OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Prasanna Balaprakash, director of AI programs at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to Tennessee's Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council. The council, created this year by the Tennessee legislature, will provide recommendations and draw up an action plan for AI use in state government. Council members are appointed by the   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 31, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Tennessee - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * From September 2023 to December 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Tennessee were 138,177, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 127,186, t  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jully 29, 2024, entitled "Tennessee Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * Tennessee had 173,000 job openings in May 2024, compared to 195,000 openings in April, 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 was 4.  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, July 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: U.S, Air Force Col. Aaron Reid, commander of Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force, was recognized by his alma mater, Middle Tennessee State University, at a ceremony at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the world's largest aviation celebration. Reid, a 2002 graduate of MTSU's Aerospace Department and a former Tennessee Wing cadet, was honored for his service as a combat pilot and commander of the unit ta  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history - delivered by President Biden's Investing in America agenda * * * ATLANTA, Ga. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $34,403,346 in funding for two selected applications to help disadvantaged communities in Alabama and Tennessee tac  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of apparent liability for forfeiture (FRN No. 0024472748): * * * In re Application of Carolina University, For Renewal of License for FM Translator Station W234CZ Chattanooga, Tennessee MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it the Application/1 of Car  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Five researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently completed an eight-week pilot commercialization coaching program as part of Safari, a program funded by DOE's Office of Technology Transitions, or OTT, Practices to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies, or PACT. PACT promotes the transition of research developed at DOE  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor Isotek recently took a different approach to machinery installation and repairs, saving time and money on the highest priority cleanup project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Isotek is responsible for eliminating the inventory of uranium (U)-233 stored in the world's oldest operating nuclear faci  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Cohort 2024 includes: Katy Bradford, Cassette Construction, is sponsored by AMMTO and BTO. Cassette Construction will produce low-cost, low-carbon wall and floor panels for modular construction using an offsite additive manufacturing process and bio-based materials from rapidly growing plants and waste. This makes the panels carbon-negative and cost-effective. Buildi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Substances called polyethylene glycols, or PEGs, are widely used in industry, medical, cosmetics and personal care products. The problem is, when they enter the environment and build up, they can harm ecosystems and natural resources. Existing approaches to detecting these environmentally unfriendly chemicals such as chromatography or bulk mass spectrometry fall shor  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists have determined that a rare element found in some of the oldest solids in the solar system, such as meteorites, and previously thought to have been forged in supernova explosions, actually predate such cosmic events, challenging long-held theories about its origin. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory led studies of the   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: Joshua Vajda, an employee of Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR, recently earned a top honor from the American Nuclear Society for contributions that benefit U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) sites nationwide. The American Nuclear Society Special Award recognizes an individual for contributions i  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Matthew Brantz, the Site Director of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) in Memphis, Tennessee, led a tour of the detachment's unique and powerful testing capabilities to key researchers and scientists from multiple government and academic institutions on July 25, 2024. The LCC, which is one of the world's largest and most advanced high-speed, variable-pressure water tu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Master Sgt. David P. Sluder, 33, of Johnson City, Tennessee, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sep. 27, 2023. In July 1950, Sluder was a member of Battery B, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division during the Korean War. He went missing in action after his unit was att  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Paula Cable-Dunlap is a pioneer in the field of nuclear nonproliferation, though many are unaware of her prestige due to her major accomplishments taking place in a classified subject area. Cable-Dunlap has been at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory since 2010, previously spending 18 years at Savannah River National Laboratory. She was recently name  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Julio Esparza, 47, of Alamo, Texas, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a $1,031,600 money judgment, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. In December 2022, Esparza pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, crack c  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: A Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged 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 ele  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Cathleen Caraballo, 48, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison and to pay $575,855.09 in restitution earlier today, announced Henry C. Leventis, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Caraballo previously pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud, health care fraud, and false statement char  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee announced today that the United States has reached an agreement with Good Times Restaurants, Inc. to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). Good Times is alleged to have denied service to a group of children who use wheelcha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Tennessee man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged 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. Nicholas Waldon Smother  more