WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release: * * * Through ARC's INSPIRE Initiative, the award package will expand support services to help Appalachians in recovery enter and re-enter the workforce in nine Appalachian states. * * * Asheville, N.C., September 18, 2024--Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded nearly $11.5 million to 39 projects through its Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery Ecosystems (INS  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and Robert J. Fenton today announced that the La Jolla Band of the Luiseno Indians was one of the selections for a combined $150 million in capitalization grants to help communities reduce vulnerability to natural hazards. Funding through the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program will provide $5.1   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A key aspect of the project involved building a curved tunnel extension leading from the existing accelerator toward the location of the planned Second Target Station. Workers added about 3,000 square feet of concrete tunnel, capped off by an 18-foot-thick wall of more than 7,000 concrete blocks to provide radiation shielding during normal SNS beamline operations. O  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Through a new technical collaboration program, companies will be able to propose research projects that utilize the labs and expertise in ORNL's Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A new technical collaboration program at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help businesses develo  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 18 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a comment letter that asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a federal legal block on California's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. The regulation attempts to impose an electric-truck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and manufacturers--including trucking companies that drive one truck for as little as one day per   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year marks the 75th anniversary of NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory, located in College Park, Maryland with field stations in Tennessee, Idaho and Nevada. Here are six facts about the lab. ARL is one of NOAA's oldest labs, was a product of the Cold War. ARL's research focus is on the boundary layer, the part of the atmosphere from a few feet below the soil up to 2-3  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 19 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order granting certificate of public convenience (Docket No. 24-00042) on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * In Re: Application Of Fiber Connect LLC dba Fiber Connect Tennessee LLC For A Certificate To Provide Access Telecommunications Services Throughout The State Of Tennessee INITIAL ORDER GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY This matter came before the Administrative Judge of the Tennesse  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: United States Attorney Kevin Ritz released the following statement today: "I have communicated to President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland that I am resigning as United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee effective September 18, 2024. It has been such a tremendous honor to serve our country in the U.S. At  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: Wesley Olan Landers, 55, of Cumming, Georgia, and Jeffrey Scott Wells, 54, of Canton, Georgia, have been charged by felony information with conspiracy to obstruct justice and to commit perjury in connection with a $123 million contract to provide behavioral health services to Tennessee Department of Corrections ("TDOC") inmates, announced Thomas J. Jaworski,   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: On September 18, 2024, Melody Sasser, 48, of Knoxville, TN, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 100 months by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Following her imprisonment, Sasser will be on supervised release for three years. Sasser was   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: U2opia Technology has licensed Situ and Heartbeat, a package of technologies from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that offers a new method for advanced cybersecurity monitoring in real time. Situ, which discovers and understands otherwise-undetectable events by analyzing security data, will go to the market through a commercial license. The   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: "It's always a real pleasure for us to get this one-on-one time live with the users," Cunningham said. "So many side conversations and problem-solving and troubleshooting conversations happen here. It's incredibly valuable to hold this year after year and have these personal connections with the user base." Users received facility updates on Orion, the input/outpu  more