CUMBERLAND, Maryland, June 25 -- The Allegany County Public Schools issued the following news: Allegany County Public Schools has announced principal staffing updates for the 2024-2025 school year. These updates include the appointment of new principals: Josh Cook - Acting Principal, Bel Air Elementary; Tim Farrell, Flintstone Elementary; and Bill Dwyer, Frost Elementary. Cook earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and Master of Education in Administr  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 25 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University's Dr. Audrey Depelteau is spending this week at the 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland. This is the premier event in the United States dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment. Over 5,000 people from more than 80 countries attend this annual event hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Participants attend to gain insight into the  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 24 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Don Nichols was the only math major to enter the first class of students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Four decades later, Nichols' math includes more than 30 years working for the federal government, a 40-year marriage to a classmate in the first veterinary college class, and a difficult-to-count number of animals on more than 100 acres in Northern Virginia. "We're two veterinarians and neit  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 24 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Starting from scratch was nothing new for Valerie Campbell and Nancy Hall as they built a veterinary practice in burgeoning Northern Virginia in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They had already come through the inaugural class at the new Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Campbell and Hall became friends and business partners studying together in the veterinary college's first graduating class at Virginia   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 24 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Veterinary medicine as an academic pursuit was brand new at Virginia Tech in the early 1980s. But that didn't stop some graduates of the first class at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM) from making academia a career over much of the next four decades. Terry Swecker, Michaela Kristula, and Joseph Taboada were each among the first graduating class from the new veterinary college 40 years ago in 1  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 25 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today delivered the opening keynote address at the Maryland Municipal League summer conference in Ocean City, the largest event dedicated to educational and professional development for Maryland's local leadership. The governor's keynote focused on the three principles that have guided the Moore-Miller Administration's strategy for improving Maryland's economy: taki  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 25 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country's most stringent state abortion laws had not been enacted. * * * A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state's 2021 ban on aborti  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 25 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release dated June 12, 2024: * * * Adopts Strategic Plan * * * The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced the election of John "Kelly" Lewis as Chair and Amy Crone as Vice Chair of the Maryland Agricultural Commission. During the June 2024 Commission meeting, members also voted unanimously to elect Kelly and Amy to leadership positions for the 2024-2025 term. The vote was held immediate  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 25 -- Sinclair, a media company and a provider of local news and sports, issued the following news release: Sinclair is pleased to announce WBFF in Baltimore and WJLA in Washington DC have been honored by The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Science with a total of 29 Capital Emmy awards. The Capital Emmys honor the best journalism in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC television and media community. WBFF was   more