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The government shutdown has halted the federal investigation into the West Fertilizer Plant explosion. The explosion in April killed 15 people and injured…
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Residents of the town of West, Texas came out over the weekend to enjoy their annual Labor Day festival – Westfest. With plenty of beer, sausage, polka…
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Students are heading back to school in West, Texas today. Many of them will be going back to temporary classrooms. That’s because April’s deadly explosion…
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It looks like a denial of federal aid to West, Texas will be overturned.This morning, Gov. Rick Perry issued a statement saying West – the site of a…
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Federal emergency officials have approved a $2.9 million grant for temporary structures to house students in schools devastated by the West, Texas…
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A U.S. Senator who oversees environmental regulation is urging state governors to increase safety standards for the storage of ammonium nitrate in the…
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April’s fertilizer plant explosion left three of the four schools in the town of West, Texas destroyed or irreparably damaged, with the intermediate…
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Today is the deadline for people in West to apply for federal assistance.It’s been nearly eight weeks since the April 17 fertilizer plant explosion that…
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Update: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the town of West after April’s deadly fertilizer plant…
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The head of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) says other government agencies are getting in the way of its investigation into the fertilizer plant…