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Families of two kayakers who drowned in one of Oregon’s 200 ‘killer dams’ sue for $50 million

The estates of Mariana Dukes II and Joseph Bendix say three government agencies failed to post signs warning of the danger. read more

Ypsilanti’s Peninsular Dam removal project seeks $10.3M in additional funding

Mostly the hurdles are environmental as officials continue the years-long process of removing the dam from the Huron River. read more

Neighbors, city officials at odds over Rochester lake dam

ROCHESTER - Major changes to a prominent lake face renewed scrutiny as some residents and neighbors say they're concerned the city is moving too fast to potentially remove a nearby dam, irrevocably ... read more

When dams come down, what happens to the ocean?

When Rubin returned in 2015, he saw that, in many of his survey sites, the kelp had started to rebound. In 2018, studies revealed that the density of kelp in these sites resembled pre-removal levels. read more

Plumbing problem at Glen Canyon Dam threatens water supply of Colorado River system

Plumbing issues at Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., are causing concerns about future water delivery to southwestern states. read more

Russian villagers build homemade dam to keep out floods

As floods engulfed large parts of central Russia, residents of one village defied advice to flee their homes and started building a homemade dam. Ivan Chernomorets, a resident of Perovsky near the ... read more

Feds recommended relicensing 4 Kennebec River dams

Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are recommending the relicensing of four dams along the Kennebec River that have been at the center of a fight over the restoration of endangered ... read more

Tailings dam design could change, NewRange tells tribal nations

Plans for the NorthMet project include building dams to increase the storage capacity of tailings basins. One would be built in the distance to raise the basin on the right to the level of restored ... read more

Evacuations ordered due leaks appearing in dam in Russia’s Kurgan as river levels rise

Authorities ordered the urgent evacuation of areas downstream of the river in Kurgan, Russia on Thursday, due to leaks appearing in a dam as water levels rise. read more

The future of the Silver Lake Dam: what steps need to happen first before changes are made

The last step before the dam could see changes is the design step. The city must draft a design for these modifications that the Army Corps of Engineers, Rochester City Council, and the Minnesota DNR ... read more

Rob Van Dam Match Announced For 4/20 AEW Rampage, Updated Card

Rob Van Dam returns to All Elite Wrestling tomorrow night for AEW Rampage on a special night. Back in February, Tony Khan announced that RVD would return for AEW Collision on April 20. At that time, ... read more

Silver Lake Dam concept continues to spur calls for conversation

Park supporters plan rally ahead of Monday's Rochester City Council meeting to call for further council review of estimated $5.5 million proposal to replace dam. read more