» Read discussion on Howard Hanson Dam 07/30/10 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to install additional drains as well as extend an existing drainage tunnel to repair the Howard Hanson Dam rather than extending a temporary grout curtain. The corps revealed the new plans at a press conference Friday in Seattle organized by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to announce how the corps would spend the $44 million approved for repairs as ...
07/23/10 The U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a $60 billion emergency supplemental spending bill July 22 that includes $44 million to repair the Howard Hanson Dam that helps protect the Green River Valley from flooding. The bill now goes back to the House for consideration. The House is expected to consider the bill soon because Congress is scheduled to take its August recess Aug. 9 to Sept. 12.
07/23/10 The U.S. Senate on Friday approved a $44 million emergency appropriation for interim repairs to the damaged Howard Hanson Dam that protects Kent, Renton and Auburn from flooding.
07/23/10 The U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a $60 billion emergency supplemental spending bill July 22 that includes $44 million to repair the Howard Hanson Dam that helps protect the Green River Valley from flooding.
05/14/10 U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said she has only just begun to fight for federal money to repair the Howard Hanson Dam and protect the Green River Valley from flooding.
05/06/10 AUBURN, Wash. - Members of Washington's congressional delegation, Gov. Chris Gregoire and state political and business leaders met in Washington, D.C. Thursday to keep the pressure on the government to find hundreds of millions of dollars to permanently fix the damaged Howard Hanson Dam on the upper Green River. Howard Hanson is a flood control dam built to end generations of floods that swamped ...
05/06/10 Members of Washington's congressional delegation, Gov. Chris Gregoire and state political and business leaders met in Washington, D.C. Thursday to keep the pressure on the government to permanently fix the damaged Howard Hanson Dam.
04/15/10 HOWARD HANSON DAM, Wash. - When Central Washington University first approached the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about hooking up a Global Positioning System antenna to the area surrounding the Howard Hanson Dam, the idea was to add another node to their network that monitors stress in the continent's tectonic plate in an effort to anticipate earthquakes. The Army Corps then asked CWU if they ...
04/15/10 Scientists with Central Washington University are wrapping up installation of Global Positioning Antennas to monitor movement in the troubled Howard Hanson Dam.
03/18/10 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revealed plans Thursday to extend a grout curtain as a temporary fix for the next several years as engineers design and construct a permanent fix to stop a leak through a damaged abutment next to the Howard Hanson Dam.
03/11/10 The commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Thursday in Washington D.C., that design alternatives for a permanent fix to a leaky right abutment next to the Howard Hanson Dam would be ready by June.
02/04/10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and seven other members of Washington's congressional delegation are asking the Corps of Engineers to keep working at full speed on a permanent fix for the Howard Hanson Dam. In a letter Thursday they asked the Corps to complete a study by June so the project can be considered for construction funding in 2012. An abutment to the flood ...
02/04/10 Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and seven other members of Washington's congressional delegation are asking the Corps of Engineers to complete a study on how to fix the Howard Hanson Dam ready by June.
11/02/09 As King County and cities downstream spend millions to prepare for the possibility of major flooding this winter because of the weakened Howard Hanson Dam, little is being done to keep the middle section of the Green River from swamping the upper valley.
10/05/09 Still 1-in-4 chance Green River will flood this fall. Crews still working to temporarily fix the Howard Hanson Dam. An Army Corps Of Engineers spokesperson updated the King County Council Monday on repairs underway at the Howard Hanson Dam. Col. Anthony Wright now says there is a one-in-four chance there will be "catastrophic flooding" this fall. That's better than his one-in-three chance he ...
09/25/09 With the fall rainy season fast approaching, Washington's Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging property insurers to tell their customers in King County's Green River Valley how to get flood insurance.State and local officials are concerned about the Howard Hanson Dam, where a weakened abutment may require the Army Corps of Engineers to release more water than usual. This heightens the ...
09/24/09 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites you to attend a special media-only onsite tour of active construction and interim repairs at Howard Hanson Dam.
09/02/09 If a Washington State dam fails this winter, the resulting flood could cause more than $3 billion in damage to residents and businesses in the Green River Valley say officials who are concerned about water now leaking through the Howard Hanson Dam.
08/07/09 The Army Corps of Engineers has begun making interim repairs to the Howard Hanson Dam aimed at controlling seepage and reducing the likelihood of winter flooding along the Green River in Kent, Renton, Auburn and Tukwila.
08/05/09 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, has awarded two projects, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to improve dam safety at Howard Hanson Dam. | 
