OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Rigoberto "Gobet" Advincula, a scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, or IOM3. The prestigious membership recognizes those who have made a significant contribution or established a record of achievement in the materials, minerals or mining fields or other  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District proudly announces the Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Conference has selected Operations Division Chief Andrea L. Williams to receive a 2024 Career Achievement Award in recognition of her significant achievements as an engineer for a U.S. Government organization. Williams is the first woman in district histor  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs The designers of the 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base recognized when their work began in the 1950s that continuous improvements to the test facility would eventually be needed to keep pace with advancements in technology that were sure to transpire over the ensuing decades. The first operational run in the wind tunnel, otherwise re  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 25 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 24, 2024, entitled "Tennessee Job Openings and Labor Turnover - November 2023": * * * Tennessee had 193,000 job openings in November 2023, compared to 215,000 openings in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Tenne  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From October 2023 to November 2023, job openings rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The decreases in job openings rates occurred in Mississippi (-1.3 percentage points), and in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee (-0.6 point each). The increases occurred in Illinois (+1  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs To bridge the gap between high-elevation installation work and an unaccommodating roadway at Arnold Air Force Base, Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members Ben Weaver and Tim Barkley didn't have to look far for inspiration. On Jan. 6, an Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge operated by Guardsmen from the Tennessee Army National Guard was used at Ar  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Jimmy and Ashley Collins, a married couple living in Birchwood, Tennessee, were sentenced in federal court today for orchestrating a health care fraud scheme that bilked TRICARE - the health care program that covers United States service members - out of more than $65 million. Jimmy Collins received a 10-year prison sentence and was immed  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using a new modeling framework in conjunction with data collected from marshes in the Mississippi Delta to improve predictions of climate-warming methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soils in coastal ecosystems. Underlying processes such as sulfur cycling and influences like salinity in these waterlogged wetland s  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Through a new public-private partnership with Zeno Power Systems, Inc. (Zeno), the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has reduced the amount of legacy radioactive material on the site. Zeno will recycle the material into a source of clean energy. OREM, supported by its environmental cleanup contractor  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: EM recently announced the selection of Laura Wilkerson as chief engineer for the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and the reassignment of Erik Olds from EM's communications director to OREM's deputy manager. As a recognized leader and technical expert, Wilkerson will focus on the most complex, crosscutting engineering challenges fac  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Jan. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlighted the cleanup progress at the Southside Chattanooga Lead Site (SSCL) and over $56 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds issued by the Biden-Harris Administration to accelerate the cleanup. "Southside Chattanooga Lead is one of just 28 Superfund Sites across the region selected to received BIL funds. T  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release Jan. 25, 2024: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has entered into a Voluntary Compliance Agreement (VCA) with HUD-funded Tennessee housing providers Alco Greenbriar Partners LP, Alco Properties, Inc., and Alco Management, Inc., requiring the respondents to pay $50,000 in compensation to the aggrieved parties. The VCA resolves findings of noncomplian  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: MILLINGTON, Tennessee - NAVADMIN 006/24 announced that Sailors who become pregnant during sea duty will be reassigned to shore duty where they can receive necessary medical care while maintaining their career progression. "This policy is about taking care of our people," said Rear Adm. Wayne Baze, commander, Navy Personnel Command  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: EM crews in Oak Ridge have completed major deactivation efforts on a Manhattan Project-era facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex slated for demolition. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have been working toward this deactivation milestone since 2020. Workers finished deactivating the above-ground floo  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: When Janet Meier accepted a postdoctoral position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in September 2022, she had no idea that just over a year later she would represent ORNL on Capitol Hill at the inaugural National Lab Research SLAM. At the SLAM, 17 early career researchers, one from each Department of Energy national lab, contended before a panel of judges and both   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Kyle Gluesenkamp, right, confers with Ayyoub Momen, founder and chief executive officer of Ultrasonic Technology Solutions and a former ORNL researcher. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Researchers, staff members and licensees from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received top honors in the Federal Laboratory Consortium's annual awar  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee collected $2,959,254.54 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $2,846,173.69 was collected in criminal actions and $113,080.85 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, Tennessee's Western District worked with other  more