WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA personnel are conducting home inspections in areas affected by Tropical Storm Helene to help determine whether the residences are safe, sanitary and livable. FEMA will not conduct a home inspection at any home where occupants have not applied for assistance. However, due to the volume of registrations, FEMA is working with the Tennessee Emergency Managem  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * Sixth class of ARC's nine-month economic development training program comprises 40 fellows from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors across all 13 Appalachian states. * * * Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced the 40 fellows selected for the 2024-2025 Class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute (ALI), a leadership training opportunity that equips   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Tennessee Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024": * * * Tennessee had 167,000 job openings in August 2024, compared to 166,000 openings in July, 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 wa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell continued meeting with survivors and responders in North Carolina while leading the federal recovery efforts. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell joined Gov. Roy Cooper to visit a community care station in Asheville where the administrator announced the community liaison hiring program in the state. The agency will hire communi  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 24 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 25-state coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to Columbia University to raise grave concerns about antisemitism on campus. The letter also encourages the university not to give in to demands to divest from Israel. "Like most Americans, I was dismayed at the antisemitic protests occurring on college campuses across the country  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 24 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00212) on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * NORTHERN UTILITIES, INC. d/b/a UNITIL, Request for Approval of Proposed 2023 - 2024 Winter Period Cost of Gas Factor Rates (35-A M.R.S. Sec.4703) ORDER BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY The Commission approves Northern Utilities d/b/a Unitil's (Northern or the Company) proposed Cost of Gas Factor (CGF) Rates for the 2024 - 2025   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: A Mexican national who worked with a drug-trafficking organization tied to the Carteles Unidos cartel in Michoacan, Mexico, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of his role in a $4.7 million conspiracy to distribute more than 335 kilograms of methamphetamine and 22 kilograms of heroin in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area and thro  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractors are seeking new and innovative methods to tackle the challenges involved with addressing aging, contaminated structures that date back to the Manhattan Project and Cold War. A project underway will provide the space necessary to test promising technologies aimed at advancing complex c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Nuclear fission when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy may seem like a process that is fully understood. First discovered in 1939 and thoroughly studied ever since, fission is a constant factor in modern life, used in everything from nuclear medicine to power-generating nuclear reactors. However, it is a force of nature that still contains myster  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 24 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson co-led a 25-state coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to Columbia University to raise grave concerns about antisemitism on campus. The letter also encourages the university not to give in to demands to divest from Israel. "I visited Israel a few months ago, talked to people who lost family members to the horrific  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today announced that following a successful lawsuit by the Tennessee Attorney General's Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") was forced to produce previously undisclosed information about the agency's release of thousands of detained migrants, including dangerous convicted criminals. The hundreds of pa  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Two papers led by researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received "Editor's Choice" awards from the journal Future Generation Computer Systems. ORNL researchers Tom Beck and Daniel Claudino had their respective research papers included on the prestigious, bi-annual list, which was featured in the Fall 2024 issue titled Advances in  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a 25-state coalition in sending a letter to Columbia University, urging the institution to stand firm against calls for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) from Israel and addressing antisemitism on campus. "Columbia University was right not to cave to demands for divestment from Israel, just as the University of V  more