OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Close on the heels of its fourth summer school, the Quantum Science Center, or QSC, hosted its second in-person all-hands meeting in early May. Located less than an hour away from Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the QSC's founding institutions, the Eldorado Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico hosted about half of the center's total membership. More than 150 scienti  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 18, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Tennessee - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in 5 of the 6 largest counties in Tennessee from December 2022 to December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 18 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, visited Middle Tennessee State University and the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tenn., May 21, 2024, at the invitation of Andrew Oppmann, MTSU's vice president for marketing and communications, who serves as one of Tennessee's four civilian Army Reserve Ambassadors. Joini  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR for successful cleanup of the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). EPA presented its Superfund National Priorities List Award to OREM and UCOR as part of the seventh annual National Federal Facility Excellence in   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Farragut High School graduate Channing Tan has been named recipient of the 2024 UT-Battelle Scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee. The competitive scholarship is awarded annually to a graduating senior planning to study science, mathematics or engineering at UT and who has a parent employed by UT-Battelle, managing contractor of the Department of Energy'  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In May, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Brookhaven national laboratories co-hosted the 15th annual International Particle Accelerator Conference, or IPAC, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. When IPAC launched in Kyoto, Japan in 2010, it signified remarkable advancement for particle accelerator communities throughout the world. Before IPAC wa  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Bill Partridge, a recently retired distinguished researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recognized by DOE's Vehicle Technologies Office, or VTO, for leading world-class research in transportation throughout his 25-year career. His expertise has guided the development of advanced diagnostic tools that enabled next-generation e  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Leadership Tennessee, a collective with a mission to foster nonpartisan dialogue on issues of state importance, has named Clarice Phelps to its 2024-2025 Signature Program Class XI. Phelps is an engineer in the Radioisotope Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In Leadership Tennessee's 11th Signature Program, 1  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The achievement surpasses ORNL's recent 100-kW wireless charging demonstration and is another breakthrough for fast wireless charging. "In the past three months, the ORNL vehicle power electronics and electric drives research teams have set impressive world records for wireless charging," said Lee Slezak, DOE's Vehicle Technologies Office technology manager for grid  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The White House issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Tennessee and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of May 8 to May 9, 2024. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-shar  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Tennessee to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding from May 8-9, 2024. Public assistance federal funding is available to the state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing ba  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Roane State Community College and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced a new partnership aimed at building a strong workforce and providing educational opportunities for students interested in careers in project management and project controls. In June, representatives from both organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding for th  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, June 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: June 20, 2024, Christian J. Williams, 22, was sentenced to 75 months in prison by the Honorable Charles E. Atchley, Jr., United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Following his incarceration, Williams will be on supervised release for three years. As part of the plea agreement f  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: Eleven members of a drug trafficking conspiracy pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances in middle Tennessee, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. Davontay Holt, 30, of Columbia, Tennessee, pled guilty on April 8, 2024 Ricardo Molinero-Alcarez,   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: Artificial intelligence, or AI, has become a hot topic over the past few years. As this technology becomes more accessible, it's important to ensure students understand what it is and how to use it responsibly. That was the goal of the Artificial Intelligence Mini-Academy, a two-day program offered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor Isotek achieved a 2024 priority for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) while also crossing another major milestone in the highest priority cleanup project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). OREM and Isotek surpassed EM's goal of processing 35 canist  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Tennessee man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Michael Tyler Roberts, 34, of Knoxville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to a felony   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers used quantum simulations to obtain new insights into the nature of neutrinos -- the mysterious subatomic particles that abound throughout the universe -- and their role in the deaths of massive stars. The study relied on support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, and the Quantum Science Center, a national Quantum Information Science Resear  more