Story by Marcy Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 09.04.2025
JACKSON, Wyo. – Along the Snake River, the sound of heavy equipment echoes off the Teton and the Gros Ventre mountains as crews place fresh riprap along the Jackson Levees. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District, it is the latest effort in more than a decade-long undertaking to protect lives and property in Wyoming, part of USACE’s broader national mission to......
Story by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Cole | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 03.28.2025
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – As an atmospheric river surged into the Pacific Northwest in late February 2025, it carried not just warm tropical moisture—but the potential for disaster. By February 24, the storm peaked, bringing a sudden rise in temperatures that triggered rapid snowmelt across Oregon’s Malheur Basin. While rainfall remained moderate, the real threat came from the melting......
Story by Marcy Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 07.12.2024
The Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) held a change of command ceremony where Lt. Col. ShaiLin KingSlack relinquished command to Lt. Col. Katie Werback at the Marcus Whitman Hotel in Walla Walla, July 12....
Story by Noe Gonzalez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 08.03.2023
Congress has invested $665,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to install new prefabricated staircases for the safety of maintenance workers who use the staircases to inspect the condition of Luck Peak Dam....
Story by Hannah Mitchell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 02.01.2022
Some fish live in freshwater streams and lakes. Other fish live in the ocean, in saltwater. Then there are salmon who do both. Salmon are anadromous, meaning they live part of their lives in freshwater and part in saltwater....
Story by John Sheppard | Naval Station Great Lakes | 11.06.2019
A seated volleyball tournament at Great Lakes Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s (MWR) Gym 4 on Nov. 6 gave 54 Sailors, mainly from Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes and Naval Station Great Lakes, insight into the lives of Sailors and Coastguardsmen who have been injured in the course of their military service....
