Dylan Lovan

In Colorado and other states hit by natural disasters this year, the pandemic has injected extra uncertainty and created more obstacles for families trying to rebuild.

Pandemic Adds Time, Cost to Rebuild After Colo. Wildfire

Builders everywhere are waiting longer than usual to line up carpenters, electricians and plumbers.

Firefighters search a debris field that came from a house that was ripped off its foundation and trees were cut off after a tornado ripped along Highway F at the intersection of Stub Road in St. Charles County, Mo., on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.

Planning Questions Emerge at Tornado-Destroyed Candle Plant

Eight of the 110 workers on the overnight shift Friday are confirmed dead.

This April 14, 2009, file photo, shows the new Parkway underground mine in Central City, Ky. A group of former coal company officials will go on trial in Kentucky next week for allegedly skirting federal rules meant to reduce deadly dust in underground mines.

Coal Dust: Mine Managers in Federal Fraud Trial in Kentucky

Four are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

In this Oct. 27, 2015 file photo, a worker at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Pilot Plant looks at a blast door inside the facility in Richmond, Ky. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, military leaders and Gov. Matt Bevin were in Richmond on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, to ceremonially mark the beginning of the elimination of more than 500 tons of mustard gas, sarin or VX agent stored at the Army depot.

Military Starts Removing Chemical Weapons

The military initially planned to destroy the weapons in Kentucky by burning them, but a facility built in Richmond will use water and chemicals to neutralize the agents.

Coal Miner Helmet Hard Hat

Engineer to Head Surface Mining Agency

The agency regulates and cleans up former surface mines.

In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, Joe Main, third from left, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, and Patricia Silvey, center, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations with MSHA, speak with workers at the Gibson North mine, in Princeton, Ind. Deaths in U.S. coal mines this year have surged ahead of last year’s, and federal safety officials say the inexperience of those new to a mine could share the blame. Silvey said eight of the coal miners who died this year had less than a year’s experience at the mine where they worked.

An Uptick in Coal Mine Deaths

Ten coal miners have died on the job so far this year, compared to a record low of eight deaths last year.