FREDERICK, Md., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Rutherford County, Tennessee, recently awarded a 5-year geospatial services contract to Fugro EarthData, Inc. Under this open-ended contract, Fugro EarthData will provide updated orthoimagery, planimetric, and topographic mapping services to the county.

By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Sep. 19--FOREST CITY -- Strong local support Tuesday greeted Duke Energy's plans for its first coal-fired power plant expansion in decades as environmentalists decried what they say is obsolete technology.