An Oregon construction company has been fined nearly $73,000 for repeatedly not protecting its employees from falls. The fine comes after the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Division cited Woodburn-based Bravo’s Construction Services for the seventh time for lack of …
A sudden change in the weather means real money for Paul Falavolito. When a snowstorm rolls in, the chief of a small, non-profit ambulance service in White Oak, Pa., has to keep paramedics in ambulance bays longer. If there’s a …
Snow-covered sidewalks in Ann Arbor are proving costly for property owners who allow the snow to pile up. City community standards officers have handed out 438 notices and ticketed 44 home and business owners for not shoveling snow from sidewalks …
Otis, a 3-year-old black lab, tugs at the leash held by his trainer, Jeff Sells. The dog’s quick, excited breaths are visible during the early morning training exercise at an abandoned four-story building in Coeur d’Alene. “You ready to go?” …
The state appeals court says contractors don’t have to pay a southern Indiana county part of the cost of repairing its historic courthouse following a 2009 fire. The court last week upheld a lower court ruling against Jefferson County in …
Vermont has its first certified pediatrician trained in recognizing child abuse. Dr. Karyn Patno is a pediatrician at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury. She has set up two ChildSafe clinics that provide specialty child abuse care in Vermont. …
Thieves have stolen the wheels from 22 new cars and trucks at a Southeast Texas dealership and left the vehicles on unsteady wooden blocks. Texas City police are investigating the theft of 88 wheels, including tires, from DeMontrond Chevrolet. The …
North Carolina’s environmental agency said Sunday it wrongly declared all test results for the arsenic levels in the Dan River as safe for people after a massive coal ash spill. A water sample taken Monday, two days after the spill …
Georgia Emergency Management Agency officials say they had access to an alert system that could have warned drivers and others of an approaching winter storm on Jan. 28, but weren’t able to use it. GEMA spokesman Ken Davis told the …
Floods and storms pounding the U.K. may cost the insurance industry at least 500 million pounds ($822 million), a figure that may double if the weather conditions persist, according to a partner at Deloitte LLP. The storms may also drive …