The scourge of coal mine subsidence has struck again in the metro-east, this time causing damage to about 14 homes and forcing Belleville to condemn two of the houses until repairs are made to ensure the safety of the residents. -Read More-
Category: Illinois
Share Interior Announces More Than $170 Million in Conservation Funding for States and Tribes to Reclaim and Repurpose Abandoned Coal Mines
Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Lousiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Uncategorized, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation grants through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). A total of $170.9 million in grants will be provided this year for states and tribes to reclaim and repurpose abandoned coal lands. […]
Watch your step: Another ‘mine’ sinkhole pops up on east side of Du Quoin
Doug Hill got called out to Smith Avenue last Wednesday night, when Du Quoin police saw a suspicious dip in the pavement. Hill, Du Quoin’s streets superintendent, knew a sinkhole when he saw one. He left and quickly returned with a laborer and a backhoe. -Read More-
Walls cracking, pavement buckling at Wolf Branch Middle School
SWANSEA, Ill. – The Wolf Branch School District 113 held an emergency board meeting Monday night to try and address the problem of wall cracks, as well as buckling tile and pavement at Wolf Branch Middle School in Swansea. -Read More-
Wolf Branch hires architect to help fix sinking school — or build a new one
An architectural firm that will soon be helping Swansea’s Wolf Branch District 113 has experience building a new school for a Belleville district after its old one was damaged by mine subsidence. -Read More-