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The National Weather Service has lifted its hiring freeze and is now accepting applications for mission-critical positions to ...
The National Weather Service is offering some reassurance amid cuts from the federal government. The local office tells WGNO it shouldn’t affect its operations this hurricane season.
After losing more than 560 employees to layoffs and early retirement incentives earlier this year, the National Weather Service has received permission to hire about 125 new meteorologists and ...
Updated: May 30, 2025 / 11:58 AM CDT WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — With Kansas in the middle of severe weather season, there has been a lot of concern over staffing cuts at the National Weather Service.
DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend ...
After losing nearly 600 employees to layoffs and retirements as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, the National Weather Service is planning to hire ...
The National Weather Service announced plans Tuesday to hire 126 people for permanent positions while transferring exiting employees to some of the neediest offices in the U.S., which records show ...
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Little Rock Friday announced temporary cutbacks to several public-facing services due ...
Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood led a bipartisan group of lawmakers Friday in introducing legislation that would help speed up the hiring of National Weather Service employees and reclassify them.
"Several local (weather service) offices are temporarily operating below around-the-clock staffing," according to a statement from Kim Doster, director of communications for the National Oceanic ...
The National Weather Service (NWS) is experiencing critical understaffing, exacerbated by recent terminations and retirements ...
Some National Weather Service offices in California are among those hit hardest by meteorologist vacancies, heightening ...