MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, July 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: U.S, Air Force Col. Aaron Reid, commander of Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force, was recognized by his alma mater, Middle Tennessee State University, at a ceremony at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the world's largest aviation celebration. Reid, a 2002 graduate of MTSU's Aerospace Department and a former Tennessee Wing cadet, was honored for his service as a combat pilot and commander of the unit ta  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an additional five awards totaling $9 million for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP) to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S. supply chains by building bioproduction infrastructure. The awardees include ARCTOS Technology Solutions in Beavercreek, Ohio; CleanJoule in Salt Lake City; Lygos in Berkeley, Califor  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an additional five awards totaling $9 million for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP) to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S. supply chains by building bioproduction infrastructure. The awardees include ARCTOS Technology Solutions in Beavercreek, Ohio; CleanJoule in Salt Lake City; Lygos in Berkeley, California; Syn  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, July 31 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: * * * Three communities across Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi receive funding thanks to a partnership between the DRA and EDA * * * More than $4.3 million in investments has been awarded to three projects across Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi, thanks to a partnership program between the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). With funds pro  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Five researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently completed an eight-week pilot commercialization coaching program as part of Safari, a program funded by DOE's Office of Technology Transitions, or OTT, Practices to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies, or PACT. PACT promotes the transition of research developed at DOE  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Lt. Col. Matthew E. Tipton assumed the role of Director of Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, on June 14, 2024. As the head of one of the largest and most diverse organizations in the Department of Defense, Tipton oversees approximately 85,000 eighth-grade and high school students with nearly 1,600 r  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Substances called polyethylene glycols, or PEGs, are widely used in industry, medical, cosmetics and personal care products. The problem is, when they enter the environment and build up, they can harm ecosystems and natural resources. Existing approaches to detecting these environmentally unfriendly chemicals such as chromatography or bulk mass spectrometry fall shor  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details Mexican free-tailed bats are among the most frequently killed by wind turbines in the southwestern U.S. (B.T. Hamilton, National Park Service) DENVER, Colo. Mexican free-tailed bats tend to live in the same areas that are good for wind energy, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and an international t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 30 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order approving settlement agreement (Docket No. 24-00006) on July 29, 2024: * * * In Re: Petition Of Atmos Energy Corporation For Approval Of Its 2024 Annual Rate Review Filing Pursuant To Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 65-5-103(D)(6) ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REVISING 2024 ANNUAL RATE REVIEW FILING This matter came before Chairman Herbert H. Hilliard, Vice Chairman David F. Jones, Commissioner Cl  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Julio Esparza, 47, of Alamo, Texas, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a $1,031,600 money judgment, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. In December 2022, Esparza pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, crack c  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee announced today that the United States has reached an agreement with Good Times Restaurants, Inc. to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). Good Times is alleged to have denied service to a group of children who use wheelcha  more