LEBANON, Tennessee, April 13 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: A planning team with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District met with Wilson County officials this morning to begin moving forward with a watershed study focused on several local creeks. The Wilson County local government requested planning assistance and a watershed study that focuses on flood risk management and updated flood mapping of the 100-year and 500-year   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Employers: Nyrio Investments Corp., operating as Stateline Liquor & Wine at 1069 Main Street, Southaven, MS 38671 Three Star Investments, operating as Three Star Liquor Store, 3305 South 3rd Street, Memphis, TN 38109 Yala Investments Corp., operating as Spirits Unlimited at 3024 Covington Pike Street 1, Memphis, TN 38218 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Performing work on tall structures presents unique challenges. But when they're also aging, they bring an even greater dimension to planning. That's the case for EM crews responsible for inspecting the 3039 Stack at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The 250-foot-tall chimney-like structure dates to 1949. It is still in use toda  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On March 9, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee sentenced Diana Threadgill to 12 months of probation, a $5,000 fine, $846 in restitution, and a $25 special assessment in connection with a multi-year grant fraud scheme. Threadgill was the former Executive Director of the Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee (MR  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following financial institution letter (No. FIL-16-2023) on April 13, 2023: * * * The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Tennessee affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes. Statement of Applicability: The contents of, and material referenced in, this FIL apply to all FDIC-supervised financial ins  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * 'Severe violator' faces $552K more in fines for serial safety failures * * * At Dollar General stores near Houston and Green Bay, federal workplace safety inspectors found exit routes and walkways blocked -- unsafe conditions that make safe and quick emergency evacuation difficult or impossible -- that have become common discoveries for years at stores o  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news brief: * * * Date of action: April 6, 2023 Type of action: Fair Labor Standards Act consent order and permanent injunction Names of defendants: Pigeon Forge Hospitality, LLC Nimesh Patel Resolution: On April 6, 2023, Judge Clifton L. Corker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville issued a consent order and permanent injunction in a case that the U.S. Department of Labor file  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Andrea Delgado is looking for elementary particles that seem so abstract, there appears to be no obvious short-term benefit to her research. But then, neither could anyone see the immediate impact of what Isaac Newton had found. "When Newton discovered gravity, when the apple fell on his head, nobody knew that we were going to be able to study gravity and eventual  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Andrew Ullman had the pleasure of graduating high school not once, but twice. He had enough academic credits in Delaware, where he grew up, to graduate midway through senior year, and then he graduated, again, from a high school in Adelaide, Australia, where his father, a professor, was taking a year's sabbatical. "School started in Febr  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: Using disinformation to create political instability and battlefield confusion dates back millennia. However, today's disinformation actors use social media to amplify disinformation that users knowingly or, more often, unknowingly perpetuate. Such disinformation spreads quickly, threatening public health and safety. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed an online resource to help consumers understand the electric vehicle tax credits available through the Inflation Reduction Act. Located on the Department of Energy's fueleconomy.gov website, the tool shows eligible vehicle models along with the corresponding federal tax credit. The new clean vehicle tax cred  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The lanthanide metals are unique resources with applications ranging from magnets and catalysts to cancer treatments. Their future availability hangs on the creation of better strategies to separate lanthanide groups into individual elements because conventional approaches are laborious, costly and generate waste. "Our approach is flexible and can be tailored to se  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Xiao Wang, a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest organization for technical professionals. Wang works in the lab's Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate's Advanced Computing for Health Sciences Section. Senior membership,  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: Every year, the ORISE STEM Workforce Development program hosts approximately 9,000 participants, many of whom engage in what is known as human subjects research (i.e., the systematic and scientific investigation involving living individuals as research subjects). It is federal law that the ORISE research participants and their mento  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is launching a new supercomputer dedicated to climate science research. The new system is the fifth supercomputer to be installed and run by the National Climate-Computing Research Center at ORNL. The NCRC was established in 2009 as part of a strategic partnershi  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: At Dollar General stores near Houston and Green Bay, federal workplace safety inspectors found exit routes and walkways blocked -- unsafe conditions that make safe and quick emergency evacuation difficult or impossible -- that have become common discoveries for years at stores operated by one of the nation's largest discount retailers. These hazards and the pr  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Gerard M. Karam, issued the following release on April 12, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Asbury Communities, Inc. and Albright Care Services, which operate eight continuing care retirement communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Tennessee, have agreed to pay $215,000 to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit brought by the Department of  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, April 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: This week, United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz traveled to multiple counties and state Judicial Districts in West Tennessee to host a series of roundtable discussions with law enforcement, local prosecutors, and community stakeholders. These visits focused on the 24th, 26th, and 27th Judicial Districts in West Tennessee. Roundtable partici  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: The U.S. Army appointed two new Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army during an investiture ceremony on April 11, 2023, at the Pentagon, as Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth swore in Leslie Purser from Tennessee (East) and Jason Allen from Michigan (West). "It's an honor to welcome our two newest CASAs back to the Army team," said Wormuth. "They served with distinction in uniform, and now as   more

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: On April 7, 2023, Robert Lee Allen, Jr., also known as "Skeeter," 55 of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced to 210 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. As part of the plea agreement filed with  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks before the Air Force Two departure from Nashville International Airport: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: So the district court in the abortion medication decision came down today. I haven't read it yet, so I'm going to do an analysis of it. But as a general matter, I'll say that there is no question that the President and I are going to stand with the women of America and do everything we can to ensure that wo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 11 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on April 10, 2023, at Fisk University: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, hello, everybody. Hello, Nashville. (Applause.) (Laughs.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Kamala! THE VICE PRESIDENT: I love you. (Applause.) That's why I'm here. That's why I'm here. I love you. Please have a seat. AUDIENCE MEMBER: I love you! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Please have a se- -- (laughs) -- Mayor Cooper -- Mayor Cooper, it   more