FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: BURNSVILLE, N.C. Hurricane Helene made landfall along Florida's coastal bend as a powerful Category 4 storm before weakening to a tropical storm and continuing northward into Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. The storm brought severe flooding, strong winds, and widespread power outages, leaving many communities in dire need of assistance. The 357th Engineer Company, an U.S. Arm  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 7, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Maryland - 2023": * * * In 2023, Maryland women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,296, significantly below the $1,464 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 7, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Virginia - 2023": * * * In 2023, Virginia women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,098, significantly below the $1,393 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. ACSBR-022) on Sept. 12, 2024, by Craig Benson entitled "Poverty in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2023." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION Planners, policymakers, and community stakeholders use poverty estimates as key indicators to evaluate trends and current economic conditions within communities and to make comparisons across demographic groups. Federal and state governments often use these estimate  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 5 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Grants Were Funded Through FHLB Dallas' $1M Native American Housing Opportunities Fund * * * ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, October 4, 2024 - Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), Del Norte Credit Union, Wells Fargo and Southwest Capital Bank awarded $550,000 in Native American Housing Opportunities (NAHO) F  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Carol Coleman, public affairs specialist The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) recently announced the release of version 8.0 of the Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) model. GSSHA is a watershed analysis and management tool with the ability to simulate the movement of water, sediment a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A father and son from Mississippi were convicted of felony and misdemeanor charges related to their conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Toney Sheldon Bray, 46, and Ethan Bra  more