The two victims of Tuesday’s deadly vehicle collision on the Northwest Expressway have been identified as 55-year-old Amy Samson and 37-year-old Daniel Pina of Eugene. The crash was reported just before 7 a.m. Tuesday. One person died on the scene of the crash, while one other died after being taken to an area hospital, officials…
NARRAGANSETT − A 59-year-old Narragansett man died Monday after going overboard from a boat, according to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. He was identified as Joseph Gilmartin, a longtime North Kingstown High School football coach. According to the DEM, a 911 call was received at 12:53 p.m. for a person overboard and a…
Hurricane Milton debris pickup began Monday for much of the Treasure Coast. Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties and the municipalities within them did not specify how long the cleanup effort will take, but they provided these instructions on how to best prepare debris for pickup. Note: Waste Management will not pick up storm…
ST. PETE BEACH – Returning to a beleaguered state battered by back-to-back hurricanes, President Joe Biden was scheduled to land in Florida Sunday to again survey the damage from a major storm and rally federal resources around a recovery effort that likely will take years and billions of dollars. Biden was in Florida just 10 days…
President Joe Biden is flying into MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa Sunday morning to begin his second visit in a little more than a week to hurricane-ravaged communities in Florida. He is expected to deliver remarks at St. Pete Beach, which took a one-two punch from a Cat. 4 Hurricane Helene sideswipe and then…
Cleanup from Hurricane Milton’s destruction was slow going Saturday, with roads in some counties still impassable, resources scarce for some evacuees making their way back home and power only gradually being restored. Milton hit Florida as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday evening and barreled east across the state, wreaking havoc before spinning out into the…
The phone wasn’t working. Power and cell service had been out for a couple of days after Hurricane Helene, and Jeff Twersky was trying − again − to see if he could get a connection. Twersky, 69, a retired trial lawyer, was with his wife, family and friends in Weaverville, North Carolina, just outside Asheville,…
For the second time in two weeks, President Joe Biden is coming to Florida to visit hurricane-ravaged communities. A Friday news release from the White House said Biden will come Sunday to tour areas affected by Hurricane Milton, which slammed the state as a Category 3 storm Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage and leading to…
Milton, now categorized as a post tropical cyclone, is expected to continue moving northeast off of Florida’s Atlantic coast on Friday afternoon, as recovery efforts are underway for the millions impacted by the storm. The National Hurricane Center issued its final advisory on Thursday evening, with the storm continuing to generate maximum sustained winds of…
How much storm surge did Naples, Florida get from Hurricane Milton? News Sports Business Restaurants Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals Hurricane Milton has left the state of Florida and that’s a big relief for everyone who lives in the Sunshine State. The aftermath coverage of the powerful storm, which was a Category 3 hurricane, is…