BRUNSWICK, Maine, Feb. 5 (TNSJou) -- Bowdoin College issued the following news on Feb. 4, 2021: With a team of astrobiologists, Zack Burton '14 has discovered that underneath the dry, barren landscape of Mars, ice could be melting and mixing with underground salts to cause surface landslides. The biggest clues for the team that Mars might contain secret stores of briny water were these mysterious landslides that have been observed from afar on the planet's arid surface. Scientists have long b  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Feb. 2 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy is offering two free virtual Open House events for students interested in pursuing a career in pharmacy: * Pre-Pharmacy Virtual Open House, Feb. 23, 4:30-6 p.m. for high school students * PharmD Virtual Open House, Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for students ready to begin classes in the Fall The events will offer a welcome from Dean Debbi  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 3 -- The National Federation of State High School Association issued the following news release: Eight leaders in state high school associations have been selected to receive National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Citations. The eight individuals were approved by the NFHS Board of Directors at its meeting last month. An award designed to honor individuals who have made contributions to the NFHS, state high school associations, athletic director  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news: Gov. Andy Beshear announced a $573,583 grant for Hazard Community and Technical College (HCTC) for the commercial driver's license (CDL) Expansion Initiative. The program will allow for six cohorts of CDL students at HCTC's main campus and six cohorts at the Leslie County campus each year, training 150 students in a high-demand industry. The grant comes from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and is  more

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 2 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: North Carolina surpassed the 1 million mark of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across the state last Friday. This milestone capped a week when the state's vaccine providers administered more than 99% of first doses. Beginning today, the state's dashboard will be updated every weekday so North Carolinians can track the state's administration of COVID-19 vaccines. The state'  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Funding opportunities to prepare workers for rewarding careers in the energy sector and other high-tech industries are among the many items featured in the January 2021 edition of RWFI E-Note Monthly. This first newsletter of the new year is one not to miss. It's packed with information about programs to spur economic recovery in communities that have experienced  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (TNSGra) -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced more than $1.9 million in grants to restore forest and freshwater habitat in central Appalachia, including New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The grants will generate more than $3 million in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of more than $4.9 million. The grants were awa  more

RADFORD, Virginia, Feb. 2 (TNSJou) -- Radford University issued the following news release: Two students in Radford University's Doctor of Education program (Ed.D.) have written essays that will soon be published in prestigious peer-reviewed academic journals. Courtney Browning and Kelly Huff, both of whom are part of the Ed.D. program's first cohort, wrote their respective essays as a final project assignment while enrolled in Social and Cultural Foundations of Place-based Education (EDEF800)  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine's congressional delegation wrote to the United States Department of Agriculture this week to express their concerns with the agency's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) guidance for nonindustrial private forest land (NIPF). In December 2020, the agency proposed a threshold for acreage at which a landowner qualifies as NIPF in NRCS programs, which the lawmakers note could hold back conservation   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman David Trone and Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (All D-Md.) announced $300,000 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to the City of Cumberland for the Decatur Street 24th Crosstown Water Main Replacement project. The project will replace 4,300 linear feet of water main in the Decatur Heights neighborhood and provide water service to the Baltimore Street a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, incoming chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 3, 2021, at the hearing on the nomination of Michael S. Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: * * * The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing titled: "Hearing on the Nomination of Michael S. Regan to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency." Below is the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the Raleigh County Memorial Airport Industrial Park will receive $3.5 million award from the U.S Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The $8.3 million project will also   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the Raleigh County Memorial Airport Industrial Park will receive $3.5 million award from the U.S Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The $8.3 million project will also receive $4.8 mi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $300,000 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to the City of Cumberland for the Decatur Street 24th Crosstown Water Main Replacement project. The project will replace 4,300 linear feet of water main in the Decatur Heights neighborhood and provide water service  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: After hearing firsthand from hundreds of Virginians regarding continued widespread U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delays, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) fired off a letter to the U.S. Postmaster General urging him to address the troubling delay of life-saving medicines, groceries, supplies, and much more in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In their letter, the Senators call on U.S. Postmaste  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: After hearing firsthand from hundreds of Virginians regarding continued widespread U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delays, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) fired off a letter to the U.S. Postmaster General urging him to address the troubling delay of life-saving medicines, groceries, supplies, and much more in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In their letter, the Senators call on U.S. Postmas  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 3 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2021: * * * Last night, Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) not only rejected Dominion Energy's Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) that would cost consumers millions of dollars and needlessly further reliance on dirty and uneconomic fossil fuel infrastructure but is requiring Dominion to address the environmental justice impacts of its various resource plans. The IRP is a 15-year plan projecting futu  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced that Appalachia's 13 governors elected Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to serve as ARC's states' co-chair for 2021. As part of ARC's federal-state partnership structure, the states' co-chair is annually elected by Appalachia's governors and works directly with the federal co-chair to invest in economic growth and development across the 13-state   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has been selected to serve as the Appalachian Regional Commission's States' Co-chair for 2021. As part of ARC's unique federal-state partnership structure, the states' co-chair works with the federal office of the ARC and fellow Appalachian state governors to invest in economic growth and development across the Region. Governor Northam is ARC's 68th states' co-chair. He  more