ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Jan. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jill Pickett, AEDC Public Affairs On a cold, drizzly day in December, Arnold Air Force Base team members ventured into a wet, muddy cave to add to the data concerning white nose syndrome and tricolored bats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the species as endangered in September 2022 due to the impacts of WNS, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus dest  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 20 -- The FBI Memphis Field Office issued the following news release: The FBI Memphis Field Office is seeking the public's help to identify the individual(s) responsible for the arson of the Hope Clinic for Women at 1810 Hayes Street, Nashville, Tennessee, on June 30, 2022. As part of a national effort to bring awareness to a series of attacks and threats targeting reproductive health service facilities across the country, the FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered the gene in agave that governs when the plant goes dormant and used it to create poplar trees that nearly doubled in size, increasing biomass yield for biofuels production and carbon sequestration. By sequencing the messenger RNA of Agave americana, researchers found the REVEILLE1 gene that control  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have identified a mechanism in a 3D-printed alloy - termed "load shuffling" -- that could enable the design of better-performing lightweight materials for vehicles. One way to improve energy efficiency in vehicles is to make them lighter with aluminum-based materials. Researchers monitored a version of ORNL's ACMZ -- aluminu  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Much of the nation experienced an extreme cold snap over the recent holidays, and Tennessee was no exception with temperatures dipping to nearly zero degrees in Oak Ridge. Despite the bitter weather, preparations and recent upgrades helped prevent infrastructure failures during that time. Many employees with EM cleanup contractor UCOR reported to work  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 20 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Merlin Theodore, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received a presidential appointment to the National Science Board. Theodore is one of eight new board members announced by President Biden; she will join the 25-member board for a six-year term. Theodore is the first full-time researcher from a national laboratory  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Center Hill Lake Resource Management Office is holding a public workshop for its shoreline management plan update 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2003, at the DeKalb County Community Complex in Smithville, Tennessee. The purpose of this workshop is to provide stakeholders and the public with an opportunity to propose improvemen  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2023: The former Operations and Marketing Director of Lifeway Credit Union in Nashville was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. Monica Jackson, 43, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was charged in October 2021 with embezzling over $242,000 from Lifeway Credit Unio  more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Army Cadet Command issued the following news: By Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Cordeiro, Tennessee National Guard Public Affairs Office Members of the Tennessee National Guard's 45th Civil Support Team completed their Training Proficiency Evaluation Jan. 10-12. The evaluation, administered by U.S. Army North, is a congressionally mandated examination to validate the readiness of civil support teams every 18 months. The 45th CST is a 22-person team compri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the First Utility District of Hawkins County, Tennessee, for water infrastructure improvements needed to support business growth. This grant will provide the reliable water service capacity needed fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2023: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced $63 million in new five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants to support 42 local educational agencies, non-profits, or other public or private organizations and institutions of higher education working to expand existing community schools or establish new programs in eight new states and territories, including Alabama, A  more