OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: "Energycast Oak Ridge" received three 2024 Hometown Media Awards from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation. The awards program was established to honor and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs that are distributed on public, educational, and governmental access cable television channels. The U.S. Department of Ener  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: A preliminary analysis of data from the early May high-water event in middle Tennessee, conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, has revealed that USACE projects reduced flood damage by an estimated $180 million. During a period of peak inflow to Corps of Engineers dams and reservoirs due to heavy rain on May 8-10, Nashville District flood storage proj  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Todd Combs, a highly respected leader and seasoned national laboratory expert, was selected this week as Idaho National Laboratory's next deputy laboratory director for science and technology and chief research officer. Combs replaces Marianne Walck, who left INL earlier this year to become the laboratory director at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Combs' hiring   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 22 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 20-state lawsuit challenging a new Biden mandate that creates roadblocks for infrastructure projects by forcing social, environmental, and race-based regulations on developers. The mandate eliminates President Trump's common-sense reforms that streamlined development, to instead force Biden's radical green agenda. With the mandate in  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on May 21, 2024: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers today announced a $109,932 loan for the Town of Woodbury to improve water infrastructure. The loan is one of four approved by the Tennessee Local Development Authority, with loans for the Tullahoma Utilities Authority, the City of Oak Ridge, and the C  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on May 21, 2024: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers today announced a $20 million loan for the City of Oak Ridge to improve water infrastructure. The loan is one of four approved by the Tennessee Local Development Authority, with loans for the Tullahoma Utilities Authority, the City of Winchester, and   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on May 21, 2024: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers today announced a $4.1 million loan for the City of Winchester to improve water infrastructure. The loan is one of four approved by the Tennessee Local Development Authority, with loans for the Tullahoma Utilities Authority, the City of Oak Ridge, and  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on May 21, 2024: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers today announced a loan of $509,843 for the Tullahoma Utilities Authority to improve water infrastructure. The loan comes from the State Revolving Fund Loan Program and is one of four approved by the Tennessee Local Development Authority, including loa  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Thanks to human ingenuity and zero gravity, we reap important benefits from science in space. Consider smart phones with built-in navigation systems and cameras. Such transformational technologies seem to blend into the rhythm of our everyday lives overnight. But they emerged from years of discoveries and developments of materials that can withstand harsh environment  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: * * * Findings from NIH-supported clinical trial suggests the drug has the greatest benefit in the sickest patients. * * * A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported clinical trial has found that intravenous acetaminophen reduced sepsis patients' risk of having organ injury or developing acute respiratory distress syndrome, a s  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news on May 21, 2024: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced nearly $8.6 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Tennessee. Communities once powered by the coal industry are n  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on May 21, 2024: Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Smart Heart Act, legislation that requires automatic defibrillators in schools and establishes response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies. The bill received unanimous, bipartisan legislative support. "Nothing is more important than keeping our students healthy and safe, and the Smart Heart Act ensures schools will be ready to respo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee commends the announcement of the Department of Justice's new resource for prosecutors prosecutors, "Framework for Prosecutors to Strengthen Our National Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Involving Adult Victims." The announcement was made today in Dallas  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has scheduled two virtual public update meetings for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMR Comp) on Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Both meetings will be held via WebEx with the following log in information: * Meeting number: 1991 65 9004 * Online: https://usace1.webex.com/meet/mvnpa  more