Lawmakers from California Want U.S. Departments to Be Year-Round Wildfire Agencies March 31, 2021 California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives are asking the Agriculture and Interior departments to transition their agencies to a...
Caesars in Nevada Puts Pandemic Losses At $2B, Wants Insurers to Pay March 29, 2021 By Ken Ritter Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc. is putting its losses because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 at more than $2...
Disaster Loans Available for Drought Losses in Arizona Counties March 16, 2021 The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that small non-farm businesses in all 15 counties in Arizona may apply for...
Arizona City Struggling to Emerge from Cyberattack March 9, 2021 Kingman officials say municipal employees aided by Arizona National Guard technology personnel this week continued working to unravel a cyberattack...
Northwest Alaska City Declares Disaster Following Power Outage February 23, 2021 A small northwest Alaska city of about 900 people has declared a disaster after suffering a power outage that shut...
Los Angeles Marked 50th Anniversary of 1971 Quake February 11, 2021 A disastrous earthquake that struck Los Angeles a half-century ago is being remembered for spawning improvements in seismic safety and...
Fire Official Says Arcing Power Lines Caused Big Nevada Brush Fire January 21, 2021 By Scott Sonner Satellite imagery and surveillance video from a casino roof 5 miles away helped pinpoint arcing power lines in gale force...
RMS Estimates that Total Insured Losses from the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires Will Be Between US$7bn – US$13bn December 17, 2020 By Newswire Latest RMS estimate includes loss from new fires that started and spread following the previous RMS loss estimate in September...
Northwest Windstorm Kills 1, Thousands Lose Power October 15, 2020 One person died after a tree fell on them and thousands of people in western Washington were without power as...
Mechanical Problems Likely Caused Massive Washington Industrial Plant Fire October 14, 2020 Mechanical problems at a Tacoma, Wash. industrial plant are the likely cause for a fire that triggered explosions and spewed...