BP has fueled resurgence in Whitiing

BP's Whiting Refinery expansion has pumped billions of dollars in the economy, boosting its Whiting's economic prospects.

BP project wind-down will involve big layoffs

The $3.8 billion BP Whiting refinery project is on schedule to wrap up in the second half of this year, with attendant layoffs of construction workers expected to affect employment in that sector.

BP

An aerial view of BP's Whiting Refinery is shown. BP revealed Tuesday that it made a net profit of $5.5 billion in the third quarter, more than offsetting the $1.34 billion loss reported in the previous three months when the company wrote down the value of some assets. It was also 5 percent …

Replacement work continues at Whiting Refinery

Work is under way at the BP Whiting Refinery to finish the process of replacing the largest of three crude distillation units as part of the facility's modernization project.

ArcelorMittal East Chicago

ArcelorMittal's East Chicago facility is shown next to the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. In East Chicago, the steelmaking company placed 155 hourly employees at Indiana Harbor Long Carbon on a 32-hour work schedule, said ArcelorMittal spokeswoman Mary Beth Holdford. All of the employees hav…

ArcelorMittal in East Chicago

ArcelorMittal;s East Chicago facility is shown in September.

ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor

Locally, ArcelorMittal operates integrated steel mills in East Chicago and Burns Harbor, shown here; a global research and development facility in East Chicago; a hot strip mill in Riverdale; a plate mill in Gary; and processing and finishing joint venture facilities in New Carlisle.

U.S. steel production

ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor facility is shown. Production of raw steel in the United States is expected to rise about 3 percent in 2012 from a year earlier, according to early estimates from the American Iron and Steel Institute.

Gary Airport

Edmon Lighthall, director of marketplace development for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce said Gary should be working with communities through Chicago and Milwaukee to incubate technology businesses and leverage core assets and unique infrastructure, such as the Gary/Chicago International…

2 Great Lakes hit lowest water level on record

A file photo shows the Lake Michigan shoreline along Marquette Park in Gary in September 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday that Lake Michigan and Lake Huron have reached the lowest water levels since record keeping began in 1918.

Don't send taxes downstate until free Cline bridge is built

Northwest Indiana has given downstate so many dollars in taxes, and in response Cline Avenue won't be built without NWI paying more taxes in tolls.

Demolition work continues on the Cline Ave. bridge in East Chicago

Demolition work continues on the Cline Avenue Bridge in East Chicago. Despite a May announcement of a deal to build a new Cline Avenue Bridge, documents obtained by The Times show the state has yet to conclude a critical land-swap agreement with the bridge's private developer.

Demolition work continues on the Cline Ave. bridge in East Chicago.

Demolition work continues on the Cline Avenue Bridge in East Chicago. Despite a May announcement of a deal to build a new Cline Avenue Bridge, documents obtained by The Times show the state has yet to conclude a critical land-swap agreement with the bridge's private developer.

Demolition work continues on the Cline Ave. bridge in East Chicago.

Demolition work continues on the Cline Avenue Bridge in East Chicago. Despite a May announcement of a deal to build a new bridge, documents obtained by The Times show the state has yet to conclude a critical land-swap agreement with the bridge's private developer.

ArcelorMittal speaks out on Cline Avenue

Trucks use Dickey Road to pass under the closed portion of Cline Avenue in East Chicago in April 2011. Steelmaker ArcelorMittal issued a statement calling for the Indiana Department of Transportation to build new on- and off-ramps for Cline Avenue at Dickey Road.

Quit stalling and build a free Cline Avenue bridge

So Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wants to turn Cline Avenue into a toll road. If I remember right, we all pay gas taxes to build and maintain our roads and bridges. But he's a Republican who does not want to create jobs to help the unemployed of Indiana.

East Chicago addressing long-standing challenges

Ameristar Casino near Cline Avenue has been a tourist destination in East Chicago as gaming dollars help fuel the city's economy and local government services.

Ameristar Casino

Although all five Northwest Indiana casinos fared better in March than in February, the trend remains one of declines compared with March 2012, according to revenue figures released Tuesday by the Indiana Gaming Commission. Only Hammond’s Horseshoe Casino beat the year-to-year figures, gaini…

Times POY 2011 - Barn Fire

A barn near Cline Avenue south of Rohrman Road burns in Schererville, July 7. Police and firefighters assisted rescuing all 40 horses from the four-alarm fire which caused $1 million in damage.

Cline Avenue Bridge

A proposal to build a private toll bridge to replace the condemned Cline Avenue Bridge is getting careful consideration by the state and "the parties are close" to a deal, according to Gov. Mitch Daniels.