BOONE, North Carolina, Sept. 7 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: Rural electric cooperatives in Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are among the first round of 16 recipients of $7.3 billion in financing for clean energy initiatives through the Empowering Rural America, or New ERA, program. The money is part of the funding made available with passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. The funding will be used to build or purchase more than 10 gigawatts of clean energy f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced three new investments for communities in Eastern Ohio to support sanitary sewer and drinking water infrastructure projects. Funding for these investments was awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). "If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we need to ensure that businesses and communities have the resources and infrastructure  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 11 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus issued the following news: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chancellor Steven R. Angle has appointed Dr. JAy Blackman as the University's vice chancellor of communications and marketing, effective Oct. 1, 2024. Blackman, who has served as the University's deputy athletics director for internal operations since April 2021, brings extensive experience and a deep understanding of the UTC community to his new   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University received one of only eight highly competitive federal Rural Health Research Center grants this month, providing four more years of funding for the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center (RHERC). Awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the four-year award totals $2.8 million and will pr  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 11 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release: Leading voices from Maine's outdoor recreation, conservation, and economic development communities today launched a campaign urging voters to invest in Maine's trails by voting Yes on Question 4 on November's ballot. Question 4 will provide sorely needed funding to repair and expand all types of trails statewide by creating a first-ever $30 million Maine Trails Bond. The newly created Partn  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 14 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: The N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund recently awarded $18.2 million to protect working farms and forests, support county farmland preservation efforts and promote agricultural enterprises. - Over $8.8 million was awarded for 20 agricultural conservation easements on 1,392 acres of farm and forestland across the state. Five   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Sept. 12 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: John Hollander, Ph.D., senior advisor for research development in the Office of Research and Graduate Education, will serve as interim chair of the Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, effective Sept. 1. "I am excited for the opportunity to work with the outstanding faculty, staff and students in the department and continue to build on its   more