BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production University's commitment to applied research benefits students, communities and industries By Jessica Stump Edited by Anna Oakes BOONE, N.C. -- Appalachian State University has received a Research Activity Designation of Research 2 from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education -- the nation's  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd, Tillis, Warner, Kaine Urge Swift Distribution of Funding for Public Lands for Helene Recovery Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Mark Warner (D-VA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, urging these departments to quickly allocate funding appropriated by Congress for publ  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * California wildfires highlight the importance of fire preparedness in all communities For weeks, the world watched as emergency responders and California residents came together to battle the destructive wildfires that blazed across Southern California. While Virginia does not share the unique ecological circumstances fueling the current wildfires in California, no community is immune from the risk of wildfires an  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 20 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN's "Have I Got News For You" Announces This Week's Guests February 20th, 2025 NEW EPISODE PREMIERES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AT 9PM ET/PT ON CNN NEW YORK - (February 20, 2024) - U.S. Representative Mike Lawler and comedian and writer Joyelle Nicole Johnson will join as guests on this week's episode of CNN's Have I Got News For You, the American version of the long-running UK comedy series. Produced by H  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * D.C. Circuit hears arguments on FERC's MVP Southgate pipeline approval Contact: Andrew Scibetta, (202) 289-2421; Elizabeth Heyd, eheyd@nrdc.org ; Perrin de Jong, (828)595-1862; David Sligh, (434) 964-7455, david@wildvirginia.org ; Dan Radmacher, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org ; Andy Li, andy.li@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 20, 2025) -- Today, the U.S. Court   more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 17 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * DEP expected to allow Florida-based coal company to walk away from water pollution at Marmet Kanawha Forest Coalition and Appalachian Voices object to bond release for KD#1 surface mine Feb. 17, 2025 Contact: Chad Cordell Kanawha Forest Coalition 304-919-0469 ProtectOurWaterWV@gmail.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Prote  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Environmental groups sue to challenge mountaintop removal mine on Coal River Mountain The plaintiffs seek a court order vacating a previously approved Clean Water Act permit Wednesday, February 19, 2025 CONTACTS Vernon Haltom, Executive Director, Coal River Mountain Watch, 216-338-6003, vernon@crmw.net Willie Dodson, Coal Impacts Program Manager, Appalachian Voices,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Environmental Groups Sue to Challenge Mountaintop Removal Mine on Coal River Mountain NAOMA, W.Va. - Today, Coal River Mountain Watch, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Appalachian Voices, and Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to grant a Clean Water Act permit for fo  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 22 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a motion to admit Jacob Elkin, an attorney from Pennsylvania, to practice law before the Commission in Case No. 2024-00370. This case involves the electronic application of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. for certificates of public convenience and necessity to construct new generation resources, a site compatibility certificate, approval of demand-side management tariffs, and other general relief. The  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies Act. * * * "I'm excited to start this year with a hearing on a bipartisan topic t  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 18 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: Coal company's bankruptcy filing reflects growing pressure to end reckless mining in West Virginia February 18, 2025 CONTACTS Olivia Miller, Program Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, (304) 704-2997, olivia.miller@wvhighlands.org Andrew Young, Staff Attorney, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, (434) 202-4397, ayoung@abralliance.org Dan Radmacher,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Reckless Agenda of Firings and Funding Cuts Devastates Americans Nationwide Arrow In response to Donald Trump's mass firings and funding cuts devastating millions of Americans, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "Trump's reckless and disastrous agenda of mass firings and funding cuts is devastating millions of Americans across the country: veterans'  more

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Feb. 21 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College posted the following news: * * * WVWC Partners with West Virginia Behavioral Healthcare Providers Association to Offer State's First Certificate in Addiction Counseling BUCKHANNON, West Virginia - klion Counseling (CAC) program. This initiative, housed within WVWC's Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program, will provide essential training for professionals addressing substance use disorders in West   more