Officials: Devastating 2021 Colorado Blaze Caused by Smoldering Fire Outside Home and Power Lines June 9, 2023 By Jesse Bedayn and Colleen Slevin DENVER (AP) – Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line... Read More
Hawaiian Volcano Erupting Again After 3-Month Pause June 8, 2023 HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea, the second largest volcano in Hawaii, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, U.S. Geological... Read More
California Insurance Market Rattled by Withdrawal of Major Companies June 7, 2023 By Michael R. Blood LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two insurance industry giants have pulled back from California’s home insurance marketplace, saying that increasing wildfire... Read More
Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against California Energy Company in 2020 Fatal Wildfire June 2, 2023 REDDING, Calif. (AP) – A California judge on Wednesday dismissed all charges against Pacific Gas & Electric in connection to... Read More
Leaky Nevada Irrigation Canal Prompts Litigation over Water Rights June 1, 2023 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. (AP) — Water conflicts are nothing new to the arid West, where myriad users long have vied for... Read More
California Overtime Law Threatens Use of Grazing Goats to Prevent Wildfires May 31, 2023 By Terry Chea WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to... Read More
Increasing Cost of Claims Drives State Farm Out of Calif. Property Market May 30, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff An insurer group was quick to respond over the weekend after State Farm announced it will cease accepting new applications... Read More
Judge Says Fire Retardant Polluting Streams but Allows Use to Continue May 30, 2023 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding... Read More
Man Gets Stuck Waist-Deep in Alaska Mud Flats, Drowns as Tide Comes in May 24, 2023 By Mark Thiessen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got... Read More
Family of Colo. Man Killed by Police Gets $19 Million Settlement May 24, 2023 By Jesse Bedayn and Colleen Slevin DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while suffering a mental health... Read More