Beloved and respected fire service veteran Sam DiGiovanna, who served as chief of the Monrovia Fire Department and was a regular contributor to NBCLA's coverage of wildfires, earthquakes, floods and ...

A fire at Grace Slavic Church in Eagan destroyed the building’s main sanctuary but left something prominent standing: a wooden cross. “That is a miracle,” Diana Afanasyev, Deacon Andrey Afanasyev’s ...

The residents of the Porter County side of Lakes of the Four Seasons — and some of their non-resident friends — listened to a pitch for the financial needs of the Lakes of the Four Seasons Volunteer ...

Regarding the commentary “Rest in peace, Volunteer Fire Service. You were always on call” (Dec. 10, 2025): I may be old-fashioned, but I say “baloney” to anyone who believes the volunteer fire service ...

Ben Bibik lives in Tully. I write as a longtime volunteer firefighter. I am one of the few who has the luxury of working in district that can respond to most of the calls during the daytime hours, ...

JAKARTA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A fire swept through a seven-storey office block in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday, killing 22 people, police said. The fire has now been extinguished and the ...

The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration, but it’s progressing at a snail’s pace, with about 80 final job offers ...

Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Chief Brian Fennessy will retire on January 2, 2026, to become the inaugural Director of the newly established United States Wildland Fire Service (USWFS). The new ...

Giving Tuesday - the first Tuesday of December - has become a day of generosity and a reminder that the spirit of giving can be just as powerful as any holiday gift. Each year, nonprofits rely on this ...

Another fire has broken out at the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York that supplies sheet metal for Ford’s trucks, including its all-electric F-150 Lightning. The four-alarm fire started ...