The Arkansas Insurance Department announced that members of the Arkansas Rural Risk Underwriting Association will be assessed $200 this year for the expense of mailing volunteer fire department renewal subscription notices. Under state statute ARRUA’s insurance industry members may be …
A small eastern Kentucky town that has no city commissioners, no volunteer fire department and two lawsuits on its hands is facing an uncertain future. Lawrence County Judge-Executive John Osborne said the city of Blaine is in disarray because so …
The rating for Louisiana’s Chackbay Volunteer Fire Department is in danger of being lowered but the chief says adjustments will be made to head off an increase in insurance costs for property owners. The Courier reports that during the department’s …
A West Virginia volunteer fire department is getting more than $459,000 in federal support. U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says the Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department is getting the funding through the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response grant …
A state auditor’s report has found $123,000 in questionable expenditures at a volunteer fire department in eastern Kentucky that included thousands in electronics purchases, a car, restaurant bills and gift cards. The Kentucky auditor’s office released the report on the …
A southern Indiana volunteer fire department has parked its new $287,000 firetruck as officials try to sort out whether the former township trustee properly handled its purchase. An attorney for Monroe County’s Benton Township says he can’t find any evidence …
A volunteer fire department of a tiny North Carolina town has a new shiny red fire truck – purchased for $1. The Woodland Volunteer Fire Department serves the community of 800 and was close to retiring one of its three …
A volunteer fire department in southeastern Kentucky says it will begin collecting fees from subscribers next week. Bell County Assistant Fire Chief David Miracle told the Middlesboro Daily News on Monday that the fee is voluntary and that no one …