JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, April 5 (TNSPer) -- Ballad Health, a community health improvement organization, issued the following news release: Ballad Ventures, a healthcare venture capital subsidiary of Ballad Health, has selected John Perez to serve as its managing director. As managing director of Ballad Ventures, Perez's primary responsibilities will consist of operational leadership and management oversight of the organization's venture capital efforts. He will manage the overall investment p  more

BOONE, North Carolina, April 5 (TNSPer) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: After a national search, Dr. Sandra Vannoy has been named dean of Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business. Her role became effective April 1. Vannoy has been on the Walker College of Business faculty in the Department of Computer Information Systems since 1998. She became an assistant professor in 2010 upon receiving her Ph.D. in information systems from the University of North   more

TEMPE, Arizona, April 8 (TNSAwa) -- Arizona State University issued the following news: The Textbook and Academic Authors Association has released the names the 2022 Textbook Award winners: Arizona State University Professor Emeritus Chuck Corbin (and co-authors Darla Castelli, Ben Sibley and Guy Le Masurier) received the McGuffey Award that recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. According to the association, the longevity in the marketpla  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSAwa) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University was the recipient of two Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) Awards of Excellence at the recent TAM conference. The TAM awards were presented to museums across the state for exceptional projects, programs and events held in 2021. The Awards Ceremony took place in Jonesborough at the McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School on March  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 9 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news: Gov. Andy Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov. Beshear has appointed the Honorable Darris Lynn Russell as District Judge for the 45th Judicial District of Kentucky. Gov. Beshear has appointed Samuel Davenport, Rickie Rothman, William Butler and Jed Emery as City Commissioners for the City of Hollyvilla, Kentucky Gov. Beshear has appointed Elizabet  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 8 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Governor Roy Cooper announced nominations and appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions. Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Employment Security Board of Review on an interim basis, pending confirmation by the General Assembly: * Regina Smith Adams of Durham as a representative of employees. Adams has been a staff   more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 5 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs issued the following news release: Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a $200,000 grant to revitalize one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Jasper. The funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission will be combined with a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant awarded in January by Gov. Ivey. The two grants will be used to replace vital infrastructure, remove blight and install streetscaping in the 1  more

BOONE, North Carolina, April 7 (TNStalk) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following statement: * * * A subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a confirmation hearing for three nominees to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. Beth Geer, Michelle Moore and Robert "Bobby" Klein were nominated by President Joe Biden in April of 2021 and have been waiting for confirmation for more than a year. The hearing comes at a critical time for the massive   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 (TNSRep) -- The Sierra Club issued the following joint news release with 11 organizations: Dozens of organizations in the Tennessee Valley came together today to launch the Clean Up TVA Coalition, demanding immediate action from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to cut carbon emissions and transition to a fossil-fuel-free and just energy future by 2030. Coalition partners include the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), Appalachian Voices, Sierra Club, Sunrise Knoxv  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following in focus (No. IF12074) on April 4, 2022, entitled "Areas of Economic Distress for EDA Activities and Programs" by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn: * * * Congress has used program criteria to direct federal assistance to areas that are economically distressed or comparatively disadvantaged. Place-based measures frequently associated with economic distress include indicators such as pover  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced that through the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022), job creation and investments resulting from economic development projects have already surpassed fiscal year 2021 year-end totals. These 251 project locations supported by GDEcD's Global   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The National Park Service Great Smoky Mountains National Park issued the following news release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking public input on proposed fee program changes for 2023, including a new parkwide parking fee and an increase to existing fee rates at frontcountry and backcountry campsites, picnic pavilions, and day-use cabin rentals. All revenue generated through these user fees would remain in the Smokies to directly support operational costs fo  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development issued the following testimony by Joseph W. Kane, a fellow in the Metro Program at the Brookings Institution, involving a hybrid hearing on March 31, 2022, entitled "Skill, Upskill, and Reskill: Analyzing New Investments in Workforce Development": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony as you consider different innovations and investments in workforce developme  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan Army News Service Embodying the resiliency of military children, Elena Ashburn, the 2022 Operation Homefront Military Child of the Year for the Army, was able to turn her personal challenges into positive resources for others. During one year at Carlisle High School -- her first public school -- she became student body president, joined the school's theatre company and made friends to whom she could fi  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: Dozens of organizations in the Tennessee Valley came together today to launch the Clean Up TVA Coalition, demanding immediate action from the Tennessee Valley Authority to cut carbon emissions and transition to a fossil-fuel-free and just energy future by 2030. Coalition partners include the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Appalachian Voices, Sierra Club, Sunris  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson today announced that Jenks Township is the recipient of a $117,440 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant for the Jenks Township Trail Hub Visitor Center. This funding will support the renovation of the historic train station in Marienville to transform it into a visitor center, which will serve as the centerpiece of the larger Jenks Towns  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $823,910 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research projects at West Virginia University (WVU) and Marshall University. The funding will support research to develop a new digital testing platform with high detection sensitivity for  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $823,910 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research projects at West Virginia University (WVU) and Marshall University. The funding will support research to develop a new digital testing platform with high detection sensitivity for infectious diseases, cancers an  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: Today in Zagreb, Croatia, at the U.S.-Croatia Forum, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield announced an expansion of the Fulbright Program to secondary-level educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Croatia. Today's announcement follows the U.S.-Croatia Strategic Dialogue, which was held in Washington, D.C. in March an  more