Economic, governmental, environmental, and community interests often end up just as tangled as debris in the wake of a storm. Margie Huggins has spent her retirement tending her parents’ farm in ...

Margie Huggins has spent her retirement tending her parents’ farm in Transylvania County, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She grew up there, and has tried to give back to ...

The federal agency conducting the debris removal cleanup in the Eaton and Palisades fire zones has expanded the scope of its disaster cleanup in Los Angeles County, and extended a key deadline, giving ...

Crane-equipped service trucks can be extremely useful in post-disaster cleanup operations. When disaster strikes, recovery efforts become a massive, coordinated effort. It’s an all-hands-on-deck ...

RestorePro Disaster Cleanup & Restoration has announced the continuation of its long-standing collaboration with the Greater Sandusky Partnership and the Seneca County Collaborative, reinforcing the ...

POLK COUNTY, North Carolina — The small section of forest before me looked as though it was clear-cut. The ground was flat and treeless, covered in a thin layer of jumbled sticks and leaves. This ...

This guide was created in partnership with Blue Ridge Public Radio, so it focuses on western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia. However, there is general information for ...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has received $61,006,486 in supplemental federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support hazardous waste, ...

A lawsuit alleging that disaster-recovery workers were put in unsafe, overcrowded conditions during early pandemic cleanup work in mid-Michigan has been resolved through a confidential settlement, the ...

Amarillo residents impacted by recent fires can reach out to 211 or VOAD for help with cleanup, debris removal and housing ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – AmeriCorps Disaster Response Teams have been sent to Chaves County to help assist with any cleanup needs following the October 2024 flooding in the area. The volunteers were ...

The Messy Business of Disaster Clean-Up This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by ...