By John Dougherty
This story was written for InvestigativeMEDIA and Published Thu., Apr. 3 2014 at 6:00 AM by Phoenix New Times.
Charles H Keating Jr. is remembered not only as the most notorious figure of the savings & loan crisis that swept the nation in the late 1980s – and as the namesake of the infamous Keating Five political scandal – but also as the fraudster whose techniques were replicated by those who helped trigger the 2008 financial collapse and Great Recession. [Read more…]
InvestigativeMEDIA today posted the supporting documentation for the Arizona Department of Safety and Health investigative report into the Yarnell Hill Fire disaster that killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots last June 30.
The investigative report, which includes audio interviews of key personnel who fought the fire including Granite Mountain’s only surviving member, is located here. [Read more…]
The Arizona Forestry Division has released important documents describing actions of firefighters dispatched to the Yarnell Hill Fire that were not previously made available when the division released records late last year.
The “unit logs” provide new information concerning the actions of the fire crews including the crucial initial response period on June 28 and 29 when the small fire escaped from efforts to bring it under control. [Read more…]
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InvestigativeMEDIA receives funding from the Center.
This is an important milestone and will allow the Center to help finance a major investigation and multimedia presentation by InvestigativeMEDIA on the Yarnell Hill Fire and the conditions that created this extraordinary disaster.
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Chapter I: http://www.investigativemedia.com/yarnell-hill-fire-investigation-ignored-major-mistakes-by-the-state/
Chapter II: http://www.investigativemedia.com/granite-mountain-hotshots-were-asked-if-they-could-protect-yarnell/
Chapter II supplement: http://www.investigativemedia.com/state-forestry-divison-fined-nearly-560000-for-mistakes-in-managing-yarnell-hill-fire-that-killed-19-hotshots/
Chapter III: http://www.investigativemedia.com/chapter-iii-for-comments/
Thank you, John
