FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: BURNSVILLE, N.C. Hurricane Helene made landfall along Florida's coastal bend as a powerful Category 4 storm before weakening to a tropical storm and continuing northward into Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. The storm brought severe flooding, strong winds, and widespread power outages, leaving many communities in dire need of assistance. The 357th Engineer Company, an U.S. Arm  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Members of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 717th Test Squadron at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of AEDC, gather for a photo during the 2024 Turbine Engine Technology Symposium, held Sept. 9-12, 2024, in Dayton, Ohio. The symposium, held every other year, is dedicated to turbine engine technology developments; new instrumentation ca  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Local firefighters and first responders face the dual burden of operational response and personal recovery for Hurricane Helene At the direction of FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to support the whole of government response, U.S. Fire Administrator, Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, met with firefighters and emergency response teams last week in North Carolina, South C  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Prasanna Balprakash, director of AI programs for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, discussed advancing climate and weather research through high performance computing and artificial intelligence as part of a September 18 panel for the United States Senate. Hosted by the United States Coalition for the Advancement of Supercomputing, or USCAS,   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 8, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings In Tennessee - 2023": * * * In 2023, Tennessee women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $905, significantly below the $1,123 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Comm  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Smoky Mountain Computational Sciences and Engineering Conference, or SMC24, entered its third decade with the 21st annual gathering in East Tennessee. Hosted by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, conference attendees gathered in downtown Knoxville to hear from computing leaders from the private sector, government agencies and academia who t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ATLANTA FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams are in Eastern Tennessee neighborhoods helping people apply for FEMA assistance after Tropical Storm Helene. Disaster Survivor Assistance teams wear FEMA clothing and have federal photo identification badges. The teams go door-to-door in impacted neighborhoods to help people apply for federal disaster assistance, c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Plastic pollution negatively impacts human and animal health as well as the stability of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Also, petroleum-based plastics degrade slowly, breaking into smaller and smaller pieces that can travel long distances through water tables and food chains. The water table is the underground dividing line between the unsaturated zone where sp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Department of Labor investigators find Plateau Sawmill employed children illegally * * * CLARKRANGE, TN - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent decree requiring a Clarkrange lumber producer to stop violating federal child labor regulations, pay penalties for their violations and surrender profits earned for products made while violations occurred. Entered  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs A loud, sharp boom broke the stillness in a remote area of Arnold Air Force Base for the briefest of moments on the morning of Sept. 10. A dark cloud rose above the tree line, evaporating into the blue sky almost as quickly as it appeared. Turf and earth were sent hurtling skyward before falling back to the ground. The quick burst released waves of energ  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Next-generation technologies, such as leading-edge memory storage solutions and brain-inspired neuromorphic computing systems, could touch nearly every aspect of our lives from the gadgets we use daily to the solutions for major global challenges. These advances rely on specialized materials, including ferroelectrics materials with switchable electric properties that   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A research team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has devised a unique method to observe changes in materials at the atomic level. The technique opens new avenues for understanding and developing advanced materials for quantum computing and electronics. The new technique, called the Rapid Object Detection and Action System, or RODAS, com  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Minds will meet machine when 14 academic institutions from across the nation compete in person in the Cyber Resiliency and Measurement Challenge Oct. 22-23 at the University of Mary Washington's (UMW) Dahlgren Campus in King George, Virginia. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) selected the following teams: Catholic University College of William and Mary George Mason University Loyola Univers  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using advanced manufacturing techniques to revitalize the domestic production of very large metal parts that weigh at least 10,000 pounds each and are necessary for a variety of industries, including clean energy. Across sectors spanning aerospace, defense, nuclear, oil, gas, renewables, cons  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: On Saturday, October 5th, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $32 million for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and $100 million for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) from the Quick Release Emergency Funding Program. This funding represents a down payment in the immediate aftermath of the Hurricane to support emergenc  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Entrepreneurs, city leaders and community members gathered Oct. 1 at the Mill and Mine in downtown Knoxville for Startup Day 2024, the flagship event of Innov865 Week. Innov865 highlights the efforts of the Innov865 Alliance to develop, support and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Knoxville region. Startup Day is an annual pitch competition for local s  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: Reagan Fondren, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today that two Memphis nonprofit organizations were awarded Department of Justice grants totaling more than $2 million. "These grantees play a critical role in serving citizens of West Tennessee who are or may become justice-involved," said Acting Un  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: John Alan Nebel, 39, of Gallatin, Tennessee, and Joshua David Nichols, 52, of Nashville, Tennessee, have been charged with conspiring to defraud Ford Motor Company by selling old fuel injectors in boxes falsely labeled with Ford markings to make it appear as though those parts were eligible for a rebate from Ford, announced Acting United States Attorney Thomas  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Valentino Cooper, who leads the Materials Theory, Modeling and Simulations section in the Materials Science and Technology Division at ORNL, was recognized for his development of theoretical and computational methods that elucidate the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of advanced materials. Cooper's research supports next-generation energy and informati  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Justin West, an advanced machining and machine tool researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 30 Under 30 award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, or SME. For over a decade, SME's 30 Under 30 program has recognized young, talented professionals whose work has the potential to shape th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory were recently honored with a prestigious ACE Award for Composites Excellence by the American Composites Manufacturers Association. The team won the "innovation in green composites design" prize for creating a fully recyclable, lightweight wind turbine blade tip that incorporates low-cost carbon   more