KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 24 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The preliminary brackets for the 67th Annual NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships have been released by the National Office. The 2024 event will see a format change where six sessions will be held across three days. The Battle For The Red Banner begins on Thursday, February 29th and concludes on Saturday, March 2nd, hosted by Visit Wichita at Harman Arena in Park Cit  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 20 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the qualifiers for the 2024 NAIA Wrestling National Championships hosted by Visit Wichita at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan. The 67th edition of the annual event will see a format change where six sessions will be held across three days. The action begins on Thursday, February 29th and co  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: In response to concerns from a diverse array of communities, Appalachian Voices and a broad set of partners launched the Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project, or USACAMP, in 2023. With funding from the EPA, Appalachian Voices purchased dozens of PurpleAir PM sensors, and distributed these to individuals and grassroots organizations in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, T  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Feb. 24 -- Ballad Health, a community health improvement organization, issued the following news release: Individual and intensive group therapy services provide needed outpatient alternative to inpatient hospitalization in the region Ballad Health is expanding access to behavioral health in the Appalachian Highlands with new and expanded outpatient services that will serve children, adolescents and adults with complex behavioral health needs. Ballad Health physicians  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Feb. 24 -- Ballad Health, a community health improvement organization, issued the following news release: The Ballad Health Niswonger Children's Network will take community members across the Appalachian Highlands for its annual Radiothon, to be held Thursday, Feb. 29, and Friday, March 1. Now in its 12th year, the Niswonger Children's Network Radiothon brings the community together to support the children's network, its programs and its patients. The radiothon is the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a waterline extension to households and farms in northern Perry County. The Appalachian Regional Commission approved this project to help residents and local farmers that currently rely on private wells. The 31,450 linear foot waterline will be installed along State Route 13 south of Somerset, Buckeye Valley Road NE, and Toll Gate Road N, west of Junction City. This   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 -- The University System of Maryland issued the following news release: The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents has appointed Dr. Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm the next president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). Miralles-Wilhelm is currently professor and dean of the College of Science at George Mason University. In his 30-year career, Miralles-Wilhelm has combined his duties as a faculty member and administrator   more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: East Carolina University has been selected as a partner institution by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission beginning in the 2024-25 academic year. "We are excited and honored to be selected as a partner institution for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program," said Dr. Andre Green, dean of the ECU College of Education. "The college has long been a premier producer of high-  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Feb. 21 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Overcoming extraordinary odds to become a surgeon, Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord is the first member of the Navajo tribe to be board-certified in surgery. Her bestselling memoir, "The Scalpel and the Silver Bear," traces her journey from a Navajo reservation to the operating room. Early next month, Alvord will share her incredible story in the Appalachian Highlands. Sponsored by the East Tennessee Stat  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Feb. 22 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: The Southern West Virginia Junior Nursing Academy, hosted by the West Virginia University School of Nursing, will be August 13-14, 2024. The day camp will be held on WVU Tech's campus and give participants a sneak peek of what it might be like to be a college nursing student while giving them hands-on experiences. There is no cost to attend, but spots are lim  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Feb. 21 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: A new collaborative, rural psychiatry residency between the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Rivers Health in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, earned initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The new rural psychiatry program is sponsored by the Marshall Community Health Consortium, which is composed of the School of Medicine, M  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: This week, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4% over 2022. On the Blue Ridge Parkway, visitation numbers saw an increase of 1 million or 6% over 2022, with slight increases across most months of the year. "The Parkway's location, design, and proximity to so   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 20-RC-335189) by Region 20 Director Jill H. Coffman: * * * STACHS LLC DBA BUDGET KING LLC, Employer and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 150, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 150 (Petitioner) filed the instant petition on February 6, 2024, seeking to represent a unit of employees of Stachs LLC DBA Budget King LLC (Employer) wo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 16 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: On Friday, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced it will move forward with plans to build a new gas plant and pipeline, forcing families in the Tennessee Valley to foot the bill for the polluting and outdated fossil fuel infrastructure. TVA's Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Kingston gas plant is another dangerous step in the federal utility's plans to replace the Kingston coal plant wit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from polluting states and industry groups seeking to stop implementation of EPA's Good Neighbor Plan, a federal rule designed to address air pollution that crosses state lines. In March 2023, EPA issued the final Good Neighbor Plan, which secures significant reductions in ozone-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a key ingredient in  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Feb. 22 -- Transylvania University issued the following news: The winners of Transylvania University's 2024 Judy Gaines Young Book Award -- which recognizes outstanding works by writers in the Appalachian region -- will give readings of their works March 5 at 5 p.m. in Strickland Auditorium. This year's honorees are Kentucky author George Ella Lyon and student winner Lily Callahan '24. Lyon, who was the state poet laureate from 2015-16, has written dozens of books for all  more