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News Tipoffs - Alabama Editors Newsletter for Thursday March 13, 2025 ( 7 items )  

Air Force Medical Service announces 2024 award winners
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Air Force Medical Service announces 2024 award winners FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Air Force Surgeon General is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Air Force Medical Service Annual Awards. The awards include both individual and team awards. Joint Base San Antonio had a number of winners in their respective fields The nominations s  more

BLS - Southeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, South Region - February 2025'
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - February 2025": * * * Regional prices increased 0.3 percent in February and 2.3 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South region increased 0.3 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported   more

Contracts for March 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 12, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY BOH Environmental LLC, Covington, Louisiana, has been awarded a maximum $466,000,000 firm-fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for specialized shipping and storage containers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Reg  more

Elmore County, Alabama Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison Following Federal Drug and Gun Convictions
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release: * * * Elmore County, Alabama Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison Following Federal Drug and Gun Convictions MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On March 12, 2025, a federal judge sentenced 31-year-old Desmond Chrishawn Howard, a resident of Elmore, Alabama, to 96 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal gun and drug charges, announced Acting United States A  more

NASA Invites Media to Annual FIRST Robotics Rocket City Competition
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Invites Media to Annual FIRST Robotics Rocket City Competition The Rocket City Regional - Alabama's annual For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Regional Competition - is scheduled for Friday, March 14, through Saturday, March 15, at the Von Braun Center South Hall in Huntsville, Alabama. FIRST Robotics is a global robotics competition for students in grades 9-12. Teams are challe  more

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson continues fight for religious liberty and school choice at U.S. Supreme Court
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson continues fight for religious liberty and school choice at U.S. Supreme Court (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is reaffirming his commitment to defending religious liberty and school choice. Today, he filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in two pivotal cases that will determine the   more

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Volume 2 of Chemical Incident Reports
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Volume 2 of Chemical Incident Reports Reports Cover Serious Chemical Incidents in Arkansas, Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas Washington, D.C. March 12, 2025 - Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that it has released Volu  more