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The National Weather Service earlier this year lost more than 500 employees to layoffs and early retirement packages.
The Lake Charles office was among the hardest hit in Louisiana, and now some lost jobs may be filled again. Here's what to ...
The National Weather Service is offering some reassurance amid cuts from the federal government. The local office tells WGNO ...
After conflicting reports, the National Weather Service refused to say Monday whether its Marquette office has enough staff ...
A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the ...
A hiring freeze that resulted in shortened hours at the National Weather Service office in Goodland has been lifted. The ...
Erica Grow Cei, a spokesperson for the National Weather Service, said “a targeted number ... to President Donald Trump’s governmentwide hiring freeze to hire 126 people, including ...
The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...
U.S. Rep. Mike Flood has helped to introduce the bipartisan Weather Workforce Improvement Act, which is designed to reinforce ...
Fahy said that for meteorologists specifically, the Lake Charles office has a vacancy rate of nearly 39%, the highest in the ...
US Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas is among several lawmakers in Congress seeking to exempt certain National Weather Service ...