OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator, a partnership among Techstars, ORNL, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the University of Tennessee System, is based in downtown Knoxville. Credit: Shutterstock The application to participate in the third cohort of the Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator in Knoxville, Tennessee, is open through Nov. 29, 2023  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists identified a gene "hotspot" in the poplar tree that triggers dramatically increased root growth. The discovery supports development of better bioenergy crops and other plants that can thrive in difficult conditions while storing more carbon belowground. The team used a vast poplar dataset to identify regulator genes that can   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 26 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 25, 2023, entitled "Tennessee Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2023": * * * Tennessee had 225,000 job openings in August 2023, compared to 189,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Tennessee wa  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, or TMS, recently announced that Anne Campbell of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been chosen as a recipient of TMS's 2024 Structural Materials Division, or SMD, Young Leaders Professional Development Award. Campbell is an R&D staff member in the Advanced Nuclear Materials group in ORNL's Materia  more

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District reminds the public of a previously announced brief drawdown of Old Hickory Lake from late October through late November to assess the condition of the shoreline adjacent to Corps operated recreation areas, as well as perform maintenance in recreation areas. Nashville District's water managers will attempt to hold the la  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: DOE bestowed three Sustainability Awards and an honorable mention last week to a trio of EM sites for achievements in innovative water management practices, strategic partnerships to strengthen the workforce, high performance sustainable building construction and water conservation. Oak Ridge received two awards, the Office of River Protection (ORP) a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans placed an immigration detainer on a twice-removed unlawfully present Honduran citizen arrested for homicide in Nashville. Kevin Castro Garcia, 31, was arrested Oct. 10 and booked into the Davidson County Jail by the Nashville Metro Police Department on criminal homicide charges for the death   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (WT Docket 02-378; PS Docket 23-237) on Oct. 24, 2023: * * * The Region 39 (Tennessee) 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two planning meetings on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., the RPCs will convene at the Williamson County Public Safety Communications Building, Classroom 134, 304 Beasley Dr., Franklin, T  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: View a hi-res version of this image Event organizers from the Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle Division. Credit: Carol Morgan/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy View a hi-res version of this image Alison Hahn, Director of Nuclear Reactor Deployment in the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy delivers opening remarks at the Molten Salt Reactor Workshop. V  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Stephen Streiffer began his tenure as director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory with a focus on enabling staff members, an awareness of the laboratory's rich history and a commitment to addressing the most significant scientific and technical challenges. "There are critically important challenges that the nation and the world are facing, and the whole point of the n  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56809) involving Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tennessee: * * * Facility: Watts Bar Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [1] [2] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Tyson Jones HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 10/21/2023 Notification Time: 09:25 [ET] Event Date: 10/21/2023 Event Time: 09:07 [EDT] Last Update Date: 10/22/2023 Emergency Class: Unusual Event 10 CF  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The sun rises behind the ORNL Visitor Center in this aerial photo from April 2023. Credit: Kase Clapp/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy In fiscal year 2023 -- Oct. 1-Sept. 30, 2023 -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory was awarded more than $8 million in technology maturation funding through the Department of Energy's Technology Commercialization Fund, or TCF. ORNL's Technolog  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Arnold Air Force Base Oct. 4 for insight on current efforts at Arnold and to get a firsthand look at how work there will impact the Air Force mission in the future. During his visit to Arnold, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Kendall was treated to an up-close view of some base operat  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2023: United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee announced today that Affinity Acupuncture, LLC ("Affinity") has agreed to pay the United States $250,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act ("FCA"). The United States contends that Affinity violated the FCA by submitting false claims   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: A federal judge recently sentenced a Grape Street Crips gang member and convicted felon to 25 years in federal prison for selling and conspiring to sell methamphetamine. Timothy Lurry, 36, of Memphis was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute; possession with intent to dis  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2023: A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging Stephanie Louise Baker, 53, of Mount Juliet, Tenn., Brian Baker, 52, of Mount Juliet, Tenn., and Jerry W. Hutchins, 48, of Dowelltown, Tenn., for engaging in a wire fraud and money laundering scheme to defraud a used automobile auction business in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, ann  more