

It's been nearly two month since the $85 billion sequester cuts took effect, but some local businesses and job agencies are still trying to figure out what it will mean to them. The Clark County WorkPlus One-Stop Center could lose more than $52,000 --...

Just 24 hours after he was re-elected April 9, and less than a half-hour after Park Ridge aldermen unanimously approved the city's new $61.5 million budget, Mayor David Schmidt vowed to once again wield his veto pen. Five days later, Schmidt carried out...