BOONE, North Carolina, July 27 (TNSres) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: This summer, two dozen emerging leaders from 21 African nations are visiting Appalachian State University's Boone campus -- working to strengthen their leadership and civic engagement skills through the university's 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute. App State is one of 28 public and private institutions nationwide -- and the only university in North Carolina -- selected to   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSres) -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release: * * * Graduates will now join the growing Appalachian Leadership Institute Alumni Network, continuing their regional connection and collaboration. * * * The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is proud to announce that 39 fellows from Appalachia's 13 states graduated from the Appalachian Leadership Institute, a leadership and economic development program sponsored by the Appalachian Regi  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The American Chemical Society issued the following news release: The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named 42 members as ACS Fellows. The fellows program began in 2009 as a way to recognize and honor ACS members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession and ACS. Nominations for the 2024 class of ACS Fellows will open in the first quarter of next year. Additional information about the program, including a list of fellows named in pr  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 28 (TNSres) -- American Electric Power Corp. issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: * * * * Second-quarter 2023 GAAP earnings of $1.01 per share; operating earnings of $1.13 per share * 2023 operating earnings (non-GAAP) guidance range reaffirmed at $5.19 to $5.39 per share with long-term growth rate of 6% to 7% and FFO/Debt target of 14% to 15% * Sale process announced for two non-core transmission joint ventures; unregulated renewables sale expected to clo  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 26 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) closed the comment period for the docket following the Mountain Valley Pipeline's request for a three-year extension to complete the Southgate project that would extend the mainline into North Carolina. During the comment period, over 38,000 community leaders, grassroots organizations, and members of the public, including the NAACP   more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 27 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Ahead of today's House Rules Committee meeting, the Rural Power Coalition urges the committee members to vote no on the pending Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies funding bill, H.R.4368. The bill makes significant cuts to critical investments in rural energy that could delay improvements to rural energy infrastructure by decade  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced $10,041,000 for emergency equipment and health care worker training in Southeast Ohio. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development office has awarded two grants to two health care providers as a part of the Community Facilities Emergency Rural Health Care program, which provides funding to help broaden access to rural   more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, July 27 -- Charleston Southern University issued the following news on July 26, 2023: The Charleston Southern University Board of Trustees unanimously approved and announced the appointment of B. Keith Faulkner, JD, LLM, MBA, as CSU's fourth president. Faulkner, a 1998 Charleston Southern alumnus, will begin in early October 2023. The selection and announcement followed an extensive nationwide search led by CarterBaldwin--the same executive search firm that landed D  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), today announced that several priorities for West Virginia were included in the bipartisan Labor-HHS funding bill. This Senate bill, passed with bipartisan support in the Appropriations Committee,  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) reintroduced legislation to support family members of miners who have passed away due to black lung disease. Currently bureaucratic requirements place unnecessarily strict burdens of proof on survivors in order to access the benefits to which they are entitled.  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, July 27 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: Conservation groups filed a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service to protect the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest from a disastrous forest plan that threatens imperiled species, including endangered bats. Tuesday's notice says the Service relied on inaccurate and incomplete information during the planning process, resulting in a forest plan that puts endangered wi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11010) on Mountain Valley Pipeline litigation tests Congress's power to limit federal court jurisdiction on July 21, 2023, by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe: * * * Mountain Valley Pipeline Litigation Tests Congress's Power to Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction The Mountain Valley Pipeline (Pipeline), currently under construction, is planned as a 303-mile natural gas transmissio  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11010) entitled "Mountain Valley Pipeline Litigation Tests Congress's Power to Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction" on July 27, 2023, by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe: * * * Mountain Valley Pipeline Litigation Tests Congress's Power to Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction The Mountain Valley Pipeline (Pipeline), currently under construction, is planned as a 303-mile natural gas tra  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers has requested $85.85 million in Community Project Funding for critical projects in Southern and Eastern Kentucky. The funding will support 15 projects across Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, including water and sewer service expansion, transportation improvements, investments in aerospace education and bolstering drug abuse prevention efforts. As we approach the one-ye  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on July 27, 2023, by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Dockets No. ER23-729-001; EL23-19-001) involving PJM Interconnection LLC: * * * PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s (PJM's) filed tariff provides that PJM "shall determine the PJM Region Reliability Requirement and the Locational Deliverability Area Reliability Requirement for each Locational Deliverability Area for whic  more

MELBOURNE, Florida, July 25 -- Florida Institute of Technology issued the following news: Narratives and storytelling are all around us. A new book co-edited by School of Arts and Communication professor Heidi Hatfield Edwards looks at how narratives are used and how effective they are across political, corporate and other areas of communication. The book, "Narratives in Public Communication," is a collection of communications research material edited by Hatfield Edwards and Fuyuan Shen, Penn   more

