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The grant, awarded by the Department of Justice’s Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services, will go toward funding contracted social workers and training members within the unit
The agency has spearheaded creative recruiting efforts, including virtual career fairs and advertising for candidates before movie screenings
Butte-Silver Bow Fire Chief Zach Osborne says the department is facing staffing challenges, deteriorating equipment and a fast-growing call volume
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The biofuel plant will process waste from 190 Maine communities and solid waste districts and will be operated by Fiberight beginning in 2018.
The Centers for Disease Control Zika warnings for Miami’s pregnant women and couples focus on the up-and-coming Wynwood neighborhood.
After ruling out other means, Florida believes it has at least four local Zika cases where mosquitoes in the U.S. have spread the virus.
Even with $8M from the CDC, and another $5M on the way in federal grants, Florida is concerned mosquito containment funds will run out.
Philadelphia, the nation’s fifth largest city, offers a bigger area for protests than Cleveland for the second of the two 2016 national political convention.
Zika virus cases in Miami, Fla., including a possible first local Zika case, and Salt Lake City, Utah, have local authorities looking for answers.
Pfizer will disclose opioid addiction risks in its marketing of prescription painkillers, will fund medical educational programs for health care providers.
After negotiations failed, the Dallas Police Department uses a robot with explosives to stop a sniper targeting police officers at July 7th protests.
The clock is running down on if Congress will fund Zika mosquito abatement efforts before September when risk of local transmission is highest.
Mass shootings call attention to the limited ability to text 911. Senators and others take up the charge to implement more text dispatch systems.