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News Tipoffs - Kentucky Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Ark. A.G. Griffin Unveils Opioid Mobile Health Clinic
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 16 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 15, 2024: * * * At a press conference in Malvern today, Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the deployment of a mobile health clinic run by Arkansas Mobile Opioid Recovery (ARMOR). Griffin issued the following statement: "This mobile health clinic will reach previously underserved and unserved Arkansans in need of treatment for opioid addiction. The $770,000 that my office grant  more

MEDCoE Graduate School Ranks High Among Top U.S. Schools
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 16 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Erin Perez U.S. News and World Report ranks several programs at the Fort Sam Houston-based U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence highly in their most recent report on the best graduate health schools. Within the MEDCoE Graduate School, there are 14 graduate programs ranging from master's to doctoral degrees. At 70 years, Baylor University has the longest running affiliation with M  more

NETL Environmental Engineer Nets Prestigious Carnegie Mellon University Service Award
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's Natalie Pekney, Ph.D., was awarded the Carnegie Mellon University Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department's Lieutenant Colonel Christopher K. Raible Distinguished Public Service Award during an alumni event held April 13 in Pittsburgh. The award recognizes alumni of CEE who have made significant contributions in military service or through   more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Leads National Coalition Opposing New EPA Methane Rule
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a coalition he is leading have filed a motion to stay the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new methane emissions rule. Filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the motion follows a petition introduced last month by Drummond and the coalition of 24 state attorneys general and a stat  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Two More Defendants Plead Guilty to Roles in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Today, Charles Clinton Cordle, 65, of Ashland, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and Josie Irene Copley, 58, of Flatwoods, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl. Both admitted to their roles in a drug trafficking organization  more