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“We will continue to monitor very closely,” CPUC President Marybel Batjer said before the vote. But safety advocates, like Nathaniel Skinner with CPUC’s Public Advocates Office, were not satisfied. Skinner says the commission must do more in light of PG&E’s failure to cut down a leaning tree identified as the cause of the deadly Zogg Fire last year. “We are seeing the same old PG&E management of deflect, defer, ignore and obfuscate,” Skinner said. “They are playing a game of dodgi...

Annex dike work contract awarded

Tompkins County, along with its 16 municipal partners, welcomes public review and comment on the draft 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) Update. Revised every five years to reflect changes in priorities and progress in local mitigation efforts, the HMP identifies natural hazards the county can expect to face and develops strategies to reduce risk and build resilience.   The 2021 HMP, facilitated by the Tompkins County Department of Planning & Sustainability, updates the county’s 2014 Ha...

bkreitzer@lewistownsentinel.com MIFFLINTOWN–While giving an update on the state of COVID-19 vaccination availability in Juniata County, emergency services director Allen Weaver announced the county no longer has plans to conduct any mass clinics. According to Weaver, due to the shortage of vaccines the Department of Health and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) decided to streamline the vaccine distribution through healthcare providers at strategically located large vaccination sites ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, government officials at all levels are reevaluating their health and safety protocols and adjusting workplace guidance based on ever-shifting case metrics. While all states had begun reopening over the summer, rising cases have caused many jurisdictions to either pause their progress, or return to more restrictive measures. Jurisdictions across the country continue to pro...

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As the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, government officials at all levels are reevaluating their health and safety protocols and adjusting workplace guidance...

As the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, government officials at all levels are reevaluating their health and safety protocols and adjusting workplace guidance...

Chapter one: THE RUN TO FAILURE POLICY The severely worn parts found in the Bay Area showed the same kind of wear that caused a power line to fall in Butte County, sparking the 2018 Camp Fire. The Camp Fire was sparked by PG&E’s Caribou-Palermo transmission line, which was even older than the line was originally identified as in PG&E’s lab report. Built in 1921, the line was 97 years old when it failed. Credit: SOURCE: PG&E These photos taken by PG&E and obtained by ABC10 s...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 10, 2021) — A project led by researchers from the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kentucky will soon help officials and residents in west-central Kentucky better understand the risks related to karst and mitigate potential damage from sinkholes.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, has awarded $293,984 to KGS to develop a multijurisdictional plan for karst mitigation in the Lincoln Tra...