BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 22 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Faced with a drought of data concerning Appalachian drinking water quality and resulting health outcomes, researchers dug deeply to find what trickles they could. Alasdair Cohen, assistant professor of environmental epidemiology in public health, has studied drinking water and health challenges in rural areas internationally and in California. Since arriving at Virginia Tech in 2019, he has been studying similar  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 21 -- Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded Appalachian Power a $25 million grant for its plan to expand its fiber optic data network used to manage the power grid and make broadband access available to approximately 22,000 currently unserved households in southern West Virginia. The project scope related to the N  more

BOONE, North Carolina, June 24 (TNStalk) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following statement on June 23, 2023: * * * Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit to the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. This permit would allow MVP to blast and trench through hundreds of waterbodies in its path, putting water quality at risk along the route. The Army Corps' issuance of the Section 404 permit follows passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act ea  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) introduced the Rebuild Rural America Act - comprehensive legislation to address the challenges specific to rural America and make it easier for these communities to access federal funding on the path to economic revitalization. The bill would invest $50 billion in rural economic development, infrastructure, schools, hospitals and small busines  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 19 (TNSfund) -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news from June 17, 2023: Imagine coming to a country thousands of miles from your home, leaving your family and loved ones behind - only to one day wake up to find them and millions of others in the middle of a war zone. That is the reality East Tennessee State University alumnus Yaroslav (Yaro) Hnatusko lives every day. Combined with the love for his homeland and the skills Hnatusko honed at ETS  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: A federal jury in the Eastern District of Kentucky convicted a dentist yesterday for unlawfully prescribing opioids, including unlawfully prescribing morphine that caused his patient's death. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dr. Jay M. Sadrinia, 60, of Villa Hills, Kentucky, owned and operated dental clinics in Crescent Springs. Despite clear signs - including   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: A federal jury in Columbus convicted an Ohio doctor yesterday for illegally prescribing buprenorphine and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Eskender Getachew, 58, of Galena, unlawfully prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines to his patients. This included prescribing Subutex, which has a h  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured a number of West Virginia priorities in the Appropriations subcommittee markup of the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funding bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee continues to work through the rest of the funding bills, which will be  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 23, 2023: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) wrote a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, urging for additional information on the delayed announcement of a new silica standard for miners across America, especially Appalachia. "While we understand t  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 14-RD-318700) by Region 14 Director Andrea J. Wilkes: * * * Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation, Employer and Steve Murphy, Petitioner and Sheet Metal, Air Rail and Transportation Workers' International Association, AFL-CIO LOCAL Union No. 2/1, Union DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION On May 24, 2023,/2 Steve Murphy ("Petitioner"), an individual, filed a petition in this matter with the   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 23 (TNSres) -- Ballad Health, a community health improvement organization, issued the following news release: To alleviate financial burdens during cancer treatment, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded a $20,000 transportation grant to Ballad Health. The grant is one of 380 transportation grants totaling $6.2 million awarded to health systems nationwide. The funding will allow health systems to provide eligible patients an estimated 577,350 rides to trea  more