AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: Each year, the Savannah River Site (SRS) compiles its Annual Site Environmental Report (ASER) in accordance with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) guidelines. This report is published to provide the public and SRS stakeholders with comprehensive information on the Site's environmental conditions for the previous calendar year. SRS has been tracking environmental cond  more

KAISERLAUTERN, Germany, Sept. 17 -- The Army's 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the lead organization for all sustainment activities in Europe, issued the following news: Story by Brian Lamar, 21st Theater Sustainment Command EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS - Chief Warrant Officer 2 Melvin Bullard, an airdrop systems technician with the 16th Special Troop Battalion, 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company unpacks his rucksack before a busy two weeks. He smiles as he scans the enormity of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell today announced selections for a combined $150 million in capitalization grants to help communities reduce vulnerability to natural hazards. Funding through the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program will enable 10 states, a Tribal Nation and the District of Columbia to administer revolving loan funds that will help  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: ATLANTA Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., a provider of services and products to utility companies to support their infrastructures, violated federal law when it denied an employee an accommodation for her disability and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, a one call locator who had suffered   more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is deploying drones for the first time to perform internal inspections of radioactive liquid waste tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS). Until now, the SRS Liquid Waste program had used wall-crawling robots that cling to the tank walls using magnets. These drones provide the program more flexibili  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 17 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Mike Hilgers spearheaded a 24-State coalition in filing a comment that asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a federal legal block on California's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. The regulation attempts to impose an electric truck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and manufacturers--including trucking companies that drive one truck for as little as o  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 17 -- Richland County issued the following news: (Richland PIO) - Richland County's Master-in-Equity Court is relocating soon, moving from the downtown Judicial Center to the Richland County Central Court facilities just north of Columbia. Beginning Monday, Sept. 30, the court's new location will be in Courtroom 1 at 2500 Decker Blvd., Columbia. Office hours will remain the same: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Sebrina Sheffield, Master-in-Equity manager for th  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 17 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: As part of National Surgical Technologists Week, South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) and the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) are proud to highlight their collaborative efforts to educate about rapidly growing careers in healthcare with the launch of the "Every Role Counts" campaign. Overall employment of surgical assistants and technologists is projected   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 16 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) will explore evolving healthcare services, including telehealth and virtual care, to enhance accessibility and improve patient outcomes during Telehealth Awareness Week, observed Sept. 15-21. During Telehealth Awareness Week, SCETV will be sharing stories of patients, families, clinicians and others, on-air and online. SCETV will  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 17 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a comment letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a federal legal block on California's Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation. The regulation, which stems from a 2020 executive order signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, attempts to force an electric-truck mandate on fleet owners, operato  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Three transportation researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elevated to senior member grade of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. Group leader Ross Wang and R&D staff member Adian Cook, both in Applied Research for Mobility Systems, received the honor along with Majbah Uddin, R&D staff member in  more