ALAMOSA, Colo. (CN) — A Colorado man charged a second time with the murder of his wife, who disappeared on Mother’s Day in ...

Wells Fargo Bank removed and stored the 1958 mural depicting the 1540s Coronado expedition. Now the Pima County library is ...

Members of the WPA Building Task Force in Viroqua, Wis., participate in a mortar removal ceremony, Thursday, May 22, 2025. The bathhouse will be renovated into the Viroqua Welcome Center.

The Works Progress Administration, commonly abbreviated to WPA, was formed on May 6, 1935. The agency was tasked with completing public works projects while providing employment for Americans ...

The WPA gym, which was a Works Progress Administration project from 1940, has not been used in decades and needs major repairs. Parker said the roof has fallen in and has been sitting there “as ...

In the 1930s, the anti-arts focus centered around cutting funding for the WPA’s Federal Theatre Program. By June 1939, it was the first and only WPA project whose funding was eliminated.

The Works Progress Administration — later the Works Projects Administration — was started in 1936 by the federal government to create jobs for more than 8 million people who could not find work.

In 1935-36, the building underwent repairs and a face lift as a WPA project. There is a plaque on the front facade that says: “Improved by Works Progress Administration 1935-1936.” ...

In 1935-36, the building underwent repairs and a face lift as a WPA project. There is a plaque on the front facade that says: “Improved by Works Progress Administration 1935-1936.” ...

Oct. 27—ROCHESTER — Olmsted County commissioners are pondering demolition of one Work Projects Administration structure at Graham Park while restoring another. Olmsted County commissioners ...

WPA projects in Linn County ranged from employing teachers through the Emergency Education Program to creating farm-to-market roads, repairing city streets and sewing clothes for relief recipients.

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