Katie Myers

4 weeks ago | dailyadvance.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Seattle, WA (Grist)On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense. kAmQx 23D@=FE6=J =@G65 >J ;@3[Q D96 D2:5] Qx 5:5?VE H2?E E@ 8@]Qk^AmkAm#:492C5D[ 2 4:E:K6? @7 E96 $2F=E $E6] |2C:6 %C:36 @7 r9:AA6H2 x?5:2?D[ H2D 2 EC:32= C6=2E:@?D DA64:2=:DE 2E E96 wFC@?\|2?:DE66 }2E:@?2= u@C6DED] x? >:5\u63CF2CJ[ D96 7@F?5 @FE D96 H2D @?6 @7 E96 D@>6 b[c__ H@C<6CD H9@ 925 366?

4 weeks ago | voiceofalexandria.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense. "I absolutely loved my job," she said. "I didn't want to go."Richards, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, was a tribal relations specialist at the Huron-Manistee National Forests.

4 weeks ago | plaindealerin.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Seattle, WA (Grist)On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense. kAmQx 23D@=FE6=J =@G65 >J ;@3[Q D96 D2:5] Qx 5:5?VE H2?E E@ 8@]Qk^AmkAm#:492C5D[ 2 4:E:K6? @7 E96 $2F=E $E6] |2C:6 %C:36 @7 r9:AA6H2 x?5:2?D[ H2D 2 EC:32= C6=2E:@?D DA64:2=:DE 2E E96 wFC@?\|2?:DE66 }2E:@?2= u@C6DED] x? >:5\u63CF2CJ[ D96 7@F?5 @FE D96 H2D @?6 @7 E96 D@>6 b[c__ H@C<6CD H9@ 925 366?

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Katie Myers |Sophie Hurwitz

Share Sandra Anderson didn’t think the storm would be too bad. When her grandchildren asked if the dogs should be brought in, Anderson demurred, saying they’d be fine. But later that night, an alert on her phone warned her of a tornado tearing through her hometown of London, Kentucky. Seconds later, it hit her neighborhood. “I hollered for my handicapped son to hit the hallway,” Anderson said. “Windows were exploding.

1 month ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Katie Myers

Seattle, WA (Grist)The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities -- and taxpayers -- facing the same problems over and over again. This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. Earlier this year, elected officials from 18 towns and counties devastated by Hurricane Helene gathered outside the Madison County courthouse in Marshall, North Carolina.