Katie Myers

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Katie Myers

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. Standing in a street still stained with the mud left behind when the French River overran its banks, they called for swifter state and federal help rebuilding their communities.

2 weeks ago | wfae.org | Katie Myers

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A large portion of the Environmental Protection Agency’s post-hurricane work in western North Carolina is complete. Kevin J. McOmber – recently hired by the Trump administration to run Region 4, which includes North Carolina – said work consisted of well testing, water system repairs, and cleanup of pollution that spilled into waterways as a result of the storm.

2 weeks ago | am970theanswer.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.

3 weeks ago | wfae.org | Katie Myers

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. FEMA is no longer enforcing certain rules around rebuilding in floodplains as a Trump administration decision rolls some federal funding criteria back to pre-Obama standards. The change is expected to impact large infrastructure construction and publicly funded building projects – like schools – after a natural disaster.

3 weeks ago | govexec.com | Katie Myers

Libby Lindsay spent 21 years working underground as a miner for Bethlehem Steel in West Virginia. She saw many safety improvements over the years, and always felt grateful that she could call the local Mine Safety and Health Administration office whenever she wondered whether a rule was being followed. She joined the safety committees launched by the local chapter of the United Mine Workers, which collaborated with the agency to watchdog coal companies.