BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 16 (TNSres) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * The university is one of 3 master's institutions nationwide to receive the honor * * * Appalachian State University is one of 18 higher education institutions nationwide to be named a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars and students for the 2022-23 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State and Institute of International Education. The university is one of only three master's  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * Her project aims to foster cross-cultural understanding through literature * * * Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies at Appalachian State University, is spending the spring 2023 semester in Amman, Jordan, where she is fostering cross-cultural understanding through literature. Her project, titled "From the Appalachian Mountains to Jordanian Highlands: Appalachian Litera  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command issued the following news on Feb. 14, 2023: By Alyssa Crockett Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education has become increasingly popular in the 21st century as innovation rises. Many STEM-related fields have the necessary skills, talent, diversity and potential to lead AMC's workforce into the future. Lt. Gen. Chris Mohan, Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general and Redstone Arsenal senior commander, was a   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses at a full committee hearing about increased costs caused by Low-Carbon Fuel Standard programs currently in place in certain states, the emissions impacts of electric vehicles (EVs), and the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub. HIGHLIGHTS: ON LOW-CARBON FUEL STANDAR  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $902,161 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for eight rural development projects across West Virginia. The investments will support installing new water and sewer lines at the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center, providing marketing and sales assistance to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced the Outdoors for All Act. The legislation, which is co-sponsored by Senator Angus King (I-Maine), would expand outdoor recreational opportunities in urban and low-income communities across the nation. The Outdoors for All Act codifies the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program in federal law and ensures that funding  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Angus King (I-Maine), Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, introduced the Outdoors for All Act. The legislation would expand outdoor recreational opportunities in urban and low-income communities across the nation. The Outdoors for All Act codifies the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program i  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Feb. 16, 2023, by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lisa H. Miller at an event at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law on corporate enforcement and compliance: * * * It's great to be here with all of you. Today, I will share a snapshot of our 2022 enforcement results as well as our policy approach to white-collar and corporate crime. I have the pleasure of serving as a Deput  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Feb. 17 (TNSpp) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The use of a trauma-informed approach in helping people throughout the Appalachian Highlands got a boost recently through a "train the trainer" course offered through the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute (SBI). This five-hour "Basics of ACEs, Trauma, Building Resilience and Using a Trauma-Informed Approach" course, held at the Summit Companies in Bristol, w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 17, 2023, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket Nos. CP16-10-010, CP19-477-002, CP21-57-002) involving Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC: * * * I concur with today's decision to sustain the result of the Extension Order. However, I write separately to clarify the Commission's standards for deciding requests for extensions of time (EOT) to complete natur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following management advisory (No. 2021-ER-029-A) on Feb. 10, 2022, regarding the issues identified With Target Range Grant, North Atlantic-Appalachian Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: * * * To: Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service From: Kathleen Sedney, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations Subject: Final Management Advisory - Issues Identified With Target Ran  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 12 -- The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers health topics including research to practice, emergency preparedness, bioterrorism infectious disease surveillance, environmental health, chronic disease prevention and academic-practice linkages, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March/April 2023 edition: Research Reports: * Enhancing and Leveraging the West Virginia's Presc  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 16 (TNSpro) -- Lincoln Memorial University issued the following news: The Lincoln Memorial University-College of Dental Medicine (LMU-CDM) announced its newest 16-week, certificate based Registered Dental Assisting (RDA) program earlier this month. The program is approved by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry and will accept 10 students. It is set to begin classes as early as April 2023. The RDA program consists of a minimum of 116 instructional hours. It will include  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- 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, announced $902,161 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for eight rural development projects across West Virginia. The investments will support installing new water and sewer lines at the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center, providing marketing and sales assistance to the Appalachia  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 22-RD-309128) by Region 22: * * * WEDRIVEU, INCORPORATED Employer, and SUSAN A. GRINE Petitioner and LOCAL UNION 1181-1061 OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, AFL-CIO, Intervenor DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION WeDriveU, Incorporated (the Employer),/1 a California corporation headquartered at 700 Airport Boulevard, Suite 250, Burlingame, California, operates out of a facility located at 102 Car  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) re-introduced the Outdoors for All Act, legislation that would expand outdoor recreational opportunities in urban and low-income communities across the nation. This bipartisan bill is being led by Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-Calif.-44) and Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio-10) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Out  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses at a full committee hearing about increased costs caused by Low-Carbon Fuel Standard programs currently in place in certain states, the emissions impacts of electric vehicles (EVs), and t  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: A paper co-authored by Dr. Adrienne E. Foos, assistant professor of marketing, has been accepted by The Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress. The paper, titled "The Negotiation of Natural Motherhood and Consumerist Ideology through Crunchy Mom Discourse on TikTok," is co-authored with Dr. William Magnus Northington of Appalachian State University. Foos and Northington   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to support higher education and studying abroad, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has recognized the more than 170 higher education institutions from across the United States that have the highest number of accepted applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs for 2022-2023. The   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 14, 2023: * * * House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation remaining at a 41-year high of 6.4 percent, and prices having risen 14.4 percent since President Biden took his oath of office: "Working Americans need relief from President Biden's ongoing inflation   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Feb. 15 -- Ballad Health, a community health improvement organization, issued the following news release: The American Cancer Society recently awarded a $20,000 lodging grant to Ballad Health to alleviate the financial burden of lodging costs for patients with cancer. The grant, awarded under Mountain States Health Alliance as one of Ballad Health's predecessor organizations, is one of 90 nationwide lodging grants totaling more than $3.3 million awarded by the American  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (TNSgov) -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: The U.S. Forest Service officially published the Final Forest Plan for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, moving forward with a plan that recklessly opens critical areas of these two forests to logging and roadbuilding. The Forest Plan guides the long-term future of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, which are among the most visited and beloved public lands in the country. The plan outline  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 18 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news: The U.S. Forest Service officially published the Final Forest Plan for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, moving forward with a plan that recklessly opens critical areas of these two forests to logging and roadbuilding. The Forest Plan guides the long-term future of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, which are among the most visited and beloved public lands in the country. The p  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 18 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: The U.S. Forest Service officially published the Final Forest Plan for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, moving forward with a plan that recklessly opens critical areas of these two forests to logging and roadbuilding. The Forest Plan guides the long-term future of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, which are among the most visited and belove  more

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, Feb. 17 (TNSpp) -- West Liberty University issued the following news: West Liberty University will welcome Attorney and Pastor David M. Fryson as its keynote speaker for the conclusion of Black History Month on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The noon - 2 p.m. event is open to the public and will be held in College Hall. Also appearing at the celebration will be the WLU Choir and the WLU African Drum and Dance Ensemble. Fryson is the senior pastor of the New First Baptist Chur  more