December 30, 2008
Heavy-metal contaminants left by an Oklahoma zinc smelter that closed more than eight decades ago will be cleaned up through a $6.6 million plan chosen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The former Tulsa Fuel and Manufacturing site near Collinsville, …
December 29, 2008
A veteran Edmond firefighter is due workers’ compensation benefits after being diagnosed with colon cancer, the Oklahoma Court of Appeals has ruled. The court upheld the ruling of the Workers’ Compensation Court in awarding benefits to Timothy K. Vernon, who …
December 29, 2008
A new electronic system to verify automobile insurance in Oklahoma is operational, but not yet reliable. A law passed in 2006 takes effect Jan. 1, 2009, allowing law enforcement agencies and tag agents to check for up-to-date automobile insurance electronically …
December 23, 2008
Damaged levees will stand between Iowa homes and farm fields this spring because of a delay in repairs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had estimated that the flood-damaged levees certified by the corps would be fixed by year’s end, …
December 22, 2008
Tulsa, Okla., fire officials say initial damage estimates after a raging industrial fire at a petroleum recycling facility at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa may be close to a half-million dollars. But Fire Capt. Michael Baker says they managed to …
December 22, 2008
The rains have subsided and now residents of Oahu and Kauai are cleaning up and assessing the damage from last weekend’s downpours. Ray Lovell, state Civil Defense spokesman, said personal property damage on Oahu alone was estimated at roughly $1.6 …
December 21, 2008
Brown & Brown December: Stewart & Tunno Insurance Agency Inc., Portland, Ore. November: Small Business Unit of Conner Strong, Cherry Hill, N.J.; Agency Associates Inc., Zionsville; Health Insurance Exchange, Seattle, Wash. October: Al Phillips Insurance Agency, Nashville, Tenn. August: Advanced …
December 21, 2008
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December 19, 2008
One man has been killed and a neighbor taken to a hospital after a home in Scituate exploded, heavily damaging several homes nearby and breaking windows up to a third of a mile away. Fire Chief Richard Judge did not …
December 18, 2008
A class-action lawsuit filed against the Grand River Dam Authority in Oklahoma claims the state-owned utility should pay for flood damage suffered by almost 400 Ottawa County residents since May 2007. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 26, and most of …