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More than 120,000 Appalachian Power customers in West Virginia are currently without power due to ongoing storm activity.

In anticipation of Tropical Storm Calvin, Governor Green signed an Emergency Proclamation today to make resources available to address potential storm impacts. State offices in the County of Hawaiʻi will be closed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 due to expected severe weather conditions.

State Offices and Courts Across Big Island Closed Due to Tropical Storm Calvin

Everyone in Phase 1 is now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Does that include you? By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated January 22, 2021, 10:32 a.m. Email to a Friend First responders, including Foxborough Fire Cheif Michael Kelleher (center), waited in the post-vaccine area to make sure they are okay after getting their coronavirus vaccine at Gillette Stadium.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff Governor Charlie Baker announced Thursday that everyone eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine under Phase...

>> a report shows that they are airmen, navy, air force and coast guard, some members were air force. we dont know if they are confirmed as active duty at this point. what we know of is injuries. however, we have not finished our count ability of everybody yet. rick: what about the extent of those injuries? do you know how severely injured they are? >> not completely, no, sir. we are trying to be responsible and let the response workers respond to the injured and not bother them with a lot of ca...

Of individual fire and gas alarms on the rig, and each could potentially set off the general alarm. silencing that general alarm was the companys way of preventing false alarms. meantime, bonnie, downgraded to a tropical depression, still headed for the gulf and expected to make landfall late tomorrow. with response vessels moved out of harms way, it looks like the sealed well cap a mile below the surface could be left unattended for about 48 hours. its a big setback for response workers, but ...

Engineering technicians testimony rocked a federal hearing here in new orleans. the technician work and bps ruptured well and told the panel investigating the disaster that an alarm system on the transocean rig had been silenced about year before the april explosion. silenced. whats more, he said, supervisors were aware the alarm was disabled. according to transocean, hes right. s in a statement, the company said the dit abling was intention and "conforms to accepted maritime practice." because ...

An engineering technicians testimony rocked a federal hearing here in new orleans. the technician work and bps ruptured well and told the panel investigating the disaster that an alarm system on the transocean rig had been silenced foyer about year before the april explosion. silenced. whats more, he said, supervisors were aware the alarm had been disabled. according to transocean, hes right. in a statement, the company said the disabling was intentional and "conforms to accepted maritime practi...

These were under lock and key, more than the latest estimate which in turn suggests the latest estimate was, like all that went before it, an exxon valdez, noaa did the infuriating lowball. in a letter to the coast guard, collection, a federal agency. bp is outlining its revised here what we see are people -- plan to increase its ability to capture the oil from the well. ive got some pictures of bp but the company expects this is raking up bird carcasses, separating heads from bodies. a capture ...

You cant autopsy a head removed from the body. in my opinion theres a very strong attempt not only to control and minimize how much oil was spilling, but now to control the evidence of the damage, the appearance of carcasses. you have sick wildlife and workers. its the oil thats making this problem. we need obama to stand up and order respirators on all the response workers now to avert a human tragedy. >> on the premises that all this is being done and youre certain the things youve seen are be...