The Army Corps of Engineers is sending in generators to help get power to storm-ravaged areas, and teams to start clearing debris and begin building temporary roofs.
The company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline is seeking a federal court's permission to lay pipe under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota and finish the four-state project.
President Obama says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining whether the Dakota Access oil pipeline can be rerouted in southern North Dakota to alleviate the concerns of American Indians.
A decades-old legal battle over the environmental impacts of a major road bypass project under construction in Reno is back before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Construction of phase two of the Southeast Connector could begin within weeks, after the army corps of engineers issued the final permit to the Regional Transportation Commission.