Oregon legislators approved a bill that directs owners and operators of bulk oil and liquid fuel terminals across the state to prove they can pay for emergency response, cleanup and damage recovery in ...

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It’s often that way with the sprawling, messy business of disaster cleanup. In the aftermath of hurricanes, wildfires, and the like, a nesting doll of contractors and subcontractors, officials at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on the morning of August 29, 2005, devastating the Mississippi coast and flooding ...

HOUSTON — After months of growing piles of heavy trash lining streets across Houston, city officials have launched a new cleanup effort using leftover disaster funds and an outside contractor, Mayor ...

The Homeland Security secretary and others warn that consultants are slowing recovery projects potentially to “maximize billable hours.” Consultants that help states navigate the complex process of ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and the state Senate were able to reach a compromise on increased disaster aid in the wake of a tornado that touched down last month in St. Louis. The boost to state level aid ...

COHASSET — On the second day of the Park Fire, the community of Cohasset experienced a loss still felt by residents today. In the surviving area of Cohasset known as the “green emerald,” residents ...

A lawsuit alleging that disaster-recovery workers were put in unsafe, overcrowded conditions during early pandemic cleanup work in mid-Michigan has been resolved through a confidential settlement, the ...

Economic, governmental, environmental, and community interests often end up just as tangled as debris in the wake of a storm. Margie Huggins has spent her retirement tending her parents’ farm in ...