Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AIRMONT ‒ A New York state regulatory agency is assessing the village's code enforcement program amid claims by some residents ...

EVANSVILLE — The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Building Commission now has two of its top positions empty just six months after new leadership was put in place. Building Commissioner Jerry Grannan has ...

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SOMERSET, Pa. – Somerset County has hired a third-party building code inspection agency, setting up the county as a "go-between" linking the company and local communities, commissioners said. The ...

In the early morning hours of Feb. 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the southcentral region of Turkey, with severe ground shaking extending over the northwestern region of Syria. In just ...

After Category 5 Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Fla., in 2018, there was a dramatic contrast in destruction: homes built at or beyond state building codes still stood, whereas many of ...

MADISON, Wis. — A bill to extend the commercial building code enforcement deadline to next spring had its first hearing in Madison. A group of Wisconsin Republicans last week introduced Assembly Bill ...

More than a dozen of downtown Beaumont's buildings in the worst shape are on the upswing. Since July 2024, Beaumont's Building Codes Department has been conducting a code sweep through some 40 ...