CAMPBELLSVILLE, Kentucky, March 18 (TNSGra) -- Campbellsville University issued the following news: Campbellsville University's Dr. Indra Sahu, assistant professor of physics, has received a $297,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund undergraduate research over the course of three years. This is the first NSF research award Campbellsville University has received. According to Steve Alston, chair of the division of natural science and professor of physics, "The NSF is the  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) joined U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade, Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight, and 49 of their House colleagues in urging President Biden to immediately remove  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following joint news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) urged congressional leaders to quickly confirm President Joe Biden's nominees to oversee the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), which has experienced unacceptable delays under the current Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. Once Biden's nominees to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors are confirmed, they can provide strict oversight over   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) urged congressional leaders to quickly confirm President Joe Biden's nominees to oversee the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), which has experienced unacceptable delays under the current Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. Once Biden's nominees to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors are confirmed, they can provide strict oversight ove  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Late Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the nation's new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, also known as the Revised CSAPR Update. This court-ordered rule, which was proposed under the Trump administration, requires states to reduce power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy smog levels in downwind states. While the new rule improves air quality by requiring coal-burning power plants to redu  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 19 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: A new strategic visioning process for East Tennessee State University - the Committee for 125 Chapter II - is being launched this month by President Dr. Brian Noland. The initiative will build upon the foundation of the Committee for 125 effort that began in 2012 outlining strategic goals the institution hoped to achieve upon its 125th anniversary in 2036. The goal of the new initiative is to develo  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, March 18 (TNSPer) -- High Point University issued the following news release: High Point University has appointed three new members to its Board of Visitors. The board is composed of more than 100 business leaders, alumni, friends and community advocates of HPU who are recognized for their character, success, philanthropy and leadership. "HPU deeply values the support from all of its Board of Visitors members," says HPU President Dr. Nido Qubein. "We are so excited   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development issued the following testimony by Thomas R. Kurfess, chief manufacturing officer and interim director of the Manufacturing Science Division of Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Domestic Manufacturing for a Clean Energy Future" on March 17, 2021: * * * My name is Tom Kurfess. I am chief manufacturing officer and interim director of the Manufacturi  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Robert Hughes, executive director of the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Restoring Abandoned Mine Lands, Local Economies, and the Environment" on March 18, 2021: * * * My name is Robert E. Hughes, Executive Director, of the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR). I  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Susan Kozak, director at Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship's Division of Soil Conservation and Water Quality, on behalf the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Restoring Abandoned Mine Lands, Local Economies, and the Environment" on March 18, 2021: * * * My name is Susan Kozak and I serve as  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Marissa Lautzenheiser, program director at Rural Action, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Restoring Abandoned Mine Lands, Local Economies, and the Environment" on March 18, 2021: * * * Thank you, Chairman Lowenthal and ranking member Stauber and thank you to Rep. Cartwright and all the other cosponsors of HR1733 and HR1734. I appreciate the opportunity to be  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) joined Maryland Delegation Members in urging U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeig to approve the funding request for the I-81/Halfway Boulevard Freight Connection Project in Western Maryland. The request was submitted by Washington County and the Maryland Department of Transportation. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Representatives Steny H  more

FREDERICK, Maryland, March 20 -- The National Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education issued the following news on March 19, 2021: EntreEd's Gene Coulson and Toi Hershman were among 88 participants who graduated from the inaugural class of the Appalachia Nonprofit Resource Center's Cohort Training Program. This intensive coaching initiative, sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission and administered by Hargrove International, Inc., provided representatives from 53 organizations tailore  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (Chesapeake Trail) is pleased to announce that its first cohort of interns has completed the inaugural Ancestral Lands Corps Individual Placement Program at Werowocomoco, the historic capital of the Powhatan chiefdom and a site of international and historical significance located on Virginia's York River. In 2016, the Na  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian-Piedmont-Coastal Zone fire management staff successfully completed a 175-acre prescribed burn along a half-mile of the park boundary in Wears Valley on Tuesday, March 9. The prescribed burn was conducted to reduce the amount of flammable brush along the park's boundary with residential homes, as well as maintaining an open  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) filed updated legislation today to designate Southern Maryland as a National Heritage Area (NHA) to further commemorate, conserve and promote important natural, scenic, historic, cultural and recreational resources in St. Mary's, Calvert, Charles and Prince George's counties. Senator Chris Van Hollen is an original co-spon  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after introducing the Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act (H.R. 1748) and the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act (H.R. 1575) - both part of the broader Securing Cleaner American Energy: "Within the first few months of being in office, the Biden Administration has made it clear that they have no intention of supporting   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative David Trone, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation-Housing and Urban Development, led Maryland delegation members in urging U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeig to approve the funding request for the I-81/Halfway Boulevard Freight Connection Project in Western Maryland. The request was submitted by Washington County and the Maryland Dep  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) reintroduced H.R. 2073, the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, legislation to halt all new mountaintop removal coal mining permits until federal officials can examine the practice's health effects on surrounding communities. Yarmuth's legislation would task the Department of Health and Human Services with conducting the first-ever comprehensive federal stu  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight, led 50 of their colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to immediately remove and replace the six current members of the Postal  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade, and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight, led 41 of their colleagues in writing to President Joe Biden to urge him to immediately remove and replace the six current membe  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade, and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight, led 50 of their colleagues in writing to President Joe Biden to urge him to immediately remove and replace the six current members o  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (Both D-Md.) today filed updated legislation to designate Southern Maryland as a National Heritage Area (NHA) to further commemorate, conserve and promote important natural, scenic, historic, cultural and recreational resources in St. Mary's, Calvert, Charles and Prince George's counties. Senator Chris Van Hollen is an original co-  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced legislation to ease the burden on the surviving families of miners who perish due to black lung disease. Too often, survivors of deceased miners face difficulties in securing the benefits to which they are entitled, due to bureaucratic proof requirements that a  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), on Wednesday introduced legislation to reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act, which would allow states to access matching federal funding for projects to promote conservation, tourism, and recreation in the region. The Highlands Regi  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) today filed updated legislation to designate Southern Maryland as a National Heritage Area (NHA) to further commemorate, conserve and promote important natural, scenic, historic, cultural and recreational resources in St. Mary's, Calvert, Charles and Prince George's counties. National Heritage Ar  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced legislation to ease the burden on the surviving families of miners who perish due to black lung disease. Too often, survivors of deceased miners face difficulties in securing the benefits to which they are entitled, due to bureaucratic proof requirements that are  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 20 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following order (Case No. 20-1027-E-C): RONALD MALUS, Alderson, Greenbrier County, Complainant, V. APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, a public utility, Defendant. PROCEDURAL ORDER The parties are given ten additional days to respond to the Commission Staff recommendation or to request a hearing. BACKGROUND On December 18, 2020, Ronald Malus (Complainant) filed a formal complaint alleging that Appalachia  more