Arkansas small businesses have three weeks left to apply for U. S. Small Business Administration loans because of the drought that began last July. The agency announced Monday that small, nonfarm businesses in 27 counties have until Aug. 11 to …
Officials say a man was electrocuted and another badly shocked during a construction accident at an Orange County, Calif., high school. County Fire Authority officials said Thursday that a construction crew was working on Mission Viejo High School’s athletic field …
Fire service calls have declined in Flint, Mich., in part because of a citywide effort to demolish abandoned houses, city officials said. The latest report by Emergency Manager Darnell Earley found a 58 percent decline in fire-related calls. The report …
RMS reports that on Friday, July 19 Super Typhoon Rammasun, one of the strongest to hit southeast China in recent years, made three landfalls in the provinces of Hainan, Guangdong, and Guangxi. Rammasun has significantly impacted the Philippines, southeast China …
Four years after a mountain goat fatally gored a hiker in Olympic National Park, officials are looking at ways to manage mountain goats to protect public safety and the environment. The National Park Service is evaluating different approaches, including capturing …
A trucking company wants the state appeals court to limit the Indiana Department of Transportation’s authority to sue over damage done to state highways. The challenge is in court as the highway agency is trying to collect more from those …
Germany’s soccer players raised the World Cup trophy a week ago in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium. Shortly afterward, they broke it. German national team players chipped off a “small piece” of the trophy during celebrations of their overtime victory …
They’re often the first ones on the scene of major emergencies, but their numbers appear to be dwindling nationwide. Volunteer firefighters help communities in ways both obvious (fighting fires) and overlooked (improving communities’ home insurance rates through ISO ratings). Yet …
Police in the southwest Missouri are investigating the theft of more than $100,000 in equipment from the Aurora Airport. Airport Operator Justin Richmond says the thieves made off with equipment such as GPS systems, radios, and transponders from 13 planes. …
Dallas, TX – July 23, 2014 – U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. (www.usrisk.com), the eighth largest managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler in the nation, announced that it has named Jonathan Hagan an Underwriter for the Dallas Commercial Underwriting …