FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 3 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Cali - Fort Hunter Ligget, CA - Five members of the 80th Training and its three divisions joined together to compete in the 2024 Best Squad competition hosted by the 63rd Readiness Division in Camp Parks and Fort Hunter Liggett, Ca. from March 6 - 13, 2024. Out of the five soldiers only two of them came from the same unit, but they were able to bond together   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Andrea DeSantis, Ph.D., will serve as the next North Carolina Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for the Division of Workforce Solutions (DWS), Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders announced today. She will succeed current Assistant Secretary Chet Mottershead, who is retiring and will remain at the agency for a short time during the transition period. D  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Following an order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement praising the court's order, which declared unlawful a final rule of the Federal Highway Administration that would require states to set declining targets for tailpipe CO2 emissions from vehicles on the National Highway System.   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following officer assignments: Maj. Gen. Kimberly M. Colloton, deputy commanding general for Military and International Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., to deputy chief of engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis, dep  more

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Indiana, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force's 434th Air Refueling Wing issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexis Morris For the first time ever, U.S. Air Force Airmen competed in the U.S. Army's 52nd Ordnance Group Team of the Year competition. From March 11-15, 2024, teams from both branches, as well as members of the British, Tunisian and German Armed Forces, competed with each other to demonstrate their unit's superiority in a number of EOD-centric skills. The  more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs The 22nd Air Refueling Wing received its first sets of KC-46A Wing Air Refueling Pods (WARP), which will undergo extensive Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation (IOT&E), as well as increase the aircraft's air refueling capabilities for probe and drogue - equipped receivers. On March 5, 2  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders are encouraging North Carolina employers to hire veterans and to apply for recognition with a HIRE Vets Medallion Award, an official program of the U.S. Department of Labor. The application period runs through April 30, 2024. "We're grateful for our veterans whose military service and sac  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 50 of North Carolina's counties in February 2024, decreased in fourteen, and remained unchanged in 36. Hyde County had the highest unemployment rate at 9.7 percent while Watauga County had the lowest at 2.7 percent. Thirteen of the state's metro areas experienced rate increases, one decreased, and one remained unchanged. Among  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: North Carolina has a shortage of affordable homes, so the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) was created to address housing issues. On Tuesday, April 2, the Local Government Commission (LGC) approved a request from the agency to issue $750 million in revenue bonds to continue its efforts. In its 2024 annual report (https://nchousing.or  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality is now accepting public comments on a draft Title V air quality permit for CTI of North Carolina, Inc. - Wilmington Terminal, an existing gasoline and fuel oil terminal at 1312 S. Front St., Wilmington in New Hanover County. This new permit, which does not include any operational changes but does incr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting a statewide increase in mpox cases. Over the past six months, 45 cases have been reported in 12 counties across North Carolina. The national mpox outbreak began in late May 2022 and peaked from July to August 2022. A total of 703 cases were reported in North Carolina that year, and only  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today published the 2024-25 Olmstead Plan to improve community inclusion for people with disabilities. Designed in partnership with key stakeholders and people with lived experience across the state, the plan advances the work to ensure people with disabilities have the resources they need to  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the following news on April 3, 2024: * * * Annual reduction of nearly 1,400 metric tons of methane pollution emissions from President Biden's Investing in America agenda - equivalent to taking nearly 10,000 cars off the road * * * U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced $392 million i  more