PHILIPPI, West Virginia, July 12 (TNSpar) -- Alderson Broaddus University issued the following news: Alderson Broaddus University (AB) is pleased to announce a Preferential Admissions Agreement with the Appalachian School of Law (ASL). The partnership, signed by Dr. Tim Barry, President of AB, and Keith Faulkner, President of Appalachian School of Law, provides a streamlined and preferential admission for graduates of Alderson Broaddus University to the Juris Doctor program of ASL. "The signin  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 14 (TNSpol) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: Five U.S. senators introduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act aimed at improving the benefits process for disabled coal miners and their families. The bill is sponsored by Senators Bob Casey, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tim Kaine, D-Va., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Mark Warner, D-Va. The bill, which has been introduced in previous congressional sessions, proposes changes to  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 (TNSres) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority could create thousands of jobs for the region if it implemented a mix of energy efficiency and renewable energy resources to replace the Cumberland Fossil Plant, according to a report released today by Appalachian Voices. In comparing three "Clean Energy Portfolios" for replacing the capacity at Cumberland, the study finds an average of 739 direct, long-term jobs and 4  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 14 (TNSreact) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held a mark-up of the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act -- bipartisan legislation that would guarantee that major new investments in abandoned mine land clean up can be directed to address the acid mine drainage (AMD) crisis that threatens waterways across the country. The bill was then passed ou  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, July 13 (TNSres) -- Tusculum University issued the following news on July 12, 2022: By Jim Wozniak Representatives of the Tusculum University Psychology Department seek community volunteers to participate in a study exploring the stigma associated with mental health services. Tusculum student Avery Carper, a psychology major, is conducting the study as a Ledford Scholar of the Appalachian College Association under the supervision of Dr. Kate Smith, associate professor,   more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, July 13 (TNSper) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Katie Colleran, who is currently assistant dean of students for student engagement and leadership at Harvard University, has been named director of Outdoor Programs. She begins her role Aug. 15, in time to experience first-year trips, which begin two weeks later. "Everyone who has met Katie has been impressed with her commitment to student agency and leadership, particularly in the outdoors," says   more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 16 (TNSpol) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Appalachian Voices submitted comments to the North Carolina Utilities Commission evaluating the draft plan submitted by Duke Energy to reduce its carbon emissions. With the 2021 passage of House Bill 951, the North Carolina General Assembly mandated that the commission approve a plan by the end of 2022 to reduce power sector emissions by 70% by 2030. Appalachian Voices has been hea  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news on July 14, 2022: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn today visited Beartown Woods Natural Area in Franklin County to celebrate its forest heritage and to induct it into the Old-Growth Forest Network. "Pennsylvania is already home to a number of Old-Growth Forests, and we are happy to have that designation bestowed on Be  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 13 -- Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: Governor Tom Wolf today announced the awarding of more than $17.5 million - the most in commonwealth history - to support the community-service work of 26 AmeriCorps programs. PennSERVE, housed within the Department of Labor & Industry, is Pennsylvania's grantmaking partner of AmeriCorps, the leading federal agency for national service and volunteerism. "AmeriCorps programs   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation helps miners who have suffered from 'black lung' disease and their survivors access the workers compensation they are entitled to receive under the Black Lung Benefits Program. The legislation helps miners and their survivors acces  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation helps miners who have suffered from 'black lung' disease and their survivors access the workers compensation they are entitled to receive under the Black Lung Benefits Program. The legislation helps miners and their surv  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) reintroduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act to ensure miners who have suffered from Black Lung disease and their survivors can access the benefits they need and deserve. The legislation improves the existing Black Lung Benefits Program for miners and their survivors by in  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) in introducing the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation helps miners who have suffered from 'black lung' disease and their survivors access the workers compensation they are entitled to receive under the Black Lung Benefits Program. The legislation helps miners and thei  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation helps miners who have suffered from 'black lung' disease and their survivors access the workers compensation they are entitled to receive under the Black Lung Benefits Program. The legislation helps miners and their survivors acces  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 (TNSres) (TNScapv) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release and letter on July 12, 2022: Federal agencies are targeting mature and old-growth forests for logging despite these trees' extraordinary ability to curb climate change and President Biden's directive to preserve them, according to a new report spotlighting the 10 worst logging projects in federal forests across the country. In the report released today, Worth More Standing, the Climate Forests coalition  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: AARP Kentucky is proud to announce that the University of Kentucky has been selected to receive a 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant, one of six grantees chosen statewide. The $8,305 grant will provide new workbenches, a 3D printer, pipe benders and a drill press to bolster a program in which volunteers refurbish used medical equipment and adapt toys to aid people with disabilities at the UK Center   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 13 (TNSper) -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Governor Glenn Youngkin announced he has chosen additional key administration appointments. "I am pleased to appoint our newest board members to serve in their respective administration roles," said Governor Glenn Youngkin. "I am confident in each member's ability to establish a best-in-class legacy for our administration while leading with diligence and skill. The expertise, innovation,  more

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, July 13 (TNSper) -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news on July 12, 2022: From a small town in West Virginia, to the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College to leading United Methodist Conferences in Pennsylvania and the New York Annual Conference, Bishop Tom Bickerton '80, Hon. '15 is now representing the United Methodist Church on a global stage. In his two-year term as president of the Council of Bishops, Bickerton will coordinate the work of  more