Two Oregon Firms Sue Pipeline Company Over 2016 Explosion December 13, 2019 Two businesses whose Northwest Portland, Ore. storefronts were destroyed by a 2016 gas explosion have filed new lawsuits against the...
Alaska Getting $36M Federal Grant for Earthquake Recovery December 12, 2019 A federal agency awarded Alaska a $35.8 million federal grant to support earthquake disaster recovery efforts, officials said. The Department...
Firefighter Overtime Surges 65% in California, Report Shows December 10, 2019 Following an unprecedented series of wildfires across California, overtime costs for firefighters surged by 65% over the past decade, pushing...
Officials Say Regulation Standards Factor in Alaska Quake Damage December 6, 2019 Assessments following Alaska’s enormous 2018 earthquake showed building damage was worse outside Anchorage’s safety area because of reduced regulation, municipal...
Aid Request for 6 South Dakota Counties Rejected by FEMA December 2, 2019 South Dakota has lost an appeal for federal funding to rebuild from tornadoes and floods that hit six counties in...
Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake Confirmed on Southern Oregon Coast December 2, 2019 A small earthquake hit Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast, shaking the small community. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed...
Government Assistance After Alaska Quake Could Top $400M December 2, 2019 Alaska officials estimate state and federal assistance following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that rocked parts of south-central Alaska last year...
Winds in the Sierras Reach 94 Mph Ahead of Big Snow Storm November 27, 2019 By Scott Sonner Dangerous winds in the Sierra toppled a semi-trailer truck, downed power lines and closed a stretch of highway in Southern...
Wildfire Crisis is Roiling California’s Insurance Market November 27, 2019 By Katherine Chiglinsky, Prashant Gopal and Noah Buhayar Lauris Bye, a homebuilding industry veteran who moved to Southern California’s wildfire-prone hills decades ago, felt confident about the newly...
Moderate Earthquake Confirmed off Alaska’s Andreanof Islands Region November 25, 2019 The Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed an earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands region. The center says the magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck...