Subject: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Where's the Beef?

  The Sunflower Army Ammunition plant isn't too contaminated for cattle.

  August 17, 2000

• Held Back

  You think you'd enjoy a nice, peaceful walk along the Missouri River? Sorry, but The Man says no.

  November 29, 2007

• Fore!

  July 27, 2006

• Up the River

  The Kansas City Rowing Club has world-class talent. Now it needs cash.

  November 3, 2005

• Cluster Truck

  Mother Trucker gives us the C.B. jeebies.

  September 9, 2004

• Damage Control

  Great Plains Energy has spent years quietly working on plans for dirty new power plants. Now facing opposition, it's sounding more eco-friendly.

  July 8, 2004

• Shiny New Toys

  The Toy and Miniature Museum just got bigger.

  April 1, 2004

• Fish Story

  What’s a Republican doing championing evolution?

  March 18, 2004

• Anywhere But Here

  After decades of failure along the Missouri River Banks, Kansas City turns to alcohol.

  September 26, 2002

• Tied to the Tracks

  The railroads won't dodge the city's riverside birthplace.

  June 20, 2002

• Paradise Lust

  Home Depot wants tax bucks to pave wetlands.

  October 11, 2001

• Land for Peace

  Indian bureaucrats accept a treaty for a Lawrence road.

  April 19, 2001

• Overland Office Park

  Even though Terra Venture botched one development, Overland Park lets it build another.

  November 30, 2000

• Mud Money

  The barge industry pays Missouri's senators big money for small fry.

  October 12, 2000

• A Developing Problem

  The North Star Neighborhood Association wanted to work with city hall, but city hall was already working with someone else.

  September 14, 2000

• Pig Out

  Merriam's Seaboard Corporation thought it could really bring home the bacon -- if it could just find a place to process its hogs.

  September 7, 2000

• New wetlands to make riverfront less creepy

  KC River Fest 2009 begins officially tomorrow with a 3 p.m. set by June Bug and the Porch Lights. At 10:30 a.m., the Port Authority of Kansas City is offering 200 free tickets to the event at a ribbon-cutting for the new Riverfront Wetlands Ecosystem Restoration. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed the restoration. The project is accessible from the Town of Kansas Pedestrian Bridge. It's located just to the west of the Grand Avenue viaductThe wetland isn't much to look at now. (I took a pic

  July 2, 2009

• Experts predict cancer, asthma and traffic congestion from Gardner rail facility

  When Eric Kirkendall and his wife, Mary, moved to Gardner in 1990 they found an idyllic little farmhouse built in 1870. The couple intended to live there until they retired. But eight years before that date, Kirkendall found out their quiet property might soon be sandwiched by the mammoth warehouses of a huge transportation hub.BNSF intermodal​The distressed homeowner threw himself into researching the effects of intermodal facilities, sprawling complexes where freight is moved from railcars

  August 7, 2009

• Former Huck Finn artist now working in a pink, plastic bubble

  Jamie Burkart in Great Accomodations​As I watched Jamie Burkart and his brave band of fellow artists ship off from Kaw Point in a boat made of recycled materials in July 2007, I admit, I was worried for their safety. Their intent was to sail their bicycle-propelled craft all the way down the Missouri and Mississippi rivers "until the taste of salt." They had their share of dramatic moments, but, proving that artists and idealists are the most resourceful people on the planet, Burkart and

  September 3, 2009