Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects

Council Holds Back FEMA Vote Again - Rogue River Press

As City Administrator Ryan Nolan had advised Mayor Pam VanArsdale and the Rogue River City Council at the council’s previous workshop session, the city council voted to hold back its vote to adopt flood plain standards that reflect a 2016 Biological Opinion that demanded the Federal Emergency Management Agency impose new development rules on the floodplains. The council decided to continue its vote until its June 26 meeting. “There are some pend…

The Download: Without FEMA resilience money, Mass. communities scramble to save flood prevention projects

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FEMA cuts cancel tornado shelter

PHILLIPS — A community tornado shelter that was planned as part of wider construction projects at Phillips Public School District is now less likely after the grant program to fund it was cut from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

FEMA cuts impact hazard mitigation efforts in Whately, Colrain

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to end its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program has town officials in Whately and Colrain going back to the drawing board to figure out how to fund hazard mitigation work in their communities.

Soon We Will All Know Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Pain

FEMA cutbacks will leave Americans to suffer in an increasingly chaotic environment.

To the Members of Congress, and to Anyone Who Still Believes in What This Country Could Be:

You didn’t just cut a program. You cut the volunteers. The ones who woke before dawn in unfamiliar towns, shoved themselves into old vans, and drove straight toward the disaster when everyone else turned around. The ones who walked into…