OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: * * * Latest Oak Ridge cleanup achievement represents important advancement for largest deactivation projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory * * * Team members with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR have successfully lifted and removed the lower reactor vessel from the Oak Ridge Research Reactor, also known as Building 30  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: More than 50 Civil Air Patrol cadets from 27 wings devoted a week to academic experiences in mostly STEM-related fields - plus a few extra surprises --at the annual National Cadet Engineering Technology Academy, The cadets, selected by CAP for the academy through a competitive process, took part in activities covering aerospace, engineering technology, physics and astronomy, data science  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following forfeiture order (FRN No. 0024472748) on Aug. 15, 2024: * * * In re Application of Carolina University, For Renewal of License for FM Translator Station W234CZ, Chattanooga, Tennessee FORFEITURE ORDER By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order, we affirm our Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL)/1 and issu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Luttrell Staffing employed children to work in Morristown manufacturing plant * * * GREENVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in a Tennessee federal court that requires a Kingsport staffing agency to stop employing children illegally and forbids them from future violations of federal child labor laws. The action comes after federal invest  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than normal. This comes after an energetic 2023 season, which brought the fourth-most named storms since 1950. A group of beach-loving environmental researchers wondered how a highly active hurricane season impacts beaches along the coast. When they loo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Missouri woman was arrested this morning on federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family of millions of dollars and steal the family's ownership interest in Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa Jeanine Findley, also known as Lisa Holden, Lisa Howell, Gregory Naussany, Kurt Naussany, Lisa Jeanine Sullins, and Carolyn Wil  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District issued the following news release: The Mississippi River Commission will conduct its 411th low-water inspection trip and public hearings from Aug. 19 - 23 at four locations along the Mississippi River. The four public meetings have been scheduled to take place aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI. Commission members will meet with local partners, stakeholders and residents and hear their concerns, ideas and issues.  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs A little more than a month after taking command of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Col. Grant Mizell hosted his first Commander's Call July 19 in the Main Auditorium at Arnold Air Force Base. During the session, Mizell took time to briefly introduce himself to Team AEDC members in attendance and watching over Microsoft Teams, discuss his family's   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The first materials scientists might have been early humans who through trial-and-error experiments discovered the first "cutting-edge" technologies. They found that the best arrowheads and other tools could be made from certain types of natural, structural materials, which at the time included stones and animal bones. Today, many of the most promising new material  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the public to participate in one of several public meetings that are planned to discuss the Invasive Carp Management Plan, draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment, and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact, which are under review to manage and prevent the spread of invasive carp populations in the Tennessee an  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that small molecular tweaks to surfaces can improve absorption technology for direct air capture, or DAC, of carbon dioxide. Amino acids, which react readily with CO2 and are environmentally friendly, have potential for use in liquid-based DAC. However, they aren't naturally drawn to surfaces where they  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: From a nondescript industrial building in the small town of Crossville, Tennessee, the team of engineers at Whisper Aero is planning a revolution in aviation technology. Previously home to a publisher of magazines including, coincidentally, Trade-A-Plane, an airplane sales publication started in 1937 the long-empty property's cavernous spaces are now filled with mu  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: On August 8, 2024, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 14-count indictment against Kenneth Francis Lee, 53, and Susan Amie Lee, 54, of Knoxville, TN. Kenneth Lee was indicted on seven counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, and three counts of tax offenses, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 1343; 1956(h), 26 U.S.C. Sec.  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty today to all charges against him in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury in March 2024 charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to e  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Gerald A. Tuskan, a Corporate Fellow and director of the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, or CBI, at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as a DOE Distinguished Scientist Fellow, one of the highest honors bestowed by the agency's Office of Science for outstanding scientific leadership and research community engagement. Tuskan   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are entering into a memorandum of understanding with the intent to collaborate in efforts to research, develop, deploy and evaluate technology and analytically based solutions to challenges in the area of quantum information science and engineering, in  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Y-12 National Security Complex issued the following news release: Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) is sponsoring a $5,000 grant for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classroom. The goal of the grant, designated for grades K-12, is to foster advancement of STEM activities in the classroom and to help develop Y-12's future workforce. CNS manages and operates the Y-12 National Security Complex for the National Nu  more