Modular homes arrive in Slave LakeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:13PMThe first of 400 modular homes have arrived in the fire-ravage town of Slave Lake in northern Alberta. The units will house 2,000 people who lost their homes when wildfire wiped out one-third of the community in May. Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee says the homes need to be in place and hooked up to utilities for the fall. She says September is the deadline because they need to get ho...
Escaping Flood Tough for Residents in GreenTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:51PMEd McGhee ran door to door at the Green Acres Apartments after 5 a.m. Tuesday trying to wake up his neighbors as water from a rain-swollen creek rapidly rose through the complex.
Fire-ravaged Slave Lake gets 1st modular homesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:37PMThe first of 400 modular homes have arrived in the fire-ravaged town of Slave Lake in northern Alberta.
At 88, A Chance To Be Independent AgainMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:18PMAfter six years in a nursing home, Rosa Hendrix has moved into her own apartment. Hendrix was featured in an NPR News investigation that examined a new federal law that gives people with disabilities the right to receive long-term health care in their own homes. read more
Today is deadline for North Alabama tornado victims to apply for SBA disaster loansMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:25AMToday is the last day for victims of the April-May severe weather to apply for SBA disaster loans.