HONOLULU (KHON2) -- The Better Business Bureau is cautioning homeowners when hiring a home repair contractor. Con men know that homeowners with a fresh tax refund may be looking to remodel. They'll offer quick work and low prices, take the money and disappear. Cameron Nakashima with Better Business Bureau joined Wake Up 2Day with more []
Mijas Councillor for Operational Services, Daniel Gómez, has reported that in the first months of the year the Town Hall has allocated €127,000 to improving pavements and accessibility on public roads. Work has been carried out on roads located in the three population centres and currently the workers are focusing on the boulevard area of […]
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State Representative Alec Ryncavage has announced the permanent repair at the Kirby Avenue Railroad Crossing. According to the release, State Rep. Ryncavage announced he engaged with the Reading Railroad Government Affairs office to expedite the repair process for the Reading Railroad crossing at Kirby Avenue. "The intersection at Kirby Avenue has []
SAN FRANCISCO >> Apple said today that it would relax limits on repairing newer iPhones with used parts including screens, batteries and cameras, a reversal from its previous practice of using software to encourage people to work with new and more expensive Apple-approved parts.
Fairphone, a phone company that focuses on sustainable and ethical business practices, has unveiled the Fairbuds, a pair of noise-canceling wireless earbuds. Just like the company's Fairphone 5, which is built to be easily repairable, the Fairbuds are designed to be easy to repair. Sadly, that kind of thing is pretty rare in the tech world, but it's a much more consumer- and planet-friendly practice that will hopefully become more widespread in the future.
A popular playground at Sedgwick County Park will be closed for a couple of weeks so crews can do resurfacing work. The Sunrise Boundless Playscape has wrinkles in the playground surface because of weather-related issues during the
A property transfer in the '90s failed to include the pedestrian bridge in the deed. There's also a mystery bridge with a train car.
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Numerous Evergy customers were without power Friday following an outage in the local area. Evergy is reporting several power outages for Junction City and nearby Milford, totaling almost 4,000 customers. The cause of the outages is unknown at this time. The outages were repaired within 15 minutes of being reported. 27 News has []
BATON ROUGE - Piles of trash are accumulating along Greenwell Street under I-110 in Baton Rouge and some fed-up homeowners called 2 On Your Side.It's an area of the city that Savannah Perry says is being taken advantage of by illegal dumpers. It could be that the people dumping are lazy or that they can't afford to do it the right way. Whatever the reason, Perry says she doesn't want it in her neighborhood."It's like where do we go, what do we do," Perry said.Each time she sees a new pile of...
McNEIL, Ark. — A member of a Union Pacific work crew was killed Thursday while repairing a washout on the railroad, KSLA-TV reports. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office reports Danny Brent Wilkins, 43, of Rison, Ark., was struck and killed by machinery during repairs after two days of heavy rains. He was declared dead at []Read More
On Thursday, Apple announced it's expanding its repair program this fall to incorporate used parts. Initially only for select iPhone models, the repair option will be available to more devices later on, though Apple did not clarify which models. The used components must be genuine Apple parts, in accordance with Apple's efforts to minimize privacy and security concerns. "For the last two years, teams across Apple have been innovating on product design and manufacturing to support repairs with...
The Apple Self Service Repair program for iPhone models is set to get a little more affordable and a little more sustainable with the news Apple will begin offering used parts. Apple says that, beginning this autumn, genuine used parts will be available after efforts to maintain the privacy, security and safety of its users over the last couple of years. Save £44.01 on Anker Prime 20,000mAh Power Bank Snag a bargain on Amazon with the Anker Prime 20,000mAh Power Bank....