January, 2009

STELLARTON – A Stellarton father that’s been fighting to be retrained after a work injury left him incapable of doing his old job has finally won his battle.

TheMonsterBlog.comGeorge Eisenhart Jr., a native of Chardon and promoter/announcer for monster trucks, is shown at the Monster Nationals event in March 2008 in Champign, Ill. Eisenhart was killed Saturday when he walked in the track of a monster truck during…

WENATCHEE — A Chelan County woman is suing the Wenatchee McDonald’s franchise because, she says, the lid to the self-service soda fountain fell on her head.

On this date in… 1673… Mail service begins in America with delivery from New York to Boston along the now-famous Boston Post Road. 1957… “The Mad Bomber,” George Metesky, is arrested in Connecticut after a six-year manhunt.

On this date in… 1673… Mail service begins in America with delivery from New York to Boston along the now-famous Boston Post Road. 1957… “The Mad Bomber,” George Metesky, is arrested in Connecticut after a six-year manhunt.

Sheri Kagimoto came close to losing her home in 1998 when a work injury left her with no job, multiple credit card balances and a young child to support on her own.

A coalition of business groups sounded the alarm Friday against a proposed state work regulation it says is unnecessary and a job killer.

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said Wednesday that he had a commitment from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to nominate a labor representative to a long-vacant position on the three-person occupational safety appeals board. Steinberg made the announcement in the Senate Rules Committee, which he chairs, during a renomination hearing for Candice Traeger, the chairwoman of the …

Northrop Grumman Corporation has won two Worker Safety Excellence Awards from the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) for its commitment to improving the health and safety of its employees

With a focus on productivity, Joyce Hamel of Rusin undertook a re-evaluation of the firm’s stand-alone digital dictation technology. Hamel opted for a software solution, BigHand, with a reputation as a legal workflow system designed for attorney and secretary relationships.