tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11710728.post-72290026543275821432008-04-09T10:29:00.002-05:002008-04-09T10:36:09.853-05:00Border Patrol to use Grand Marais Coast Guard Station<!-- extra links --> <!-- start main content --> <div class="home"> <div class="node"> <div class="info"><span style="font-style: italic;">Submitted by Cook Country News Herald 04/09/2008- </span><br /><br />The Border Patrol will use space in the Coast Guard Station as well as its present building on Highway 61 instead of building a new facility in Grand Marais as originally planned.</div> <div class="content"><p>The announcement was made on Tuesday.</p><p> The General Services Administration canceled its solicitation for offers for building a new facility in Grand Marais on Monday, according to a GSA spokesperson.<br />And Shelbe Benson, U.S. Border Patrol, Grand Forks Section Headquarters, wrote in an e-mail: "Border Patrol is not actively seeking a new facility at this time." Instead, it will use both buildings.</p><p> The Border Patrol in International Falls has also moved into a satellite facility and will be retaining its primary facility, she said. Although, she added, “The Border Patrol is working on the logistics of a new facility for International Falls, and the logistics of the Duluth Border Patrol facility is still being worked out."</p> </div> </div> <!-- end main content --> </div> <!-- extra links below news instead of above --> <table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="bottom-left" width="50%"> <br /></td> <td class="bottom-right" width="50%"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr> </tr></tbody></table>Gunflintnoreply@blogger.com