CUMBERLAND, Maryland, Feb. 27 -- Allegany College of Maryland issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Allegany College of Maryland President Dr. Cynthia S. Bambara announced her intent to retire from the College to the ACM Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2025. For over 40 years, Bambara has dedicated her career to higher education students and local communities in various support and administrative roles. Bambara has served as president of Allegany College of Maryland for t  more

SPEARFISH, South Dakota, Feb. 27 -- Black Hills State University issued the following news: Climbing and caving pioneers, Herb and Jan Conn, have left Black Hills State University $351,000 to establish the Sara N. Dipity II Scholarship. The scholarship is for students majoring in music. Herb and Jan were cave explorers. In the 1960s and 1970s, they discovered and mapped over 60 miles of Jewel Cave in the Black Hills, making it the third longest cave system in the world. They are also credited  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 27 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with a bipartisan coalition of eight other states, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced the filing of a lawsuit seeking to block the proposed merger of The Kroger Company (Kroger) and Albertsons Companies, Inc. (Albertsons). Kroger and Albertsons are the two largest national supermarket chains. Together, the companies   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 27 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced appointments to the Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern Affairs. The commission advises the governor and other state agencies on matters relating to Maryland's Middle Eastern American communities, from economic, workforce and business development matters to matters of health, safety and overall wellbeing and welfare, and supports Maryland's Middl  more

NEW CARROLLTON, Maryland, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced the launch of the Office of Statewide Broadband's new Maryland Broadband Hub. The online Hub provides access to mapping viewers and links resources for Maryland residents and broadband providers to learn about how Maryland is analyzing data and existing broadband  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * DNR measures hundreds of sites to help provide a snapshot of the crab population * * * At a nondescript spot in the middle of the Choptank River, the Mydra Ann slowed to a crawl. The crew aboard the crabbing boat, a mix of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) scientists and commercial watermen, readied the gear. With a thud, the large, steel-toothed dredge met the  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 27 -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news on Feb. 26, 2024: University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that UMSOM faculty scientists have been selected as key contractors by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), for the federal agency's Radiation Nuclear Animal Model Development program. The $3.5 million award that Erika Davies, PhD, Assistant Professor of  more