Louisa County officials say it could cost up to $60 million to replace a high school and an elementary school damaged by last week’s earthquake. Officials told a joint meeting of the School Board and county Board of Supervisors on …
A former volunteer firefighter in North Texas has been accused of arson. Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford says 21-year-old Patrick David Pantuso has admitted setting seven grass fires in the area during August. The Arlington man was arrested after a …
Gov. Robert Bentley has chosen the president and CEO of Protective Life Corp., Johnny Johns, and the publisher of The Birmingham News, Pam Siddall, to lead his Tornado Recovery Action Council. Bentley announced the creation of the council Monday in …
Some federal money pledged to tornado-ravaged Joplin and other disaster sites is being diverted to help victims of Hurricane Irene. Bob Josephson of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday that FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund is running low. He says …
The Gulf Coast is marking the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with commemorations to honor those killed during the catastrophic storm that left New Orleans and dozens of coastal towns in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana devastated. Monday marked the passage …
A typhoon that flooded homes, roads and farmland in Taiwan with more than 20 inches (half a meter) of rain left the island Monday and headed to southeastern China. Typhoon Nanmadol stayed over Taiwan for only a few hours and …
Insurance companies striving to control litigation costs should always review how well their outside attorneys perform and not just how much they charge, according to experts. Though billing is easy to measure, it may not accurately reflect the true cost …
Washington’s never-ending budget battle threatened to snarl the recovery from Hurricane Irene as a top Republican said Monday that any federal aid will have to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. “Yes there’s a federal role, yes we’re going to …
Vermont residents surveyed washed out roads, swept-away bridges and destroyed homes and businesses Monday after a weakened Hurricane Irene brought the state’s worst flooding in 80 years. Three people were killed in flooding kicked off by the storm’s heavy rains …
Individual Alaskans are not prepared for a disaster, Gov. Sean Parnell said Wednesday in urging residents to have enough food and water on hand to sustain themselves for up to a week. Parnell, who has made disaster readiness a priority …