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Newport site reaffirmed for NOAA center
The project to build a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration center in Newport has survived its latest challenge. NOAA determined there was no practicable alternative to Newport for siting the new Marine Operations Center-Pacific, which will host the Pacific Fleet.
Another big marine facility for Newport?
After a boost from the Oregon Legislature, another big project might become neighbors with NOAA's Marine Operations Center in Newport - Oregon State University's Marine Mammal and Marine Genomics Building.
Newport NOAA center included in federal budget
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has not backed away from its decision to move the Pacific fleet from Seattle to Newport. Work continues on the new Marine Operations Center-Pacific. NOAA spokesman David Hall denied rumors that the federal budget for fiscal year 2011 had omitted money for the project until an analysis of the decision to award the project to the Port of Newport [...]
NOAA re-evaluates Newport lease
In a formal response to the Government Accountability Office, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will assess whether there is a "practicable alternative" to awarding a long-term lease for its operations center to the Port of Newport.
NOAA forges ahead to Newport
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is moving ahead with plans to build a new operations center in Newport despite a sea of objections from Washington state.
Short list released for NOAA marine center construction
An original pool of 11 firms interested in handling construction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration’s new marine center in Newport has been trimmed down to four companies. Making […]
Everybody turns out for port party
The excitement in Newport, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration picked as the new home for its Marine Operations Center-Pacific, has spread to the state鈥檚 building community. A pre-proposal meeting last week drew more than 30 firms, including some of Oregon鈥檚 biggest builders. Nearly all of the 65 names on the Port of Newport鈥檚 sign-in sheet came from Oregon or Southwest[...]
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