WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for 29 fire departments, six first responder organizations, five city governments, and one university in West Virginia. The grants were awarded through FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 31 -- Forest Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it explores natural and social sciences as they apply to the function and management of the forested ecosystems from the Society of American Foresters, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 70, Issue 4): RESEARCH ARTICLES - Biometrics * Whole-Tree Green Density Equations for Loblolly and Slash Pine Trees - Economics * Cointegration of Timberland Value in the United  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia, Aug. 31 -- Piedmont issued the following news release: Atlanta, Ga. (August 30, 2024) - Piedmont Atlanta Hospital has maintained an elite three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for patient care and outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the national TVT Registry. This is the second year in a row the program has received this elite rating, and puts the program in the 95th percentile   more