Recall Of P.F. Chang’s Frozen Meals Expanded
After a long day, it can be nice to come home and grab a frozen meal from the fridge for a quick and easy dinner. If you’ve been stocking up on P.F. Chang’s frozen meals, you might want to double-check they aren’t included in a recently expanded recall of more than 195,000 pounds of frozen dinner product that may contain metal fragments.
July 18, 2016
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Montana Crop Hail Claims Nearly Double The Norm
State officials say damage claims for Montana crops because of hail are nearly double what they’ve been in recent years.
The Billings Gazette reports the state Department of Agriculture’s Walt Anseth says farmers submitted 200 insurance claims from January to May.
July 18, 2016
Property
Montana
The Billings Gazette reports the state Department of Agriculture’s Walt Anseth says farmers submitted 200 insurance claims from January to May.
Arsonist Causes Major Damage To Fire Station
Authorities are trying to figure out who broke into the Smith Valley fire hall on Foys Lake Road late Saturday night or early Sunday morning and set a fire that caused massive damage. The fallout is expected to slow response to emergency calls in the area.
July 5, 2016
Property
Montana
Poplar, Montana Tribes Assess Wind Damage After Powerful Storm
A cleanup effort and damage assessment is underway in Poplar and Brockton after a severe Friday night storm, caused by a possible bow-echo with 85 mph winds, hit the area. A bow-echo is a bow-shaped radar signature associated with fast-moving storm systems accompanied by damaging winds.
June 29, 2016
Property
Montana
Massive Frozen Veggie Recall Involves Nation’s Largest Retailers
Nearly two months after CRF Frozen Foods set off a massive recall of vegetables thought to be contaminated with listeria and linked to at least two deaths and eight illnesses, a second frozen vegetable supplier — National Frozen Food Corp. — has initiated a separate recall over listeria concerns, and many of the recalled products are from the nation’s largest retailers.
June 21, 2016
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Hail-Related Claims For Vehicles Cost Insurers Billions
The spring and summertime forecast is a familiar one — severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail are on the way. Already in 2016, Texas in particular has been walloped by bigger-than-baseball-size hail that shattered windows, busted roofs and dinged vehicles in March and April.
June 13, 2016
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Billings Hail Storm Creates Lots Of Work For Adjusters, Local Businesses
Insurance claims could top the thousands after a hail storm ripped through Billings last weekend, and left a path of destruction. A whole fleet of rental vehicles at the airport was damaged with busted windows, windshield damages and broken side mirrors.
May 25, 2016
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Property
Montana
Frozen Produce Recall Involves Millions Of Packages, 3 Countries
Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it’ll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products they may have bought as far back as 2014.
May 20, 2016
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Poll Reveals 90% Of Businesses Experienced A Cyber Attack In The Last Year
Nine of ten businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the past year, according to a survey of business risk managers released today by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re.
May 17, 2016
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Frozen Produce Recall Expanded After Eight People Contract Listeria
CRF Frozen Foods is expanding a recall of frozen organic and traditional fruits and vegetables over possible listeria contamination. The recall includes some 358 products sold under 42 brand names, including items like kale, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli and various vegetable medleys, among others.
May 4, 2016
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Research Suggests More Than 250K Americans Die Yearly From Medical Errors
Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests.
May 4, 2016
Education & Training
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Takata Doubles The Number Of Vehicles Under Recall In The U.S.
Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp (7312.T) is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.
May 4, 2016
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