ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 1 (TNSAwa) -- The Metropolitan Council, regional policy-making body, planning agency and provider of essential services for the Twin Cities metropolitan region, issued the following news: Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, which operates the regional wastewater collection and treatment system, received the Public Works Project of the Year Award on Nov. 19 from the Minnesota Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The award recognizes the successful   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 4 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly radio address on Dec. 3, 2021: Today I'd like to talk about our progress in completing the Delta Heritage Trail, an 88-mile hiking and biking path through some of the prettiest landscape in Arkansas. The most recent development in the project is the $20 million the U.S. Department of Transportation granted to the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism to complete the trail. The support of  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 2 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following joint news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation today joined with the Federal Highway Administration, community leaders and residents of the Quad Cities to celebrate the upcoming completion of the new Interstate 74 Mississippi River Bridge, one of the biggest projects in state history and a transformational investment in infrastructure for the region. The new br  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 30 (TNSMon) -- Jackson State University issued the following news: Jackson State University received a $1 million gift from John Nau, president and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., for STEM scholarships and naming the atrium in the JSU College of Science, Engineering and Technology building after Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Crear, a 1975 graduate of JSU. Nau says he made the donation out of his immense esteem for Crear's leadership and service to the nation. Cre  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (TNSRes) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) is the scientific research heart of the Columbia Climate school. For more than 50 years, we've been hosting the annual LDEO Open House as a way to show neighbors, members of the Columbia community, and general audiences how our planet works and the research we do at LDEO. Scientists at LDEO study the planet from its deepest interior to the oute  more

MOLINE, Illinois, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2021: * * * Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) joined Governor J.B. Pritzker, Former United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and other local leaders for a ceremony marking the completion of the new I-74 bridge. Bustos released the following statement marking this historic day: "The Mississippi River is one of the most iconic and important waterways in the world, and as of today, w  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- River Research and Applications, an international journal dedicated to the promotion of basic and applied scientific research on rivers, published research articles, including the following topics, in its December 2021 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Effects of hydropeaking on the behaviour, fine-scale movements and habitat selection of an Iberian cyprinid fish * Daily flow intermittence in an effluent-dependent river: Impacts of flow duration and recession ra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) and U.S. Representative Billy Long (Mo.) introduced legislation to add elements of Newtonia Battlefield to Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service (NPS). The bill would expand the boundaries of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield to include acres that are relevant to the Newtonia Battlefield site. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (Mo.) is an   more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District continues to monitor river levels near Thatcher Lock and Dam (L&D) following the successful installation of a poiree needle system on Nov. 28. A leak in the hinged crest gate required the district to draw the pool elevation down to 72 feet on Nov. 26. Inspections of the hinged crest gate are ongoing and will allow   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 2 (TNSOps) -- The Water Institute of the Gulf issued the following news release: The Water Institute of the Gulf (The Water Institute) is celebrating a decade of connecting public, private, and academic collaborators to address some of the most pressing challenges facing Louisiana and coastal communities everywhere. The Water Institute was founded in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Following those destructive storms, Louisiana leaders, led by former Senato  more

ST. CROIX FALLS, Wisconsin, Dec. 2 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that federal and state endangered native mussels first discovered above the St. Croix Falls dam in the St. Croix River in 1987 are still alive and estimated to be more than 100 years old. In August 2021, biologists from the DNR, University of Minnesota and the National Park Service searched a s  more