BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced New England's 2024 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) and the President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA). "Environmental stewardship often begins in the classroom with young people and educators who tackle our plane  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 22 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that the first set of mosquito samples of the 2024 season tested by the Rhode Island State Health Laboratories (RISHL) have confirmed the first two detections of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in the state in 2024. The mosquito samples testing  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending June 20, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 238,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 242,000 to 243,000. The 4-week moving average was 232,750, an incr  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Maria Gregory, a procurement analyst in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Contracts Department, has been named the director of Small Business Programs. Gregory, a resident of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, will begin her new role on June 30. She succeeds Sarah Heard, who held the position since August 2020, while also acting as the head of the Technical Acquisition Office in the Contracts Depar  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: A Stoughton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that shipped dozens of parcels containing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various addresses throughout Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The defendant was also sentenced for his role in a bank and wire fraud sch  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 22 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that the Waterman Eco-Challenge, an annual event launched in 2011 that draws hundreds of open water swimmers and paddlers to Narragansett each year to promote ocean recreational safety, is hosting the Summer Safe Ocean State event at Roger Wheeler State Beach on Saturday, July   more