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PHOENIX, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently released study, the copper mining industry contributed approximately $12.1 billion to Arizona's economy and provided an estimated 73,100 jobs to Arizona residents in 2010. The $12.1 billion economic impact represents a 31 percent increase over 2009. Contributing to the overall performance of the copper mining industry was a rise in copper prices, partially offset by a slight decrease in production. The average price of...
SPARKS, Nev., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sierra Nevada Corporation issued the following statement in response to a stop work order received today from the U.S. Air Force on the recently issued Light Air Support (LAS) contract: Our team is excited to have been awarded the LAS contract by the U.S. Air Force as a result of a fair and open competition and after a favorable review by the Government Accountability Office. We remain confident that the issue will...
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Following several years of significant losses, industrial employment in Oregon was little changed over the past year, with the state posting a slight gain, according to the 2012 Oregon Manufacturers Directory®, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Oregon gained 903 manufacturing jobs over the past year or about a half percent, from October 2010 to October 2011....
VANCOUVER, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Kiska Metals Corporation ("Kiska" or "the Company") reports drill results from three reconnaissance drill holes at the Muddy Creek Prospect, Whistler Project, located 160 kilometres northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. These first three drill holes, tested the southwestern edge of a 2.4 square kilometre area of anomalous gold in soils and returned significant gold-bearing intersections. Mineralization at Muddy Creek occurs as consistently...
EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Continental Bank, the bank subsidiary of Pacific Continental Corporation (Nasdaq: PCBK), today announced that it was recently recognized as one of Oregon's most admired companies in the Portland Business Journal's 2011 Most Admired Companies survey. For the fourth time, Pacific Continental was ranked as a top-ten company in the "Financial Services" classification. "To be recognized once again as a 'most admired' company is indeed...
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in Nevada fell 2.1% over the past year according to the 2012 Nevada Manufacturers Directory®, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Nevada lost 1,206 industrial jobs between October 2010 and October 2011, less than half of the 3,600 jobs MNI reported the state lost over the 2009-2010 survey period. Manufacturers' News reports Nevada is now...
TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX: FNV) (NYSE: FNV) ("Franco-Nevada") and Lumina Royalty Corp ("Lumina Royalty") announced today the completion of the Plan of Arrangement (the "Arrangement") between Franco-Nevada and Lumina Royalty pursuant to which Franco-Nevada has acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Lumina Royalty. In accordance with the Arrangement, Lumina Royalty shareholders will receive in the aggregate approximately...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26: AMERICAN INDIAN BUSINESS TRENDS Profile America -- Saturday, November 26th. As National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month draws to a close, attention is being focused on the increasing role American Indians and Alaska Natives play in the country's economy....
PHOENIX, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arizonans have much to be thankful for this year. That's because AAA Arizona and the Beverage Alcohol Community Information Council (BACIC) are offering Tipsy Tow service on Thanksgiving Eve, a highly celebrated night. AAA Arizona and BACIC encourage the public to seek responsible routes home from bars, restaurants and parties. To give drivers a safe and reliable option, the organizations are offering Tipsy Tow service beginning 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov....
California Casualty announced today it is expanding its Thomas R. Brown Athletics Grant program. This year, $75,000 is available in grants to public high schools across the nation. San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2011 California Casualty announced today it is expanding its one-year-old Thomas R. Brown Athletics Grant program. During the 2010-11 school year, the program awarded $25,000 to ten high schools in Arizona, California, Colorado and Oregon. This year, $75,000 is available in...
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Olympic National Park is located in the state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula, in the United States. The park holds 922,650 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans. Most of the tribes were wiped out once European explorers introduced diseases into the area. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the logging industry boomed, but the public began to express concerns of over logging in the 1920’s. However, the first proposal to establish the area as a...
North Cascades National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States and was established in 1968. The park holds 504,781 acres and is the largest of three national park areas known as the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. It once contained 318 glaciers, but all of these have retreated at a fast rate and many glaciers have completely disappeared. The largest remaining glacier is Boston Glacier, but other large glaciers include Redoubt, Neve, and McAllister....
The Sierra Nevada Mountains located along the Eastern portion of California and the Western Portion of Nevada have a huge impact on the weather in this region. The first is the Sana Anna winds. These are very warm winds that ascend from the mountains westward back into the basins of California in such places like Los Angeles. These are very dry winds that can heat the temps up into the 100s and can cause rapidly forming fires. When weather systems come in from the west they hit these...
