WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSPol) -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: The United States House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act that includes nearly $2 billion in much needed dedicated funding to repair national park roads, bridges and transportation systems. The INVEST in America Act would authorize fe  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: In the mid-1980s, Balendra Sutharshan moved to Canada from the island nation of Sri Lanka. That move set Sutharshan on a path that had him heading continent-spanning collaborations and holding leadership posts at multiple Department of Energy national labs. In February, he joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the associate laboratory director of th  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 8 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: Future doctors, engineers, and business leaders. Athletes, performers, animal lovers, and advocates. Fifteen incoming students join the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's premier undergraduate honors program, the Haslam Scholars Program. Founded in 2008, the program was created with a generous gift from Jimmy and Dee Haslam and Jim and Natalie Haslam. The 2021 Haslam Scholars cohort was confirmed   more