Francesca’s Collection fired its CEO a few weeks ago after he revealed company information through his Twitter account, however, Francesca’s may still not be off the hook with the SEC, despite company claims of being unaware of any wrongdoings until May 11.

Flawed data, human error and a lackluster effort to get residents without landlines to register their phone numbers are all contributing factors to an alert system that needs improvement.

According to a CareerBuilder online survey of about 7,800 full-time workers, 40 percent said they’ve dated someone at work and almost 30 percent said they’ve hooked up with someone above them in company rank.

Last week, Coos Bay had thousands participate in a tsunami evacuation drill, sponsored by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

The FEMA measure will allow new contracts for flood insurance to be entered through July 31, 2012, and money from the Treasury – up to certain specified amounts – to be borrowed.

The Summit survey found that 52 percent of small business owners do not have a business continuity plan in place or a type of disaster recovery document to help employees and customers know what to do in the face of a natural disaster or other disruption

Official said homes without landlines should be ready to charge phones during power cuts and to have alternative communication plans ready, just in case wireless phone networks also experience network congestion while text messaging is faster and will get through

As of Wednesday, the Whitewater-Baldy Complex blaze was still burning at zero containment and fire officials fear it will continue to burn until monsoon season in July.

Businesses have updated their business recovery plans to include mobile devices, the “bring your own device” trend, social networks and cloud computing

It takes one storm to come ashore, regardless of the intensity of the season, to create a disaster