Despite labor and cost pressures, Minnesota’s construction industry delivered major projects in 2025, from transit lines to ...

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31) from Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) in Marinette, Wisconsin, November 26. All good things come to an end, and sometimes the ...

We love spotlighting the country’s top restaurants, but America’s best dive bars offer something equally appealing – dim lights, cheap drinks and a fiercely protected sense of place that can feel like ...

The Leon County School Board elected new leadership on Nov. 18 and revived a contentious discussion on if it's time to consolidate schools. Here's what happened.

The Independence-class LCS has been re-adapted for use as a minesweeper, although there are concerns that its aluminum hull might not be ideally suited for that purpose. Delivery of LCS-38 marked the ...

February 26, 2025: Last year the U.S. Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly discard its remaining LCS Littoral Combat Ships and instead upgrade many of them. The only combat an LCS has seen was ...

Designed to serve the Navy as a cheaper member of the DD(X) family of ships, the LCS class was initially meant to fulfill the requirement for small, fast, and maneuverable vessels. Under the LCS ...

USS Canberra deployed to Bahrain to conduct counter-mine operations. (Chris Sattler) Littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrived at Naval Support Activity Bahrain on 22 May – the first ...

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra arrived at the U.S. naval base in Bahrain last week, the first of four new vessels expected to replace aging mine countermeasures ships in the Middle East, ...

The oft-maligned Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, may have found its true calling: chasing down smugglers. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant LCS, recently stopped two suspected drug smuggling ...