Gendarmes have relaunched the search for a 65-year-old hiker missing for over a week in the Alpes-Maritimes high country, after her family took up the effort themselves when official searches were called off.
A local student federation puts this year's total start-of-term cost for Alpes-Maritimes students at around €4,000, well above the national average, as students describe taking on extra work to cope.
Trains between Marseille and the Italian border will stop running entirely for a weekend next month as SNCF carries out major infrastructure works.
Nice's public transport operator is in open crisis, with its director suspended, harassment complaints filed and financial misappropriation allegations under investigation.
Alpes-Maritimes farmers are reporting yield losses of up to 70 percent as a fresh summer drought grips the department.
Elderly residents in the Alpes-Maritimes high country are set to lose their on-demand transport service next week, as regional and local officials trade blame.
A violent storm on August 14 damaged the village cemetery with a mudslide, partially destroyed a community hall roof, cut off a road and flooded cellars. Young residents spontaneously turned out to help restore order.
Mayor Sébastien Olharan says the commune is still owed 4 million euros in disputed compensation, after insurer SMACL refused to recognise one of two official natural disaster declarations covering the 2020 storm's landslide damage.
Sixty-four firefighters and 32 vehicles joined the overnight and following-morning search for the 22 year old still missing after Sunday's collision, before the maritime prefecture called off the effort around 11am Monday.
Unions disrupted the network again on Friday, August 14 and Monday, August 17, running affected lines on Sunday schedules, as the pay dispute BCN has followed since July continues without resolution.
Around thirty elected officials, including Nice mayor Éric Ciotti and several MPs, co-signed a letter to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez requesting reinforcements at the year-end staffing round, noting the department currently counts around 2,340 national police officers.
Hotel occupancy regularly tops 85% this summer, driven by growing international demand, even as UMIH06 reports restaurant footfall down 15 to 20%, and as much as 25% for traditional establishments, amid repeated heatwaves and squeezed household budgets.