HOPKINS, South Carolina, Feb. 27 -- The National Park Service Congaree National Park issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The National Park Service announced last week that 400 parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4% over 2022. Congaree National Park was one of 20 National Park Service units to break annual visitation records in 2023, welcoming 250,114 visitors. This is an increase of almost 35,000 more visits than that of the park  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Feb. 27 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Kay Ivey announced today that the State Industrial Development Authority (SIDA) has approved over $30 million in grants under the new Site Evaluation and Economic Development Strategy Act (SEEDS) to speed the development of much-needed industry-ready sites across the state. The groundbreaking grant program -- a key portion of the governor's "Game Plan" package of economic deve  more

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Illinois, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: By Corinna Baltos, U.S. Army Sustainment Command The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, has produced alumni that have distinguished themselves in a variety of careers, including politics, professional athletics, best-selling authors, and business. However, it is in military service, that The Citadel has distinguished itself the most. Since it was founded in 1842, 312 Citadel al  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 10 states in January 2024, issuing 188 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners. MSHA's impact inspections si  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 27 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes today led a 22-state coalition in a letter to the Biden Administration, demanding that it locate the thousands of missing migrant children it lost and quit handing them to probable traffickers. The Biden Administration lost more than 85,000 migrant children in just   more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Dillon White, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Airmen from the 50th Attack Squadron and Air National Guardsmen from the 163rd Attack Wing conducted a historic first, Feb. 14, by successfully landing an MQ-9 Reaper at Shaw Air Force Base under satellite control. Satellite-controlled landings are becoming standard practice for the MQ-9 community and replace legacy processes r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Christopher Hurd Growing up as a self-described simple country boy in Anderson, South Carolina, Lt. Col. Michael Pope spent many summers on his grandfather's farm, where something always needed fixing. There, he worked on tractors, car engines and a wide variety of other pieces of machinery. It was here that his passion for engineering began. "I always had a desire to understand how things worked and if they brok  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: After a four-day trial in a federal hate crime case, a jury found a South Carolina man, Daqua Lameek Ritter, guilty of all charges in the indictment, which included one hate crime count, one federal firearms count, and one obstruction count, all arising out of the murder of Dime Doe, a transgender woman. "Acts of violence against LGBTQI+ people, including transgender wom  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 27 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the State of Montana in Held v. Montana. The brief, led by the State of North Dakota, supports Montana's position in an appeal over judicial overreach from a question of environmental policy set by the state legislature. The case involves a challenge to a Montana law that bans state entities from "considering the impacts o  more