The Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility let a $7-million contract last year to install 4,200 linear feet of high-capacity 48-inch-diameter steel spiral water main pipe, in 40-foot joint lengths.

When a lawn gets very wet on rainy days or during a snow melt in early spring, you need to use the same engineering technology used for years to collect rainwater from roofs -- a gutter and downspout ...

I was up before sunrise on that Tuesday morning. The house was dark. A cup of instant coffee slowly turned inside the glowing microwave. I stared at my reflection in the window over the sink, when ...