WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association Educational Foundation issued the following news release: The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors--National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation is proud to announce the winners of our 2022 scholarships program. Fifty-nine students were selected to receive scholarship awards totaling $155,500. Applicants must be plumbing or HVAC apprentices or trade school students, or college students pursuing studies   more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 13 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: With a continued focus on strategic growth, Appalachian State University maintained strong enrollment this fall, welcoming 20,436 students. This class includes the most diverse student body to date, with 18.6% of the total population being racially and/or ethnically underrepresented students. "Serving the needs of our state and region continues to be a priority at App State," said App State Chancellor She  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 14 (TNSper) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: Dr. Timothy J. Smith, professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University, is one of 24 University of North Carolina System employees taking part in the System's third annual Executive Leadership Institute. The program aims to prepare and develop the next generation of leaders in the UNC System. Smith is the first App State employee chosen for the program. In her nomination letter for Smith  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced multiple grants totaling $4,031,309 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). "West Virginia continues to benefit from the support ARC provides, and the fundi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) announced that Ohio will receive $1,964,813,284 from the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strengthen roads, bridges and tunnels across the state. "Our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues to deliver critically needed funding for Ohio's roads, bridges and tunnels that will slash commute times, lower car repair costs, reduce pollution and support good-paying, union jobs," sai  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 13 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: On a press call with impacted residents and legal experts, national and Ohio-based community organizations and environmental groups discussed their petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would revoke Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) primacy for Class II injection wells. The petition comes after years of ODNR's failure to its communities to (1) meet basic requir  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Oct. 11 -- The Journal of Sedimentary Research, an earth science journal dedicated to the field of sedimentology from the Society for Sedimentary Geology, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2022 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * The glass ramp of Wrangellia: Late Triassic to Early Jurassic outer ramp environments of the McCarthy Formation, Alaska, U.S.A. * Demarcation of Early Pennsylvanian paleovalleys in depozones of the Appalachian foreland-b  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 15 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: On Friday morning, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and a select group of invitees gathered near Norton to announce the governor's "moonshot" plan to site a small modular nuclear reactor on former coal mine land in Southwest Virginia. The announcement comes as a surprise to many key stakeholders in the region, and no local citizen groups were informed about the governor's visit -- nor have any been invited to pa  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 14 (TNSgov) -- Defend Our Health posted the following news release and letter on Oct. 13, 2022: A broad coalition of Maine farms, environmental nonprofits, wastewater treatment districts, tribal representatives, and religious leaders sent a letter calling on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to reject the request put forward by an industry group dominated by out-of-state manufacturers asking for a blanket delay in reporting requirements under LD1503, A  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Oct. 14 (TNSpar) -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: A new partnership will assure admission for current and incoming Western Carolina University students interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in pharmacy into the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The Early Assurance Program is a partnership between WCU and UNC - Chapel Hill that will run through 2027, with an option to renew. The program is not only a means fo  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Oct. 12 -- Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-03) announced that Kentucky will receive more than $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2023 funding from the historic Infrastructure Law to strengthen roads and bridges across the state. "This massive investment in our infrastructure was a key element of the Build Back Better agenda crafted in partnership with President Biden, and I am thrilled to have helped deliver this mo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following written testimony by Lyme Timber Co. CEO James W. Hourdequin involving a hearing on Sept. 29, 2022, on 12 legislation: * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso and members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today about workforce development in the logging industry. My name is Jim Hourdequin and I am the CEO of the Lyme Timber Company, a timberland investment manageme  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 14 (TNStalk) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following statement on Oct. 13, 2022: * * * Today Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) ruled that customers participating in Dominion's Multi-family Solar Program will have to pay the utility an administrative charge of $16.78 per month, drastically lower than the $87.68 figure Dominion proposed. * * * In response to the announcement, SELC Associate Attorney Josephus Allmond released the  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: On October 19, organizations from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia will release scorecards examining how electric cooperatives in their states measured up across a number of areas, including governance, transparency, energy efficiency, member access to clean energy and other factors, and calling attention to how co-ops are performing across the Southeas  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 14 (TNStalk) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following statement on Oct. 13, 2022: * * * Today Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) ruled that the monthly minimum bill for customers participating in Dominion's Shared Solar Program will remain $55.10, more than eight times the basic customer charge that Virginians with solar on their own homes pay Dominion, and the highest such bill in the country. * * * In response to the announcem  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 3 (TNSsro) -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order granting electronic participation in hearing (Docket No. 21-00142): * * * In Re: Petition Of Kingsport Power Company dba AEP Appalachian Power For October 2020 Through September 2021 Annual Recovery Under the Targeted Reliability Plan and Major Storm Rider ("TRP&MS"), Alternative Rate Mechanisms Approved in Docket No. 17-00032 ORDER GRANTING ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN HEARING FOR KPC W  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 3 (TNSsro) -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order re-suspending tariff (Docket No. 21-00142): * * * In Re: Petition Of Kingsport Power Company dba AEP Appalachian Power For October, 2020 Through September, 2021 Annual Recovery Under the Targeted Reliability Plan and Major Storm Rider ("TRP&MS"), Alternative Rate Mechanisms Approved in Docket No. 17-00032 ORDER RE-SUSPENDING TARIFF THROUGH DECEMBER 30, 2022 This matter is before the He  more

THE PLAINS, Virginia, Oct. 14 (TNStalk) -- The American Bird Conservancy posted the following Q&A by writer and editor Rachel Fritts on Oct. 13, 2022, with Todd Fearer, coordinator of the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture: * * * This year's State of the Birds report presents a dire warning about the future of many U.S. avian species if current trends continue. While waterfowl are on the rise thanks to wetlands-focused conservation efforts, nearly every other group of birds is declining. The   more

LEBANON, New Hampshire, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2022: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is awarding $110 million in grants to improve health care facilities in rural towns across the Nation. These grants will help 208 rural health care organizations expand critical services for nearly 5 million people in 43 states and Guam. "Access to modern a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $2,467,900 in federal funding to expand access to health care and nutrition assistance across Virginia. The funding was made possible by the American Rescue Plan, which Warner and Kaine helped pass last year, and is awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Community Facilities Emergency Rural Health Care Grant Program. "Virginians' zip co  more