Emergency stream repairs will be done in an area of McDowell County, W.Va., hit by severe flooding. Flash flooding damaged roads, bridges and homes in the Bull Creek area of western McDowell County in early June. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin …
A new state audit has made recommendations to improve accountability and efficiency in the workers’ compensation system. State Auditor Suzanne Bump said Thursday that her office’s review found that the Department of Industrial Accidents, which oversees the system, does not …
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The National Weather Service says a small tornado briefly touched down in southeastern Michigan, causing some property damage but no injuries. Meteorologist Bryan Tilley tells The Detroit News that the funnel cloud with winds reaching 75 miles per hour touched …
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry says a former volunteer firefighter from Longville has been sentenced to five years at hard labor for setting wildfires in woods near his home town. Court documents show that Brandon Lee Harris was …
Virginia is receiving nearly $269,000 in health and safety training grants from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. The funding is part of $8.3 million in grants for 47 states and the Navajo Nation in fiscal …
An important highway in northeast Arkansas could stay closed into next week as crews clean up the wreckage left from a head-on train collision, a highway official said Wednesday. Two railroad workers were killed and two others were injured when …
Colorado will begin a new strategy for fighting wildfires in the coming weeks, deploying aircraft designed to pinpoint the location of blazes quicker after the first sighting of smoke with the aim of beginning suppression efforts faster. The state is …
A Spartanburg, S.C., woman’s family has been awarded $2 million in damages for her death five years ago. A jury this week found in favor of the family of Janice G. Easler, the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported. The family sued …
Atlantic City, N.J., police officers have started wearing body cameras. About five officers a shift will be equipped with the devices, which record video and audio after an officer activates the device. The video is uploaded after the officer’s shift …