The proposed measure also would grant the weather service temporary hiring authority for positions related to public safety.

The National Weather Service lost more than 11% of its staff after layoffs, retirements and buyouts since January.

The National Weather Service says it plans to hire more than 100 additional staff members. The move follows complaints and ...

New bipartisan legislation is being introduced to protect 24/7 forecasting with the National Weather Service (NWS).

The proposed measure also would grant the weather service temporary hiring authority for positions related to public safety.

The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...

The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) has approved temporary rules to safeguard utility customers from service ...

This bipartisan bill, if passed would put National Weather Service Meteorologists in the same category as FBI agents and air ...

In response to widespread staff shortages at the National Weather Service, Representatives Mike Flood and Eric Sorensen have introduced the Weather Workforce Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill to ...

is a meteorologist pushing the button at the National Weather Service. But as cuts continue to the U.S. Department of Commerce, which oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...