The Coast Guard will host a southeast Alaska petroleum spill exercise Wednesday at the Ted Ferry Civic Center in Ketchikan. The exercise will be a tabletop oil spill response based on a scenario of a vessel collision near Sitka. The …
A court in southwestern France on Monday convicted a factory chief and a subsidiary of oil giant Total of manslaughter for an explosion at a chemical plant in 2001 that killed 31 people. The appeals court overturned earlier acquittals, 11 …
Lafayette Consolidated Government has paid $70,000 to a man who challenged the constitutionality of the city-parish’s junked vehicle ordinance in a 2007 lawsuit. That’s according to the settlement agreement. The settlement between the Louisiana city-parish and George Phillips Jr. was …
The aftermath of Hurricane Isaac has left many folks wondering how long waters and lands, and the mix of water and land that is south Louisiana, will take to recover. Maybe longer than anyone wants – or knows. Saturday’s visit …
The death of a Missouri Department of Transportation motorist-assist worker last week is a sad illustration of why a new state law was enacted to protect emergency responders and highway workers who work within feet of speeding traffic, state transportation …
Firefighters raced the winds Monday morning to contain Southern California wildfires that destroyed 20 homes and threatened several hundred more in rural areas. Winds gusting to 25 mph were expected in the afternoon in southeastern San Diego County, where a …
A judge has ordered a man convicted of an assault outside a Mitchell, S.D., bar last September to reveal whether he had insurance at the time of the attack. The Daily Republic of Mitchell reports that 35-year-old William Watkins was …
A new study concludes that firefighters aren’t capable of responding to calls within nationally recommended time frames in certain parts of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. The Albuquerque Journal reports that the study completed this month by the International Association of …
The General Services Department says low levels of asbestos have been found in a New Mexico government office building that’s scheduled for an $18 million renovation. The agency said the asbestos was in glue fastening latillas to ceilings and walls …
Georgia passed a first-of-its-kind food testing law in 2009 after a deadly salmonella outbreak was traced to a peanut manufacturer here. But a report has raised questions about whether Georgia manufacturers follow the law. Auditors accompanied state food inspectors on …