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Tips to Avoid Contractor Fraud Following Winter Storm Damage

Tips to Avoid Contractor Fraud Following Winter Storm Damage

DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- State and federal recovery officials urge disaster survivors to watch for and report any suspicious activity or potential fraud. Disasters often bring communities together but con artists, identity thieves and other criminals may target survivors. The most common types of post-disaster fraud include phony housing inspectors, fraudulent building contractors, bogus pleas for disaster…MORE

Several ERCOT Board Members Resign Following Winter Storm Power Failure

Several ERCOT Board Members Resign Following Winter Storm Power Failure

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Five members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board of Directors have resigned. The Public Utility Commission of Texas released a filing showing that four unaffiliated directors from the Board of Directors resigned. The filing also showed one candidate to be on the board has withdrawn from consideration. Anger from Governor…MORE

Tiger Woods Hospitalized After Major Car Accident

Tiger Woods Hospitalized After Major Car Accident

LOS ANGELES (WBAP/KLIF) – Golfing great Tiger Woods has been hospitalized after a major car crash in California. Images coming in show an SUV on its side badly damaged. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office originally said Woods had to be removed from the vehicle with the jaws of life and was pinned inside the vehicle…MORE

President Biden to Visit Texas to Discuss Impact of Winter Storm

President Biden to Visit Texas to Discuss Impact of Winter Storm

WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF) – President Joe Biden will visit Texas later this week in the aftermath of last week’s winter storm. According to the White House, the President and the First Lady will travel to Houston on Friday. The Biden Administration granted a major disaster declaration for the state in the wake of widespread power…MORE

Arrival of Federal COVID Vaccine Sites Prompts State to Reduce Number of Doses to DFW

Arrival of Federal COVID Vaccine Sites Prompts State to Reduce Number of Doses to DFW

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday that it has reduced the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Dallas and Tarrant County due to the arrival of Federal vaccination sites in the region. “When you include the doses going to the FEMA sites, Dallas County providers are receiving 45,690 first…MORE