A Biloxi dentist with a roof damaged by Hurricane Zeta wound up with a much larger bill after he called in a roofer to make repairs, according to a lawsuit he has filed. J. Jules Eustice is suing Pride Roofing LLC, which does business as Pride Roofing and Construction LLC, in Harrison County Circuit Court […]
Aid has been delivered to Gaza from a repaired American-built pier, a US official said on Saturday, following problems that had plagued the effort to bring supplies to Palestinians by sea. The pier, constructed by the American military, was only operational for about a week before it was blown apart in high winds and heavy […]
Jun. 1—Emergency telephone lines are back in service, according to a release from the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, after the Sheriff’s Office and Clinton County Communications were notified Friday that damaged equipment causing a landline outage throughout the state was repaired. The temporary outage is believed to have been caused by a damaged water line […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-built temporary pier that has been taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians for less than two weeks will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired after getting damaged in rough seas and weather, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Over the next two days, the pier will be pulled from […]
In this era of rampant inflation and high interest rates, the challenges of acquiring a car or SUV have been well documented. And so it has never been more important to protect that expensive investment by maintaining it. In recent months, Autoblog has shared Consumer Reports‘ evaluation of the least and most expensive car brands to […]
LANSING — The new MI Neighborhood grant program, with $60 million a year, could help Lansing area homeowners and developers fix up broken homes and build new ones. The Lansing area is expected to get about $3.5 million of that grant money to help some of its estimated 7,500 homes that are in significant need […]
Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s national energy company, has reported that it has recovered the reliability of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s power grid. Source: Ukrenergo Quote: “The 330kV overhead line that ensures backup power supply to the facilities at the nuclear power plant site has been repaired and put back into operation.” “The damaged area was located […]
Feb. 10—GRAND FORKS — Roughly a quarter of Grand Forks County’s bridges are due for an overhaul, according to the county engineer, though the highway department has made more progress repairing or removing those structures than in years past. Eighty-seven bridges measuring more than 20 feet in length were in need of rehabilitation or replacement […]
Jan. 27—CSX has plans to repair the railroad tracks at the Lloyd Road crossing, which is a long overdue project, according to Wickliffe Mayor Joe Sakacs. “They will be repairing those tracks I’m assuming in the spring when the weather breaks and when the asphalt plants are open,” he said. “I’m happy to report that.” […]
Jan. 17—TUPELO — Tupelo and Lee County officials hope the warmer temperatures expected to arrive over the coming days will help clear roads of ice remaining from the winter storm that ravaged north Mississippi and much of the southeast United States. Lee County Emergency Management Director Lee Bowdry on Wednesday said there has been no […]
A German lawmaker says Ukraine is only using a few Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, per Der Spiegel. Budget expert Sebastian Schäfer said many of the tanks are left in disrepair due to a lack of parts. He said the situation is so dire that Ukraine’s mechanics are damaging the tanks when trying to fix them. […]
The complicated chemistry happening inside electric vehicle batteries makes them difficult to repair, according to experts interviewed by Grist. But that doesn’t mean repairing them is a doomed concept. In fact, specialized mechanics are fixing power packs, extending their lifespans. If the concept can be made more common, it could help the industry reduce the […]