Oregon’s emergency management agency may not be well equipped to recover from a major disaster because of a history of leadership problems and an incomplete plan to handle emergencies, according to an audit released Monday by the Secretary of State’s …
Colorado lawmakers plan to address the state’s flood recovery efforts and discuss whether there’s a need for legislation in the disaster’s aftermath. Legislative leaders announced Friday they would convene a bipartisan panel of 12 lawmakers that will begin meeting soon. …
Recommendations aimed at ensuring that exotic, potentially dangerous animals don’t escape their enclosures and endanger Virginia residents are headed to Gov. Bob McDonnell. The proposals are contained in a report finalized this week by a divergent group of state officials, …
More than 10,000 people dead, hundreds of thousands injured, nearly one million buildings destroyed, millions forced to evacuate and a fifth of Japan’s economy wiped out. That’s the scenario forecast if a huge magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Japan’s capital of …