Copper wire theft continues to leave hundreds of neighborhoods across Clark County without working streetlights.
Clark County is implementing new rules on scrap metal recycling as part of an effort to crack down on the trafficking of stolen copper wire, including the type typically used in street lights. The ...
Eighty-two arrests have been made in a recent escalation to combat the “growing epidemic” of copper wire thefts, city officials announced Tuesday. City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park ...
AT&T plans to eliminate its traditional landline phone service across nearly all U.S. states in its service area by 2029, according to an official announcement. The telecom company has said its copper ...
The Los Angeles City Council has dedicated an additional $200,000 toward the copper wire task force, tripling the funds focused on curtailing the theft of metal from public infrastructure. Peter Brown ...
All three are accused of working together to steal electrical wire from state and city property and then selling it for scrap ...
A camera caught this image of a person stealing wire from a Kinetic line in Perry County in October. Such thefts have gone up in Kentucky by thieves seeking copper to sell. Photo courtesy of Kinetic.
High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) wires must be be better than copper wire on price-performance metrics before copper can be widely replaced. A HTS wire segment shows the energy density properties ...