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Corps park ranger, Missouri native lends helping hand in Joplin
Story by Mark Haviland | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District | Date: 07.29.2011Brian Thompson knows what he’ll remember about his time helping the city recover from the EF-5 tornado that damaged or destroyed about 8,000 buildings and killed 160 people here May 22. Read More
Joint Patriot exercise readies National Guard units for disaster
Story by Spc. Brianne Roudebush | 69th Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 07.14.2011Over the course of two days, six separate CHALKs (groups of military troops) of the Task Force 9th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP)... Read More
Temporary housing construction under way in Joplin
Story by Chris Gray | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District | Date: 07.05.2011Construction began July 5 on temporary housing sites for Joplin residents displaced by the May 22 tornado that destroyed as much as a third of the city. Read More
Corps Joplin tornado volunteer helps police bust looters
Story by Chris Gray | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District | Date: 06.30.2011John Garrett glowered at the minivan prowling ahead of him on a tornado-ravaged Joplin street. Four teenagers inside slipped two-by-two out of the open sliding doors on each side, darting through the evening... Read More
Corps awards $538,000 contract for Franklin Tech storm shelters
Story by Chris Gray | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District | Date: 06.29.2011The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today awarded a $538,498 contract to Intelligent Investments Inc. of Neosha to build temporary storm shelters at the tornado-damaged Franklin Technology Center campus at Fourth... Read More
