One subcontractor has been fined repeatedly by the EPA and the state in recent years for improper handling of hazardous ...

Crews are working to clean up a small spill of caustic acid after a truck loaded with 5,000 gallons overturned Monday morning on a Rogers County road. Officials responded around 8 a.m. after the ...

Brianna Simon, a conservation biologist and outreach supervisor for Pacific Whale Foundation, was on Sugar Beach in South ...

Now, as crews clean charred remains from the Los Angeles wildfires, she worries about a new potential source of contamination ...

Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, crews remove 3 to 6 more inches of soil and retest. The goals of soil ...

As crews work to clean up from the Los Angeles wildfires, city officials and residents are opposing the designation of a federally owned park to process hazardous waste. For more stories about the ...

Up in Sudbury, it’s -16 C and incumbent MPP France Gélinas layers up with three sets of long johns and handmade wool socks before she even gets to putting on her outfit for the day — one that ...

A three-person DOBOR crew tackled the cleanup using a small front-loader, shovels and brooms, with expectations to restore access by the end of Friday. Severe weather swept across Oahu on Thursday ...

MATT THAYER / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER A car was stuck in mud and water after flooding on South Kihei Road on Maui Thursday. 1 /4 MATT THAYER / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER A car was stuck in ...

Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB Clean up efforts continue after a large fire broke out Thursday at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill in Oregon City. Fire crews will remain on scene as heavy equipment ...

Lilley was the first officer aboard the American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members that collided midair Wednesday night with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers ...