The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says its 10-year, $430 million McAlpine Lock replacement project is complete.The Corps recently opened the second of two new 12-hundred foot locks on the Ohio River near downtownLouisville.Officials say the improvements will allow the heavy commercial traffic on the Ohio to move through the locks more efficiently.The visitors area of the McAlpine Locks and Dam was closed as work was completed but is scheduled to reopen next month.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.
