West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is seeking federal help for businesses hurt by a fire that destroyed the Milton, W. Va. Flea Market. The governor’s office said Sept. 18 that Manchin requested a disaster declaration from the U.S. Small Business …
South Carolina authorities said a teenager admitted setting two fires in four days that gutted a historic courthouse and a nearby prosecutor’s office, leaving residents on edge. Martavious Carter, 17, faces arson charges for the fires in early August. The …
The 10 tropical storms and hurricanes that ripped through the Atlantic and Caribbean during this busy hurricane season savaged Haiti, Cuba and the U.S. Gulf coast, and conditions are now ripe for more. Residents of the Atlantic-Caribbean danger zone should …
Some Wyoming lawmakers say it’s time to increase many of the benefits given to injured workers under the state’s workers’ compensation program. The Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee recently discussed revamping the system and tried calculating how much …
Downtown Providence was flooded and neighborhoods were destroyed. A group of school children who drowned after their bus was swept off the road were among the hundreds killed. It’s been 70 years since a catastrophic hurricane sped up the eastern …
Credit rating agencies, criticized for moving too slowly in cutting ratings on Wall Street firms and the complex instruments they devised, are now accused of acting too quickly. As the credit crisis enters a new phase, the pendulum has swung …
Texas’ top agriculture official has asked his federal counterparts for money to help Southeast Texas ranchers and farmers deal with the long-term needs created by Hurricane Ike. No dollar amount was specified but it will be in the “millions,” said …
Twenty-five Louisiana parishes are now able to get federal aid to rebuild their buildings and facilities damaged by Hurricane Gustav. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its Gustav disaster declaration in Louisiana for those parishes from just reimbursement of …
The Kentucky Department of Insurance continues to assess insurance company response to the devastating Sept. 14 windstorms. The storms caused widespread damage, according to reports that insurers submitted to DOI, but company representatives were on the ground quickly to begin …
A Texas consumer group took issue with the state-chartered windstorm insurance association over its refusal to pay coastal residents for storm surge damage in Hurricane Ike. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association says it only intends to pay Gulf Coast policyholders …