A $406,000 federal grant will help Texas fund temporary jobs as cleanup and recovery efforts continue from devastating 2011 wildfires. The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday announced the latest National Emergency Grant that pushes the Texas total to more …
A Central Texas man faces up to five years in prison for wrongly accepting more than $30,000 in federal help after 2011 wildfires burned a home he owned. Prosecutors in Austin say 53-year-old Manuel Hernandez of Paige falsely said the …
The government has started providing trailers to families needing housing after their homes burned during Central Texas wildfires. The first temporary housing units arrived this week in Bastrop County, courtesy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA spokesman Ray Perez …
A lawyer for three victims of this month’s Bastrop County wildfire is suing an electric utility whose fallen power lines officials say likely started one of the most destructive wildfires in recent Texas history. Attorney William Rossick filed the suit …
Brandon Bunker knew there would be nothing left. He knew from videos he had seen online that the home he and his wife shared with his father was a total loss and that his Jeep Grand Cherokee had been reduced …
A Bastrop, La., resident has filed a lawsuit against the Bastrop Police Department accusing it of failing to adequately perform its duties in his neighborhood. The lawsuit was filed by attorney Jack Wright Jr. for resident James Murphy against the …