PHILIPPI, West Virginia, March 9 (TNSfund) -- Alderson Broaddus University issued the following news: The Alderson Broaddus University College of Business has been awarded $200,000 in grant funds through the partnership with the Appalachian College Association (ACA) and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). The grant will improve financial education quality, access, and impact for AB students. "We are grateful to the Appalachian College Association and the National Endowment f  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, Prim F. Escalona, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: A judge sentenced a Tennessee physician and his wife yesterday for unlawfully distributing opioids and defrauding insurers through their now-shuttered Alabama clinics. Chief U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Mark Murphy, 66, and his wife, Jennifer Murphy, 66, both of Lewisburg, each to twenty years in prison for conspi  more

BOONE, North Carolina, March 10 (TNSjou) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * The interdisciplinary App State journal features scholarly works, reviews and poetry * * * Appalachian State University's Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review marks its 50th anniversary this academic year, with the journal's semicentennial volume set to publish later this spring. Published by the Center for Appalachian Studies, the interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal feat  more

BOONE, North Carolina, March 10 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: President Joe Biden released his Fiscal Year 2024 budget to fund government programs through September 2024. The budget proposal includes crucial investments in programs to boost economic growth in the coalfields, ensure coal mine reclamation and protect miners from black lung disease. "We are excited to see President Biden continue the work to support environmental justice commun  more

CUMBERLAND, Maryland, March 8 (TNSeco) -- Allegany College of Maryland issued the following news release: When the Dr. Robert S. Zimmer Theatre's doors at Allegany College of Maryland reopen to the public this summer, it will be the culmination of thousands of hours of planning, design, demolition, construction, technology and sound engineering, and theatrical rigging. Planning for the capital project began in 2021, with construction starting in November of 2022. A public ribbon-cutting ceremon  more

MUNICH, Germany, March 9 -- Biogeosciences, a scientific journal that says it features biological, chemical and physical processes in terrestrial or extraterrestrial life with the geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere from the European Geosciences Union, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 20, No. 5 edition: * Abrasion of sedimentary rocks as a source of hydrogen peroxide and nutrients to subglacial ecosystems * Atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen to a deci  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has awarded 10 grants totaling $7,727,900 to organizations across Ohio. This is in addition to $875,000 in technical assistance funds awarded to seven Ohio CDFIs in September 2022. "If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we need to ensure that bu  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown joined U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and John Fetterman (D-PA), to urge the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the adequacy of black lung benefits to meet the income and health care needs of disabled miners and their families. In a letter to Comptroller General of the United State  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) have introduced and passed a Senate resolution honoring the memory of the late U.S. Senator James T. Broyhill (R-NC) who passed away last month. Read the full text of the resolution: Whereas James T. Broyhill was born in Lenoir, North Carolina, on August 19, 1927, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Whereas James T. Broyhill ser  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, March 11 (TNSawa) -- The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching issued the following news: Natalia Mejia, a teacher at CC Griffon STEM Middle School in Cabarrus County Schools, was named the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) 2023 Empower NC Beginning Teacher of the Year in a special ceremony at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University Thursday. The award was presented for  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the federal regional commissions and authorities (No. IF11140) on March 6, 2023, by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn. Here are excerpts: * * * Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Overview of Structure and Activities Federal regional commissions and authorities address perceived regional economic underdevelopment. These organizations generally accommodate multil  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on forming a funded Federal Regional Commission (No. IF12263) on March 6, 2023, by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn. Here are excerpts: * * * Forming a Funded Federal Regional Commission During the 117th Congress, the Senate confirmed the nominations of the federal co-chairs for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC) and the Southwest Border Regional Commission (  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 11 (TNSrpt) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Appalachian Diseases of Despair," a new report from the Appalachian Regional Commission co-authored by Michael Meit from the East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research, finds that diseases of despair mortality had begun to decline between 2017 and 2018, but dramatically surged in 2020, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2019 and 2020, the diseases of despair   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup to consider H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights, and H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act: "Today, we are considering two bills included in t  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Health Subcommittee markup of five bills. Excerpts and highlights below: FIGHTING THE FENTANYL CRISIS "More people than ever are dying of fentanyl poisonings. "As many parents have appealed to us, this re  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to clean up legacy pollution while creating good-paying jobs and new economic opportunities for coalfield communities, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is awarding $135 million in fiscal year 2023 funding for Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and John Fetterman (D-PA) in urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the adequacy of black lung benefits to meet the income and health care needs of disabled miners and their families. In a letter to Comptroller General of the Unite  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 10 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00366) on March 9, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Mountain Water District For A General Adjustment Of Water Rates ORDER On February 18, 2023, Mountain Water District (Mountain District) submitted an application seeking a general adjustment of its water rates based on a historical test year and approval to implement a water infrastructure improvement surch  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 11 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00424) on March 10, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Tariff Filing Of Kentucky Power Company For Approval Of A Special Contract Under Its Economic Development Rider And Demand Response Service Tariffs With Cyber Innovation Group, LLC ORDER On February 24, 2023, Kentucky Power Company (Kentucky Power) filed a motion, pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001E, Section 13, and KRS 61.878(1  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) led a group of seven Senators in urging Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to conduct a study to evaluate the adequacy of current black lung benefits in meeting income and healthcare needs of disabled miners and their families. The study is critical to informing policy aimed at supporting coal miners and their families in Wes  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today led the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee in marking up and advancing five life-saving bills to the full committee for consideration, including: * The Protecting Health Care For All Patients Act, which Cathy introduced to permanently ban the use of QALYs in the United States and stop discriminatio  more

