Month: January 2019

A judge has upheld a company’s right to mine for copper, ruling that the town of Florence is bound by its approval of a 2003 development agreement with the property’s former owner. The Casa Grande Dispatch reports that the Jan. 3 ruling by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Roger E. Brodman for Florence Copper was issued just as the company began a small-scale test of a leaching process to dissolve copper ore for extraction. Town…

A U.S. judge in San Francisco is considering ordering Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to re-inspect its entire electric grid and cut off power during certain wind conditions to prevent wildfires. Judge William Alsup proposed the requirements in a court order late Wednesday. He said his goal was to prevent the utility from causing any wildfires in the 2019 fire season. PG&E said it was reviewing Alsup’s order. Alsup is overseeing a criminal sentence against…

Training has been halted for thousands of western firefighters. The U.S. Forest Service can’t let contracts for needed equipment. In forests across the West, no federal employees are doing work to reduce dry “fuel” that feeds catastrophic blazes. These are some of the impacts of the 19-day federal shutdown on federal firefighters, and experts say the situation could quickly worsen. If the shutdown drags out for several more weeks, federal fire crews won’t be ready…

Gov. Roy Cooper penned a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, asking him to end the government shutdown so North Carolina “can continue to rebuild from hurricane flood waters and prevent future damage.” In his letter, Gov. Cooper argued that the work being done to rebuild is delayed “with every day that federal funds are held in Washington.” For example, he said, the $168 million award from the US Housing and Urban Development is…

Carolina Hurricanes defeat Islanders for fifth straight win By January 09, 2019 09:19 AM The Canes finally found a way to beat the New York Islanders, winning 4-3. The Isles had beaten the Canes three times this season, with Greiss in net for all three, and had won their past six games overall. (No Audio)

PEMBROKE, N.C. (WTVD) — More than three months since Hurricane Florence ravaged the Indian Resource Center, clean-up efforts are still in progress. The shell of the historic structure sits on the University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s campus. It has held historic Lumbee artifacts, paintings, and other cultural symbols for decades. Gov. Roy Cooper along with ABC11 toured the facility’s progress Tuesday. Many of the paintings that once hung on the walls sat on the…

Justin Williams scored late in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday night to snap New York’s six-game winning streak. Williams scored his 10th goal of the season 15 seconds after leaving the penalty box to make it 3-2 with 17:18 left. The 37-year-old flipped a backhand past goaltender Thomas Greiss with an assist from Greg McKegg. It was his 299th career goal. Jaccob Slavin made it 4-2 with…