WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: WARWICK, R.I. - The state of Rhode Island and FEMA have opened a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Warwick in Kent County to help Rhode Island residents affected by the severe storms and flooding that took place from December 17-19, 2023, and January 9-13, 2024. At the center, survivors will be able to apply for FEMA assistance, upload documents and get answe  more

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, April 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Altus Air Force Base (97th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Heidi Bucins, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Leaders from the 97th Air Mobility Wing hosted U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, member of SASC, for a visit at Altus Air Force Base Oklahoma, April 12, 2024. The SASC is a senate commit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources has been select  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, RI - Dr. Jason Gomez, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's chief technology officer, and Dr. Robert Koch, a senior technologist in the Chief Technology Office, each recently received a 2024 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Undersea Warfare (USW) award. Gomez, a resident of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, won the Vice Adm. Charles B. Martell-David Bush  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, April 27 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: The U.S. Naval War College's (NWC) College of Maritime Operational Warfare (CMOW) completed its 2024 Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) course onboard Naval Station Newport, April 22-26. JFMCC is flag-level professional military education (PME) for U.S. officers that is designed to prepare future maritime component commanders, as well as officers and officials who will work closely with them, to p  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 970 More Borrowers in Rhode Island, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 8,750 people in Rhode Island under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, includi  more