NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSper) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: Appalachian State University Chancellor Sheri Everts will serve as president of the Sun Belt Conference for a two-year term beginning July 1, the league announced Tuesday. Everts' duties as Sun Belt Conference president also include serving as chair of the conference's Executive Committee. "Each of our CEOs has played a pivotal role in the Sun Belt's rise," said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner  more

BOONE, North Carolina, June 16 (TNSacc) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news on June 15, 2023: Dynamic curricula, a commitment to teaching and outstanding student engagement opportunities are noted highlights of Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business, which has been reaccredited for a five-year period by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). For more than a century, AACSB accreditation has been synonymous with t  more

BOONE, North Carolina, June 15 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations passed a Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill for the Department of Agriculture and other programs that would rescind billions of dollars from key programs that fund clean energy investments in rural America. The appropriations bill would claw back $500 million from the long-standing Rural Energy for America Program or REAP, as well as $  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 16 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council voted unanimously to submit a letter to the Biden administration highlighting the disproportionate impact of fine particulate matter and ozone pollution on low-income communities and communities of color. The letter requests the administration adopt a more stringent update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards than cur  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSawa) -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced nearly $2.5 million in awards through READY LDDs, one of four tailored tracks under ARC's capacity-building initiative, READY Appalachia. Today's awards will help the following 26 Local Development Districts (LDDs) representing nine Appalachian states expand staffing and capacity to better support their communities in   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown hosted a conference call with Ohio parents and farmers to discuss his efforts to make child care more available and affordable in rural communities. Brown's bipartisan Expanding Childcare in Rural America (ECRA) Act of 2023 would help improve the availability and quality, and lower the cost, of childcare in agricultural and rural communities. Since announcing  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $25,054,092 from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Middle Mile Infrastructure Program to the Appalachian Power Company to enable last mile Int  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-New York, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) announced a federal grant of $100,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission to the Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board for expanding its administrative capacity to manage federal funding. "This funding will enable the Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board to provide specialized assistance to   more

BOONE, North Carolina, June 9 (TNSeco) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * The academic facility will be the first net-zero energy building in App State's new Innovation District * * * This summer, the first academic building of Appalachian State University's Innovation District -- the Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research -- will begin to take shape, with construction slated to begin in July. "As the Innovation District develops, it will provide   more

RICHMOND, Kentucky, June 15 (TNSres) -- Eastern Kentucky University issued the following story: Eastern Kentucky University's (EKU) Lilley Cornett Woods Appalachian Ecological Research Station in Letcher County, Kentucky was inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network (OGFN) on June 13, 2023. Sarah Adloo, executive director of the Old-Growth Forest Network, conveyed the distinction to Curtis Cox, manager of Lilley Cornett Woods and Dr. Stephen Richter, director, Division of Natural Areas at Eas  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. CP21-467-001) involving Texas Gas Transmission LLC: * * * This is a clear case of regulatory failure. Today, the Commission issued a notice stating that we would not be issuing an order on rehearing in the above-captioned docket.[1] This, despite an earlier notice declaring that, though rehearing may be deemed denied by   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced that an additional four senators--two Republicans, one Democrat, and one Independent--have joined them as cosponsors of their bipartisan legislation, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA). This legislation invests in proactive, on-the-ground conservation work led by states, territories, and Tribal n  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $25,054,092 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for Appalachian Power to expand and improve broadband services in southern West Virginia. The funding is made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Midd  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 12, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $349,755 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for five projects that will create economic development and opportunity in West Virginia. "The Appalachian Regional Commission, with its continued investments in our communities and local economies, is an integral partner for the Mount  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 16 (TNSper) -- Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently appointed Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to the National Park System Advisory Board along with 14 other new members. The National Park System Advisory Board is responsible for advising the Director of the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior on matters relating to the National Park System, Nationa  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 16 -- PBS issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: The American South is known for its boundless creativity, absorbing personalities and evocative landscapes. SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a new three-episode series from PBS, Arkansas PBS, and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Craig Renaud, follows some of the region's most compelling and influential contemporary creators to the places they call home -- the communities that fertilize the stories they tell in books, s  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 16 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices, and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed a lawsuit this week against the Tennessee Valley Authority over the federal utility's plans to replace a coal plant with a new gas-fired power plant in Cumberland City, Tennessee. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Nashville, says TVA   more

BOONE, North Carolina, June 16 (TNStalk) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following statement on June 15, 2023: * * * As anticipated, Mountain Valley Pipeline today sent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a request for an extension of the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for its MVP Southgate project - which would run from the main pipeline's terminus in Virginia into North Carolina. The project, much like the mainline, has been plagued with problems from the beginning -   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Consequences of Introduction Could Be Severe to Native Species * * * New research indicates the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) could be devastating to amphibian biodiversity if introduced to North America. Nature Communications published the findings June 5 from a group of researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Ag  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, June 14 (TNSres) -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release: Vermont Law and Graduate School's Environmental Advocacy Clinic, on behalf of forest protection group Standing Trees, submitted an objection with the U.S. Forest Service on Monday, seeking reconsideration of the flawed Peabody West Integrated Resource Project (Project) proposed for the White Mountain National Forest, near Gorham, New Hampshire. The Project would authorize more than 2,200-acres  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, June 16 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: West Virginia University researchers plan to increase the supply of rare earth elements and critical minerals extracted from acid mine drainage across the country, thanks to $3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. A team led by Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the Water Research Institute at WVU, will establish resource recovery sites in West Virginia and Montana as part of the pr  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, June 14 (TNSjou) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: Faith community nurses and other leaders play integral roles in the holistic health of rural residents, yet they are not immune to stress and burnout, according to a West Virginia University study. Angel Smothers, associate dean for community engagement and clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing, and her team surveyed 49 faith community nurses and leaders -- pastors and priests --   more