Tag: Dam

2 rescued from river near Friant Dam

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two people were rescued from the San Joaquin River Sunday afternoon and state and county officials are reminding the public to practice water safety. Cal Fire says just after 3 p.m. they were called to the Friant and North Fork Roads for multiple people needing rescue in the San Joaquin […]

Body found next to Riverfront Park dam was missing 28-year-old man

May 10—A man who went missing in March has been identified as the person whose body was found last week next to the dam in Riverfront Park . Alexander Piceno, 28, drowned, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office. It ruled the death a suicide. The Washington State Patrol reported in late March that […]

Body found next to Riverfront Park dam was of missing 28-year-old man

May 10—A man who went missing in March and whose body was found last week next to the dam in Riverfront Park has been identified. Alexander Piceno, 28, drowned, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office. It ruled the death a suicide. The Washington State Patrol reported in late March that Piceno had not […]

Silver Lake Dam funding draws focus on Rochester’s grant applications

May 4—ROCHESTER — An anticipated state grant to provide nearly $2.4 million for a potential $5.5 million Silver Lake Dam replacement could spur a change in city policy. Rochester City Council members Shaun Palmer and Mark Bransford have called for requiring council review of any grant application seeking $50,000 or more for a city project. […]

Body found next to dam in Riverfront Park

May 2—A body was found next to the dam in Riverfront Park Thursday morning while dive teams were searching for evidence in another case. The Spokane Police Department and the Spokane County Sheriff’s dive team were attempting to retrieve evidence thrown into the river by suspects of a pepper-spray robbery downtown, according to Sgt. Teresa […]

What the destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam means for local residents

Rescue workers help residents evacuate from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (Libkos/AP) The destruction on Tuesday of the massive Soviet-era Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian city of Nova Kakhovka has damaged homes and is posing a threat to residents, animals, crops and public infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called […]