WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded $20 million for two new projects that will bolster green "upcycling" textile manufacturing and smart grid technologies across Appalachian North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The projects are supported through ARC's Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) funding  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: Washington, D.C. -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Tennessee resident Stephen Ehrlich, the former chief executive officer of now-bankrupt entities Voyager Digital Ltd., Voyager Digital Holdings, Inc., and Voyager Digital, LLC (collectively, Voyager). The complaint cha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: U.S. Department of the Interior Wyoming Toad Conservation Area and Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge will conserve important habitat, expand outdoor recreation access Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Interior today announced the establishment of the Wyoming Toad Conservation Area in Wyoming and the Paint Rock River Natio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement to improve and expand educational opportunities for students in the Fayette County School District in Tennessee. The consent order was approved by U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson for the Western District of Tennessee as part of a longstanding school desegregation case. Under the consent decree, the school district will imp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in the Western District of Tennessee returned an indictment yesterday charging 10 individuals for their roles in schemes to defraud the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), federal stimulus programs authorized as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. According to court documents, the defendants allege  more

MILLINGTON, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following directive: The U.S. Navy's fiscal year (FY) 2023 recruitment goals were 37,700 for active-duty enlisted Sailors and 8,390 for reserve enlisted Sailors. As of Sept. 30, 2023, the Navy recruited 30,236 active-duty Sailors and 6,342 reserve Sailors. The U.S Navy's FY23 recruitment goals were 2,532 for active-duty officers and 1,940 for reserve officers. As of Sept. 30, 2023, the Navy recruited 2,080 ac  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Using neutrons to see the additive manufacturing process at the atomic level, scientists have shown that they can measure strain in a material as it evolves and track how atoms move in response to stress. Alex Plotkowski, ORNL materials scientist. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy "The automotive, aerospace, clean energy and tool-and-die industries --  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A new study by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory looks at the influence of natural climate variability on extreme flooding in Pakistan. The study analyzed over 40 years of data and found that natural climate variability accounts for over 70% of observed monsoon variability and extremes in Pakistan during the 21st century, with c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Mike Benson has spent the last 10 years using magnetic resonance imaging systems -- much as you find in a hospital -- to understand the fluid dynamics of flows around objects and even scaled replicas of cities. After retiring from the U.S. Army in the spring of 2023, he started at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Natio  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Defendant Anthony Bryant, 38, of Nashville, was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a poly-drug distribution conspiracy that took place in 2020, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. Co-defendant Carlos Wall, 48  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: A federal grand jury in the Western District of Tennessee returned an indictment yesterday charging ten individuals for their roles in schemes to defraud the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), federal stimulus programs authorized as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Two former tactical officers for the Tennessee Department of Corrections Strike Force pleaded guilty for their roles in the assault of an inmate and the cover up that followed at Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee. Javian Griffin, 38, of Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday to using unlawful force on an inmate  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL will lead three new DOE-funded projects designed to bring fusion energy to the grid on a rapid timescale. These three fusion energy projects are aimed directly at the national goal of advancing fusion science and technology and bringing them together to develop and optimize cost-effective fusion energy systems. The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: A Tennessee man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of five felony charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Ronald C  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee posted the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: The Justice Department announced yesterday that it has secured an agreement to improve and expand educational opportunities for students in the Fayette County School District in Tennessee. The consent order was approved by U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson for the Western District of Tennessee as part of a longstanding school desegre  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: The Department of the Interior today announced the establishment of the Wyoming Toad Conservation Area in Wyoming and the Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee as the 569th and 570th units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The announcement comes as the nation celebrates National Wildl  more

RESTON, Virginia, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: * * * The federal-state mapping partnership will identify areas with potential for critical mineral resources that could strengthen the national economy * * * The U.S. Geological Survey will invest more than $3.5 million to map critical mineral resources in partnership with the geological surveys of Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and T  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Oct. 12 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Oct. 11, 2023, in a moderated conversation with Amelie Zilber and Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones during the National "Fight for Our Freedoms" tour in the College of Charleston: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Cougars! (Laughter and applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Cougars! THE VICE PRESIDENT: It's so good to be here. Hi, everyone. Oh, it's so good to be here. Thank you, both. So, let's get into it, s  more