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Two years after a fire, the bridge's $81-million rehabilitation project is nearly complete.

Higher risk state issues new drug prescription guidelines

Petitioners say agriculture and construction workers face greatest risk of heat-related deaths and injuries.

Shade tents and frequent water breaks are part of the strategies Kris Comon uses for dealing with 100°-plus temperatures and a punishing sun at a two-story building being constructed in Phoenix.

Jesse Ely, a union ironworker, can thank a net designed to catch falling debris for saving his life after a harrowing fall from the edge of a Seattle high-rise building.

Keeping an eye on weather conditions around critical infrastructure is a persistent problem for public agencies and private owners, particularly in underserved communities far from government weather stations.