The National Weather Service earlier this year lost more than 500 employees to layoffs and early retirement packages.

The National Weather Service is permission to add about 125 new hires after laying off hundreds earlier this year.

The weather service has lost 600 employees nationwide this year due to firings, early retirement offers and federal deferred ...

LaMarre said NWS should resume hiring soon because many forecasters in their 50s and 60s took voluntary buyouts, sapping the service of years of experience. At the same time, the service has cut ...

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