GLENVILLE, West Virginia, July 27 -- Glenville State College issued the following news release: Glenville State University will be offering free cybersecurity training as part of a joint effort between Glenville State University, and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in the form of a POWER grant addressing Cybersecurity and Safety Workforce Development Initiative. The Initiative aims to create a more vibrant economic future for the coal-impacted North Central region of West Virginia. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Greenpeace issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Blisteringly hot temperatures have been reported across the country. Phoenix has experienced over 25 consecutive days of 110 degree weather and cities in Colorado, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming have all broken heat records in July. Internationally Rome, Italy, France, and China, have been hammered by extreme heat. There is truly nowhere to hide from the climate crisis. Today, President Biden addressed  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: A federal jury in the Middle District of Tennessee convicted a medical doctor today for unlawfully distributing controlled substances. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Bowdoin Smith, 67, of Carthage, Tennessee, unlawfully prescribed controlled substances, including opioids such as oxycodone and morphine. Smith, a doctor of osteopathy, owned and operated a gener  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner reintroduced the Pipeline Fairness, Transparency, and Responsible Development Act, legislation to strengthen the public's ability to evaluate the impacts of and provide input on natural gas pipelines being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). "From our conversations with Virginians, it's clear that they have not been   more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 29 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00225) on July 27, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Tariff Filing Of Lindsey & Elliot Gas Co. For Initial Rules, Regulations, And Rates For Furnishing Gas Service Pursuant To KRS 278.485 COMMISSION STAFF'S FIRST REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO LINDSEY & ELLIOTT GAS CO. Lindsey & Elliott Gas Co. (Lindsey & Elliott Gas), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, shall file with the Commission a  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 29 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00224) on July 27, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Tariff Filing Of Lindsey Enterprises, LLC For Initial Rules, Regulations, And Rates For Furnishing Gas Service Pursuant To KRS 278.485 COMMISSION STAFF'S FIRST REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO LINDSEY ENTERPRISES, LLC Lindsey Enterprises, LLC (Lindsey Enterprises), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, shall file with the Commission an el  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, July 27 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: A new grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) will support the planning and development of a three-year rural internal medicine residency program at Holzer Health System in Gallipolis, Ohio, in collaboration with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. The new three-year, $750,000 grant to the Marshall Community   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 26 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news on July 25, 2023: The North Carolina Community College System announced Dr. Brian Merritt, President at McDowell Technical Community College, as Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Programs and Student Services, following a vote of the State Board of Community Colleges on Friday. Merritt, who has led McDowell Tech in Marion since January 2021, will be responsible for providing   more

CANTON, Ohio, July 28 -- The National Football League issued the following news: By Daniel Jeremiah, NFL Media analyst NFL.com analyst and former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah takes a "first look" at some of college football's top players for 2023. This is the fifth and final entry in a series of scouting reports that ran in July. Coming off a dazzling first season as a starter, North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye is one of the buzziest prospects in college football entering the 2023 season. A  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 27 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on July 26, 2023: * * * Discovery of fragmented populations in state's southwest corner suggests conservation efforts are needed * * * The presence of a second species of ramp, Allium burdickii -- commonly known as narrow-leaved wild leek -- has been documented in southwest Pennsylvania by a team of Penn State researchers in a new study. This plant species never before has been documented in the  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy issued the following testimony by Catherine Coleman Flower, founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, involving a hearing on July 19, 2023, entitled "Rural Water: Modernizing our Community Water Systems": * * * Thank you, Chairperson Welch, Ranking Member Tuberville, and all the members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to testify. My na  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) closed the comment period for the docket following the Mountain Valley Pipeline's request for a three-year extension to complete the Southgate project that would extend the mainline into North Carolina. During the comment period, over 38,000 community leaders, grassroots organizations, and members of the public, including the NAACP Virginia State  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay of an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that had halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia and West Virginia. In response to today's decision, Jamie Williams, President of The Wilderness Society expressed disappointment. "Allowing construction  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, last week joined her colleagues in advancing the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which includes nearly $40 million secured by Senator Britt to modernize and upgrade transportation infrastructure in communities across Alabama. In the bill, Senator Bri  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, last week joined her colleagues in advancing the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, which would appropriate more than $72 million in direct investments Senator Britt secured for projects across Alabama. In the bill, Senator Britt prioritized investing in key Alabama prioritie  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Agriculture Inspector General issued the following report (No. 08801 0002 41) entitled "Restoration Projects on Federal/Non Federal Land:" * * * The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was signed into law on November 15, 2021. This legislation provided funding to "rebuild America's roads, bridges and rails, expand access to clean drinking water, ensure every American has access to high-speed internet, tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, July 28 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Governor Jim Justice today joined West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) Curator Randall Reid-Smith in presenting seven arts grants and one historic preservation grant at the Martinsburg Train Station. The awarded grants include: Cultural Facilities Grants * Old Opera House Theatre Company in Charles Town will receive $99,999 for HVAC replaceme  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine reintroduced the Pipeline Fairness, Transparency, and Responsible Development Act, legislation to strengthen the public's ability to evaluate the impacts of and provide input on natural gas pipelines being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). "From our conversations with Virginians, it's clear that they have not been g  more