An official with the Tri-State Generation and Transmission plant in Craig, Colo., says the company is trying to figure out how 19 workers suffered burning eyes and nausea while working on a generating unit. Company spokesman Jim VanSomeren says no …
While lawmakers in coastal states debated property insurance rates and reforms, forecasters lowered their 2009 Atlantic forecast to 12 tropical storms, of which six could become hurricanes. The Colorado State University team said the season could see two “major” hurricanes …
1,000 Emergency management officials in Polk County, Ark., said about 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed during the tornadoes that ripped through the county on April 9. James Reeves, Polk County emergency management coordinator, said 200 homes were destroyed by …
12 Number of tropical storms Colorado State’s hurricane team estimates will occur in 2009. The research team said of those 12 storms, six could become hurricanes including two “major” hurricanes of Category 3 or higher on the five-step Saffir-Simpson intensity …
Thoits Insurance of San Jose, Calif., promoted Paul Saich to CEO. Saich replaces Don Way, who had been with Thoits for 44 years, and will remain as chairman of the board. Saich joined Thoits Insurance in 1996 and most recently …
Colorado lawmakers are looking at a plan to take $500 million from the state-created workers’ compensation insurance company to reverse deep cuts in higher education. The Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed the plan as one of nearly two dozen proposals to …
Colorado lawmakers voted down SB 103, the Unfair Claims Practices Act. The legislation was killed in the House Health and Human Services Committee in a 6-5 vote. The bill would have “defined as an unfair claim settlement practice and a …
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The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season will produce 11 tropical storms, of which six will become hurricanes, WSI Corp predicted Monday. The Andover, Massachusetts, private forecaster reduced its forecast from the one it issued in December, when it said the six-month …
Democratic legislators in Colorado are offering an alternate package of budget cuts to avoid eliminating $300 million in funding to state colleges and universities, according to plans obtained by The Associated Press. The House Appropriations Committee on April 15 delayed …
