U.S. Army Corps begins clearing tons of fire debris

At a pivotal milestone on the long road to recovery from a deadly wildfire in Los Angeles County in early January, the US Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday revealed wreckage from burned facilities in Altadena and the Pacific Palisade. I’ve started to remove it. The cleanup marks the beginning of a long-standing reconstruction process for […]

10 tons of ballot security paper may be for sale after failed Cochise County trial

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the United States. Sign up for our free newsletter here. Inside a ballot-printing warehouse in an industrial area of ​​Phoenix, paper rolls the size of giant tires and weighing 10 tons are stacked high. Meanwhile, a paper mill somewhere in Canada […]

California’s been dumping tons of contaminated soil in Arizona

PARKER, Arizona — The Colorado River can be a magical line. Crossing the river near Parker, Arizona, waste that California considers hazardous becomes Arizona’s regular trash. “Since 2018, California has collected more than 660,000 tons of contaminated soil and dumped it into regular landfills in Arizona,” said CalMatters reporter Robert Lewis. organization broke the story […]