Dennis Sanders with the Virginia Department of Transportation assesses the damage done to U.S. 58 from flood waters caused by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Photo by Ben Earp/Ben Earp Photography ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- From managing issues with infrastructure and protecting the vulnerable population during the deep freeze to planning for the city's biggest events, the Office of Emergency ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WLOS) — The North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek has announced the creation of the Modernization of Election Data Systems (MEDS) commission that is to help provide assistance and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawmakers walk from the Virginia State Capitol Building to the Virginia General Assembly Building on Jan. 29, 2026. (Photo by ...

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, local response was critical to clearing roads and activating rescues in Southwest Virginia while state and federal resources were on the way. But despite regular ...

Emergency management is one of the most consequential functions in state government, yet in most states it is not positioned that way. Today, only about 27 percent of state emergency management ...

Lawmakers walk from the Virginia State Capitol Building to the Virginia General Assembly Building on Jan. 29, 2026. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) In the wake of Hurricane Helene, ...

Lawmakers walk from the Virginia State Capitol Building to the Virginia General Assembly Building on Jan. 29, 2026. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) ...

North Carolina officials say local governments may have misunderstood discussions about the state’s road salt availability ahead of this weekend’s snowstorm, even as at least one mayor publicly ...

Some local officials say they received briefings that the state was short on salt supplies before a historic snow storm struck North Carolina. But state officials say that may have been a ...