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National program provides additional staff for NIRPC

February 6, 2024 at 2:22 p.m.

A national economic development program is providing a person to work on a new project in Lake County, the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission has announced. Celena Green, who has...

Water companies in Lake and Porter counties are asking residents to help monitor their water pipes for lead. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Water companies ask customers to help survey water lines for lead

February 6, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Lead can be a useful metal, but in drinking water, it can cause long-term health damage to people. And because lead in drinking water comes primarily from water lines made...

A subdivision of 20 to 30 homes in north Jasper County along the Kankakee River flooded after a levee breach on Feb. 23, 2018. Officials are looking at a 40-year plan to reduce the threat of floods.

One river commission ends and a new one readies for start for Kankakee, Yellow rivers

June 14, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

As the Kankakee River Basin Commission conducted its last meeting Thursday, it heard a report recommending a 40-year plan for controlling and adapting to the river's fluctuating levels. Earlier this...

House committee adds funding for rail crossings in 2020 proposed budget

June 5, 2019 at 12:23 p.m.

Northwest Indiana railroad crossings that cause traffic delays and safety hazards could get some attention from a federal appropriations bill that passed a U.S. House of Representatives committee this week....

Indiana Department of Transportation deputy commissioner Rick Powers speaks during a meeting of the Northwest Indiana Rail Crossing Task Force held at the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

Rail crossing committee talks about solutions for freight train wait times

May 30, 2019 at 8:46 a.m.

Executives from the three largest railroads that cross Northwest Indiana heard first-hand some of the frustrations people feel when their trains sit across local streets without moving. "That was very...

Holcomb names new NICTD board members

May 28, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

The board that oversees the South Shore Line's operations will have a new look the next time it meets. Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Tuesday he has appointed Gary Mayor Karen...

2050 plan for transportation in Northwest Indiana gets approval from planning commission

May 16, 2019 at 2:36 p.m.

A new long-range plan for Northwest Indiana's transportation and environmental future received the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission's approval Thursday. The plan, called NWI 2050, "builds on and respects all...

A bike rider approaches the Erie-Lackawanna trailhead on Summit Street west of Main Street in Crown Point in 2018 photo. Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Thursday that funding for the Scherrerville portion would be available.

Funding announced for bike trails in Schererville, Burns Harbor and Hebron

May 13, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

Northwest Indiana's network of bike and pedestrian trails will grow soon, as three towns received grants this week to build and expand trails in their communities. Trail-building grants to Schererville,...

With little notice, NICTD shake-up shocks board members

May 13, 2019 at 7:10 a.m.

Members of the South Shore Line's governing board were surprised, and some were deeply disappointed, to learn last week they were to be replaced. Neither the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation...

Homeowners Steve Connor and Mike Cunningham continue the battle to keep Kankakee River floodwaters at bay Feb. 23, 2018, in Shady Shores. In the new state budget, $2.3 million has been allotted for river management by the Kankakee River Basin Commission.

Flood prevention along Kankakee and Yellow rivers gets $2.3M in funding from state budget

May 13, 2019 at 7:09 a.m.

Flood-prevention work along the Kankakee River and its Yellow River tributary will get a $2.3 million boost from the new state budget. "That's a sign of the state's willingness to...

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