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

Some states in the South are bracing for further rounds of severe storms after a weekend system killed at least one person in ...

South Dakota's three National Weather Service forecast offices are short of staff, sending up fewer weather balloons ...

A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...

Representative Mike Flood announced a bill on Friday to make employees of the National Weather Service classified as public safety mission function workers.

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

Faltering forecasts, fired experts and whipsawing policy changes are raising questions about how the Trump administration ...

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran from Kansas has introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service meteorologists from federal ...

The challenge comes when ... adding that he was concerned about staffing and change at the agency. “They sound tired.” A former National Weather Service employee with knowledge of the ...

The Florida-based Navigation Response Team remains unstaffed this hurricane season, due to federal workforce reductions. This ...