CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- Albemarle County Public Schools issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: It all came down to "supersonic" and "extemporaneous." On Tuesday, January 30, 15 elementary school spellers and six middle school spellers took to the stage to compete for the title of ACPS Spelling Champion. Enoch Lyu of Hollymead Elementary School was named the elementary school level champion after correctly spelling "supersonic" at the end of the ninth round of words, and  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 9 -- Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Appalachian Power's Byllesby Hydroelectric facility in Carroll County, Virginia, was selected to receive $2.1 million in Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The funds were awarded to 46 facilities across the country as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda aimed at increasing the generation efficiency  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Jen Kiggans is in for the fight of her political career this fall -- and she knows being in the House majority on track to becoming one of the least productive in US history isn't doing her any favors. When talking about how Virginia voters view her party's unprecedented dysfunction, Kiggans told CNN's Manu Raju "It's frustrating for people like me." This falls in line with her colleague  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 9 -- Grange Insurance Co. issued the following news on Feb. 8, 2024: Today, Grange Insurance Company announced that Kyle Welch has been named the company's Vice President of Commercial Lines Underwriting for the East Region covering Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia, effective Feb. 12. "Kyle has successfully led our Sales and Marketing Strategy and Operations for the past five years and has a proven track record of driving results for   more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 9 -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: The Montana State University Billings Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages, in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, will hold a reading by Danell Jones, award winning author, on February 12 beginning at 6:30 pm in the Liberal Arts Building, Room 205. This is the opening selection for the Sue Hart Memorial Reading and Lecture Series this spring. Jones' most r  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Feb. 9 -- Clemson University issued the following news: Clemson University's Office of the Provost and the College of Science are proud to host Paul Cassak as a Provost Distinguished Lecturer on Thursday, Feb. 22. Cassak is a professor at West Virginia University in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the associate director of the West Virginia University Center for KINETIC Plasma Physics. He will address the topic, "What's New About Thermodynamics... in Space!"  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) anticipates administering nearly $550,000 in USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Block Grant funding to increase the competitiveness of Virginia specialty crops. Agricultural associations, industry and producer groups, localities, community-based organizations, educational institutions, a  more