The city of Laurel, Miss., has agreed to pay nearly half the cost of a more than $9 million emergency radio system. The Chronicle reports that the city council agreed to the amount this past week. Mayor Melvin Mack and …
A historical society on the North Dakota State Fairgrounds has sustained at least $2.5 million in damage from this year’s Minot flooding. Site Director Rev. David Jones tells the Minot Daily News that historical documents dating back Ward County’s first …
More than a dozen ships heaved inland by Japan’s tsunami in March sit with red bellies and propellers exposed among the demolished houses of this once-bustling fishing town, a jarring daily reminder of the ocean’s awesome power. The enormous task …