California Drought Deepens as Wet Season is Anything but April 4, 2022 By Kathleen Ronayne SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and... Read More
Retired Cop Gets 3 Years for Work Comp Premium and Payroll Fraud April 1, 2022 A retired San Jose Police officer was sentenced to three years in jail for cheating insurers and exploiting workers for... Read More
Prosecutor: Driver Who Killed 4 Homeless People Was Drunk March 30, 2022 By Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The man who allegedly drove into a homeless encampment in Salem, Oregon, killing four people, had... Read More
Fire at ExxonMobil Refinery in Montana Under Investigation March 29, 2022 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The cause of an explosion and fire at an ExxonMobil refinery in southern Montana is under... Read More
Exchange: Arizona Poised to Buckle Down on Abandoned Mines March 28, 2022 By Ray Stern PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has thousands of abandoned mines _ and only two state workers whose job it is to... Read More
Jury Awards $14M to George Floyd Protesters in Denver March 28, 2022 By Colleen Slevin DENVER (AP) _ Jurors on Friday found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, during demonstrations over... Read More
Colorado Wildfire Forces Evacuation Orders for 19,000 People March 28, 2022 BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire south of Boulder that forced nearly 20,000 people to flee was listed at 21%... Read More
Viewpoint: Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Work Comp Subrogation March 28, 2022 By Ryan L. Woody Workers’ compensation carriers doing business in Hawaii held their collective breathe for 2021 waiting on the Supreme Court to decide... Read More
EPA Moves to End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad March 25, 2022 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in... Read More
Autopsy: Cocaine, PCP Found in Driver in Wreck That Killed 9 March 23, 2022 By Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 59-year-old motorist had cocaine and PCP in his system when his car accelerated into a... Read More