FREEPORT, Texas -- With Hurricane Ike bearing down on the Texas coast, the $1.3 billion Texas Dow Employees Credit Union said Thursday it has begun using its blogging capability to alert members and employees of the storm track, traffic conditions and public safety announcements.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- If nothing else, the shutdown and disruptions last week at Louisiana and Mississippi credit unions caused by Hurricane Gustav demonstrated anew that disaster preparedness can work well.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- If nothing else, the shutdown and disruptions last week at Louisiana and Mississippi credit unions caused by Hurricane Gustav demonstrated anew that disaster preparedness can work well.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gulf Coast credit unions prepping disaster plans today for Hurricane Ike were warned by this state's top credit union examiner that "there are lessons to be learned" about taking seriously early registration for emergency communication networks.

LAS VEGAS -- Nevada credit unions were considering plans Monday to stoke up safety soundness communication with members at branches and on Web sites following the failure last Friday of the $3 billion Silver State Bank, sold under a FDIC-arranged purchase deal with Zions Bancorp of Utah.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Though power outages and phone communication problems were still plaguing parts of the state, Louisiana credit unions Monday were returning to normal business operations.

BROCKTON, Mass. -- An innovative credit union-run center here, designed initially as a deterrent to payday lending, continues to find new community group patrons and is winning accolades as model for what credit unions can do in low- and middle-income outreach.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- In one of the largest expansion bids by a Texas credit union, the $1.3 billion Texas Dow Employees Credit Union formally announced plans Monday to add six counties, including Harris County, which encompasses all of Houston, to its field of membership.