Along the northeast edge of the Bighorn National Forest, now draped in smoke, lies the town of Dayton, where incident response teams pore over maps day and night trying to get a read on what ...

Nevada voters will have a lot more to decide this year than simply choosing their favorite candidates. Seven ballot questions — some put forward by the Legislature and some through petition ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 41 °F (5 °C). Sunny with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to 11.3 kph). Sunny today with a high of 78 °F ...

Over 100 homeowners attended a Pierrefonds-Roxboro meeting on Thursday night to learn more about the proposed flood maps for their Montreal borough. Many are concerned about how suddenly being in ...

A Dayton man who became commander for the Nevada Army National Guard Land Component in September was promoted Thursday to the rank of brigadier general. With the promotion, Randy Lau becomes the third ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents in the states hit by Hurricane Helene who had coverage through the federal flood insurance program but let it lapse before the storm hit may be able to renew it and ...

By Troy Closson Nevada has long had the most lopsided school funding in the country. Low-income districts there have nearly 35 percent less money to spend per pupil than wealthier ones do — the ...

It sent me back to the great classic on American disaster, “The Johnstown Flood” by David McCullough, published in 1968. I hadn’t remembered it contains information pertinent to the current ...

(Bloomberg) -- Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by ...

While federal flood zone maps may give homeowners a false sense of security, experts are now warning that the real danger extends far beyond those outdated designations, according to CNBC.