KC COVID Relief Money Went for Sniper Rifles, Vaccines
(TNS) - Local governments in the Kansas City area have spent millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief funds in recent months in a variety...
How California Kids Learn to Cope With Wildfire Trauma
(TNS) - Maia and Mia Bravo stepped outside their house on a bright summer day and sensed danger.A hint of smoke from burning wood wafted...
When Fire Is Too Fast to Escape
(TNS) - The sound of exploding propane tanks filled Avery Canyon on Monday afternoon as flames from the Fairview fire gnawed at a grassy ridge...
Fire Department Uses Steel Donation to Build Training Towers
(TNS) - A donation of steel to the Clinton Fire Department will give firefighters the opportunity to practice high-angle, rope-rescue training at its training grounds.The...
How One Calif. University of Preparing for Monkeypox
(TNS) - Parents peppered student health services leaders at UC Davis with questions about how the university would manage the spread of COVID-19 as their...
California Blackouts Possible Amid Stage 2 Heat Alert
(TNS) - Struggling to stave off rolling blackouts Labor Day evening, managers of California’s beleaguered power grid declared an energy emergency alert Monday and warned...
How to Save S.C.’s Precious Beaches From Hurricanes
(TNS) - The last time a hurricane reached the Grand Strand, it obliterated North Myrtle Beach’s sand dunes and ripped the Cherry Grove Pier in...
Joplin, Jasper County Emergency Manager to Retire Nov. 1
(TNS) - The veteran emergency manager for Joplin and Jasper County will retire Nov. 1, the city announced this week.Keith Stammer began his career with...
Flood Mitigation Project: When Government Truly Works
(TNS) - As construction trucks rumbled by and local politicians streamed into the Knollwood subdivision in unincorporated Fox Lake on Tuesday, Donna Ortegel , Kristi...
Bay Area Health Officials Warn Public About Extreme Heat
(TNS) - Bay Area health officials sounded the alarm Friday over the heat wave approaching the Bay Area for Labor Day weekend, warning residents that...