ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Jonathan Carroll, capability manager for Hypervelocity Flyout, Impact and Lethality Ground Test and Evaluation at AEDC, has been named an Air Force nominee for the 2019 Air Force Government Civilian Tester of the Year award from the National Defense Industrial Association. "The recognition provided by NDIA and the Air Force is a testament to the hard work of the many people and teams that I hav  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: When Col. Ernest Lincoln Bonner and his own family needed it most, they received an outpouring of support from his Air Force family. "Our wing, group and squadron, they picked up every mission responsibility I dropped with literally no notice," Bonner said. "They helped us take care of our oldest son. They checked on us in the hospital. And they never made us feel that we weren't pulling our we  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order of default judgment finding that Joshua Christian McDonald and his company, Perfection PR Firm LLC (PPR), committed fraud, misappropriated customer funds, and operated without proper registration. The defendants operated out of California and Tennessee.   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Yesterday, FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding from May 3-4, 2020. Federal funding also is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private no  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release: A Tennessee healthcare executive was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for his role in an approximately $4 million kickback scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee, Special Agent in Charge Derrick Jackson of the U.S. De  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: According to the Tennessee Field Office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service Tennessee farmers expect to produce 14.0 million bushels of winter wheat from 230,000 acres for harvest this season. At this level, production would be down 3% from 2019 and down 8% from the June forecast. Based upon crop conditions  more

DOVER, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Rehabilitation of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield picnic area is almost complete, with much of the improvement and landscaping done by high-school age, Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) students. The picnic area rehabilitation resolves safety concerns caused by erosion of gravel pads on which picnic tables rested, decaying retaining wall timbers, and trip hazards. "Ma  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: In an average fiscal year, the ORISE Peer Review team manages more than 200 meetings across the country, with over half of those meetings held in person. But, by March of 2020, managers knew that the onset of COVID-19 would require an immediate shift of plans, changing the outlook of the year ahead. "Conversations began the first week of March and we   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists seeking the source of charge loss in lithium-ion batteries demonstrated that coupling a thin-film cathode with a solid electrolyte is a rapid way to determine the root cause. In a study, researchers prepared a lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide cathode as dense, thin-films free from binders and additives. The cathode's char  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method that uses machine learning to predict seasonal fire risk in Africa, where half of the world's wildfire-related carbon emissions originate. Their approach draws on data about underlying environmental drivers such as ocean temperatures and land surface changes in addition to more commonly used atmospheric   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering and supercomputing to better understand how an organic solvent and water work together to break down plant biomass, creating a pathway to significantly improve the production of renewable biofuels and bioproducts. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have built a novel microscope that provides a "chemical lens" for viewing biological systems including cell membranes and biofilms. The tool could advance the understanding of complex biological interactions, such as those between microbes and plants. The noninvasive instrument, detailed in Optics Letters, allows researchers   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Burak Ozpineci of the Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has won the 2020 IEEE Power Electronics Society Vehicle and Transportation Systems Achievement Award. Ozpineci was cited for his contributions to the "advancement of power electronics in transportation electrification and wireless charging of electric vehicles.  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: A basin that once held cooling water used in Oak Ridge's former uranium enrichment operations has been removed from the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), and now the site where it was located has been restored. Workers recently completed removal of the K-832 Basin in the Poplar Creek area at ETTP. It was used in conjunction with a pumphouse and co  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 9 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Wednesday that is providing incentives to businesses and schools to install UV-C germicidal lights that remove viruses, like COVID-19, and bacteria from indoor air. "As the largest public power provider in America, a key focus for TVA is helping to keep our children and the public safe by supporting technologies that are proven to kill viruses," said Jason   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $300,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee, to boost their capacity to support regional economic development strategies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "The Trump Administration is eager to allocate these  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the South Central Tennessee Development District, Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. "The Trump Administration is eager  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the First Tennessee Development District, Johnson City, Tennessee, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. "The Trump Administration is eager to allo  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Upgrades and construction are progressing at Building 2026 to prepare the facility to begin processing a high-dose portion of Oak Ridge's uranium-233 inventory. That work will enable EM to convert the material into a disposal-ready form after extracting an unprecedented amount of thorium for next generation cancer research. Oak Ridge Office of Environm  more