JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, July 4 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Appalachian Promise Alliance has become the first organization in Tennessee to receive statewide recognition through Better Workplaces Tennessee. Appalachian Promise Alliance mobilizes communities to meet the basic needs of children, youth and families throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The organization was recognized in a Silver Level certificate presentation on Tuesday, July 2,   more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia issued the following news release: The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is proud to celebrate ten years of the Mandela Washington Fellowship. The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities, and local community engagement. YALI, the U.S. governm  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, July 3 -- The University of the Cumberlands issued the following news: * * * This is the seventh consecutive year for Cumberlands to receive this national honor and third year of being recognized as one of Kentucky's best colleges. * * * University of the Cumberlands is a private university that accepts students from all backgrounds and countries, and, what's more, was recently named a College of Distinction. It's the seventh consecutive year for Cumberlands to receiv  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 3 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs issued the following news release: Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a $1 million grant to help a Madison County rail system upgrade and continue serving industrial clients in north Alabama. Funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission will assist the Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority in its plans to upgrade its rail services and improve the transportation of raw materials and finished products t  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the passing of Don Childers: "I'm deeply saddened by the loss of my longtime friend, Don Childers. Don and I connected from the very beginning over our shared love of Kentucky, and through the years we teamed up on countless projects to see what we could do for our  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: After announcing the first round of funding this past winter, Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia has added five more projects to its list, making for nine total projects funded through the Mellon Foundation. The Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia is a three-year initiative dedicated to funding the construction of new monuments in Appalachian Virginia, with the goal of sharing the untold stories of historically margi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science issued the following news release: The Nitrogen Summer Institute, hosted by the Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE), concluded successfully on June 14, 2024, at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences' (UMCES) Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in Baltimore, Maryland. The three-day event brought together leading  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 4 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: The town of Pound has recently received a $217,000 grant from Virginia Tech's Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia program to construct a monument paying tribute to the region's labor history. The proposed project, titled "Labor in Motion: Honoring the Voices that Shaped the Coalfields," seeks to uplift and engage with the labor movement history of the coalfield region. This project is being led by Pound's   more