MOREHEAD, Kentucky, March 7 (TNSfund) -- Morehead State University issued the following news: Morehead State University is proud to announce that it has been awarded $3 million in federal funding for its nursing, kinesiology, and imaging sciences programs. The funding, which was announced by U.S. Representative Hal Rogers at an event held on March 6, will be used to upgrade laboratory equipment, simulation equipment, ultrasound and radiography machines, and more. "We are extremely grateful to   more

MOREHEAD, Kentucky, March 8 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05) announced $3 million in federal funding has been awarded for Morehead State University's (MSU) nursing, kinesiology, and imaging sciences programs. The funding award, which will be used to upgrade laboratory equipment, simulation equipment, ultrasound and radiography machines, was announced during an event on March 6 in MSU's Center for Health, Education and Research.   more

MOREHEAD, Kentucky, March 8 (TNSeco) -- Morehead State University issued the following news: Morehead State space systems engineering students will have even more resources to explore the stars with the installation of the new 12-meter tracking antenna. The NASA Deep Space Network at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) transferred the antenna to MSU. It will serve as a satellite tracking station for low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellite mission support and a training facility for space systems en  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by First Street Foundation CEO Matthew Eby involving a hearing on March 1, 2023, entitled "Rising Seas, Rising Costs: Climate Change and the Economic Risks to Coastal Communities": * * * My name is Matthew Eby, and I am the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Brooklyn, NY that is dedicated to making climate risk information accessible, easy  more

BOONE, North Carolina, March 7 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release on March 6, 2023: A study by the Government Accountability Office looking at the adequacy of current black lung benefits for miners and their families requested by U.S. senators should bolster ongoing efforts to improve those benefits. "Miners disabled by black lung and their families deserve more than what they are currently receiving -- $738 per month even for those with total disability," said Ap  more

ORONO, Maine, March 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Conservationist and author Ken Olson has donated his professional papers to Fogler Library at the University of Maine, complementing materials the state's largest library holds relating to the environment, resource conservation and policy in Maine and elsewhere. Olson is a 1968 graduate of the university, where he was a Senior Skull and captained the varsity soccer team. He began his charitable work i  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 7 -- The Virginia State Corporation Commission issued the following news release: The State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved a revised fuel rate for customers of Appalachian Power Company (APCo) that includes a mitigation proposal that would spread the recovery of its $361,411,867 deferred fuel balance over two years. The fuel rate increase has been in effect on an interim basis, subject to further modification, since November 1, 2022, and no additional changes we  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 2 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * The Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia project is part of a $250 million initiative that the Andrew Mellon Foundation launched in 2020 to support public projects across the United States. * * * From working with Appalachian communities to examining issues of displacement for refugees, two Virginia Tech faculty have made it their life and scholarly mission to recognize the people that society often ove  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), joined by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and John Fetterman (D-PA), urged the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the adequacy of black lung benefits to meet the income and health care needs of disabled miners and their families. In a letter to Comptroller General of the U  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 9, 2023: * * * President Biden's Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice In the two years since taking office, the President's leadership to tackle the climate crisis has boosted U.S. manufacturing and deployment of cost-cutting clean energy technologies, put the United States on a durable path aligned with limiting warming to 1.5 Degrees C, galvanized g  more