Kansas officials say President Barack Obama has issued a federal disaster declaration for 46 counties hit by severe storms, high winds, tornadoes and floods from July 22 to Aug. 22. Tuesday’s declaration allows the counties to apply for federal aid …
Two women have been sentenced in separate cases for lying about their primary residences to receive federal disaster aid after tornados and heavy flooding hit Mississippi in 2011. A federal judge in Oxford ordered Tamya H. Jones to serve 12 …
Oklahoma and the city of Moore will receive nearly $37 million in federal aid to help recover from the tornadoes and storms that killed dozens of people and caused damage estimated at more than $1 billion this spring, U.S. Housing …
A sentencing hearing is Monday for a woman who pleaded guilty to lying about her primary residence to receive federal disaster aid after tornados hit Mississippi in April 2011. Tamya H. Jones and Jevon O. Thomas were indicted last May …
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday he expects the state of Connecticut will soon begin collecting applications for federal financial assistance from homeowners and small business affected by last year’s Superstorm Sandy. Appearing with Department of Housing and Urban Development …
More than $367 million in federal assistance has been approved to help Connecticut with disaster expenses related to Superstorm Sandy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday as other officials highlighted recovery needs along the shoreline. The funding is for short-term …
Court records say a woman has pleaded guilty to lying about her primary residence to receive federal disaster aid after tornados hit Mississippi in April 2011. Tamya H. Jones and Jevon O. Thomas were indicted last May on two counts …
Debris that gathered this past summer on Alaska’s Kayak Island made walking on its beaches feel like walking through a natural disaster zone, a federal biologist said Thursday. Jacek Maselko, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in …
A Joplin, Mo., woman has admitted to trying to fraudulently receive federal disaster aid after the May 2011 tornado. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Amber Nicole Peters pleaded guilty Tuesday to disaster fraud. Peters admitted she falsely claimed that her home and …
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton sent in a federal disaster request Friday detailing more than $100 million in flood damage to public infrastructure and said he expects to call state lawmakers into special session in late July or early August. Dayton …