NASA to host next-gen mini-shuttle

07/07/11 NASA's Kennedy Space Center signed a deal today to let Sierra Nevada Corp. use its facilities to develop and launch a mini-shuttle for servicing the International Space Station, beginning as early as 2015. "This is a really great step toward a bright future for us," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said.

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Full steam ahead for historic locomotive

07/13/11 Volunteers work on the Shay locomotive at the Sierra Nevada Logging Museum. From left are Kaylinda Bechtold, Steve Bechtold and Doug Kohl. Courtesy photo

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Runoff runs off fun seekers

07/12/11 Dam operators on Monday clamped down on the lower Mokelumne River, reducing flows from Camanche Reservoir after sending the biggest slug of Sierra Nevada snowmelt since 2006 toward the Pacific Ocean.

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