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The National Weather Service ended 24/7 operations at its Cheyenne forecasting office due to a staffing shortage and cuts by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.
As a storm system approached Jackson, in Southeastern Kentucky, on May 16, a few individuals agreed to work double shifts to ...
Troy Kimmel, a longtime meteorologist and owner of Kimco Meteorological Services in Central Texas, has expressed concern over ...
In the central region, which includes Kansas, there are currently seven vacant warning coordination meteorologists (WCM), ...
In an open letter last week, every living former head of the National Weather Service said they were ... deficit — down more than 10% of its staffing — just as we head into the busiest ...
Further, this could have costly consequences for employers, 58% of whom expressed concern about potential staffing challenges resulting from the administration's immigration policies. "I was just ...
NOAA Communications Director Kim Doster said in a statement that the change was “in alignment with evolving priorities, statutory mandates, and staffing changes.” Scientists say these weather ...
according to an NWS staffing document updated May 5. The meteorologist in charge (MIC) is the "captain of the team" at an NWS office, a former NWS official who did not wish to be identified told ...
"NWS forecast office employees are working longer shifts because of the forced staffing reductions, which is leading to severe worker burnout." The office was already short-staffed in March ...
Lizzie Fletcher, Al Green and Sylvia R. Garcia, the letter warns, “Adequate staffing for the NWS, especially as we go into hurricane season, is a critical matter that could cost lives if left ...
during the ongoing annual meeting of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, leadership of several state horse racing regulators expressed continued challenges related to staffing ...