Feb. 25—SOMERSET, Pa. — Highway officials hope to outline a suggested route this spring for the final four-lane stretch of U.S. Route 219 to Interstate 68. While the more than $250 million project remains on track for completion in 2031, federal officials likely won’t be in position to approve the final route until summer 2025, […]
Jan. 18—ANDERSON — The first time Ted Shideler happened upon a well, he was a 20-year-old college student exploring the countryside after working a late shift at a call center. It was a flowing artesian well near the unincorporated town of Granville in northern Delaware County. Positioned between two boulders, the well and its flowing […]
Jan. 15—An infusion of federal money is helping New Mexico make progress in plugging orphaned oil wells scattered across the Permian and San Juan basins, but regulators say it will be important for the state to require more upfront financial assurance from drillers to cover cleanup of defunct wells. “Orphaned” is the term generally used […]