New York officials say a $1.5 million grant will help an Adirondack community replace a fire station destroyed in 2011 by the remains of Hurricane Irene. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the funding for the Town of Upper Jay’s …
Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have awarded the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal $303,500 worth of grant funds. The federal funds …
Missouri has received a federal grant to test a new type of road treatment intended to keep cars from slipping off highways when it rains or snows. The Missouri Department of Transportation says it will apply the “high friction surface …
The city of Springfield, Mass., has received a $21 million federal grant to help pay the long-term costs of recovering from a tornado that hit the city two years ago. The grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban …
A $406,000 federal grant will help Texas fund temporary jobs as cleanup and recovery efforts continue from devastating 2011 wildfires. The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday announced the latest National Emergency Grant that pushes the Texas total to more …
Tennessee is one of five states to receive a federal grant to establish an Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence. The center will be located at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and operated in cooperation with the state Health …
A West Virginia volunteer fire department is getting more than $459,000 in federal support. U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says the Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department is getting the funding through the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response grant …
The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a $206,000 federal grant to help educate the state’s agricultural producers on crop insurance. U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday. It supports risk …
Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators say the federal government has awarded a $15 million grant to Bloomsburg to build a floodwall that will shield two of the central Pennsylvania city’s top employers from dangerous flooding. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and U.S. …
The U.S. Commerce Department says it will grant Hawaii $1.3 million to upgrade its disaster preparedness system and build new tsunami warning sirens. U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank said in a Friday statement that the money is meant to help …