Agriculture Workers Risk Safety and Health During Pandemic September 28, 2020 States such as Virginia, Oregon and Washington have created their own enforceable rules to control, prevent and mitigate the spread... Read More
West News Power Company Plans Series Of Shutoffs To Prevent Wildfires September 28, 2020 LOS ANGELES — One of California’s largest power companies announced Saturday it plans to temporarily shut off power to residents... Read More
West News Residents Debate Mountain Living Amid Wildfire Concerns September 28, 2020 RED FEATHER LAKES, Colo. — Amanda Harmon spent years dreaming of living in Colorado’s mountains. And she worked for it,... Read More
Thought Leadership Why Medical Record Review Shouldn’t Restart When New Records Arrive Presented by SiftMed New medical records can come in months or years after a claim opens, so a summary that was written in...
Hacked Software Provider Acknowledges Ransomware Attack September 28, 2020 DALLAS — A major U.S. provider of software services to state and local governments acknowledged Friday that it was hit... Read More
West News California Braces for Power Shutoffs and Warm, Windy Weekend September 28, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters and officials at California’s largest utility company braced for hot, dry and windy weather in northern... Read More
Plaintiffs Win One and Lose One in COVID-19 Business-Interruption Legal Fight September 28, 2020 A federal judge in Florida last week denied an insurer’s petition to dismiss a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit, while a federal... Read More
West News Masks Are Coveted Items With Covid and Smoke Sweeping West Coast September 25, 2020 Lindsey Major, wracked with asthma, crisscrossed Seattle in search of an N95 mask as wildfire smoke blanketed the West Coast.... Read More
Lawyers Eye Neo-Nazi Website Founder’s Assets for $14M Award September 25, 2020 Attorneys for a Montana real estate agent are eyeing the assets of a neo-Nazi website operator to collect a $14... Read More
International News Owner of Fire-Stricken Ship to Pay $1.8M for Sri Lankan Help September 25, 2020 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The owner of a large oil tanker that caught fire off Sri Lanka’s coast has agreed... Read More
West News Wildfires Taint West Coast Vineyards With Taste of Smoke September 25, 2020 TURNER, Ore. — Smoke from the West Coast wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine... Read More