ROCKVILLE, Maryland, July 25 -- The Association of Cancer Care Centers (formerly the Association of Community Cancer Centers) issued the following news release: * * * ACCC Rural Appalachian Lung Cancer Screening Initiative Fuels Increased, Early Cancer Detection ROCKVILLE, MD - The Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) today released results of the last two years of initial work of the ACCC Rural Appalachian Lung Cancer Screening Initiative, which showed consequential gains in critical ar  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 -- AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * AEP Ohio Grid Technology to Improve Electric Service Reliability Approved by PUCO GAHANNA, Ohio -- The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday approved AEP Ohio's plan to invest in distribution automation grid technology designed to improve the reliability of electric service for customers across the state. The technology automatically reroutes power, sh  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 26 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * App State archaeology team discovers ancient campsite at Blackburn Vannoy Estate and Farm in Ashe County Dozens of site artifacts offer insight into early life in the High Country By Bret Yager BOONE, N.C. -- During an archaeological dig at Appalachian State University's Blackburn Vannoy Estate and Farm this summer, archaeologist Dr. Alice Wright carefully examined a sharpened piece of quartz --   more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 22 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * App State's Corinne Smith honored as 2025 national GEAR UP Professional Leader of the Year By Elyssee Gibson BOONE, N.C. -- Corinne Smith, director of Appalachian State University's GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) and deputy director of College Access Partnerships, has received the 2025 GEAR UP Professional Leader of the Year award. She was honored July 1  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Department of the Interior Launches Effort to Unlock Critical Minerals from Mine Waste * WASHINGTON -- At Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum's direction, the Department of the Interior is taking decisive steps to recover critical minerals essential to America's economic strength, national defense, and energy future from mine waste, coal refuse, tailings and abandoned uranium mines. This eff  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 25 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Experts say Dominion fails to prove reliability need for Chesterfield gas plant * CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Today, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, Mothers Out Front, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed testimony from Telos Energy before the Virginia State Corporation Commiss  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 25 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Experts say Dominion fails to prove reliability need for Chesterfield gas plant * Press release from the Southern Environmental Law Center, Appalachian Voices and Mother's Out Front For immediate release: July 25, 2025 Contact: Terah Boyd, SELC, Communications Manager (AL/GA) | 404-521-9900, tboyd@selc.org CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Today, on behalf of Appalachian Vo  more

IRVING, Texas, July 22 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release: * * * Football Leaders and Tech Titans Unite for 2025 NFF Campbell Trophy(R) Summit Nearly 200 former NFF Campbell Trophy(R) nominees will attend the three-day leadership event. Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and College Football Hall of Fame Inductees Ronnie Lott, Andrew Luck and Steve Young headline an elite list of speakers. * The National Football Foundation (NFF) & Col  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * FTC Seeks Public Comment on Petition to Modify EQT, Quantum Energy Order * The Federal Trade Commission requests public comment on a petition seeking to reopen and set aside a final consent order involving a $5.2 billion cash-and-stock deal between private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners and natural gas producer EQT Corporation. The FTC's 2023 consent order resolved antitrust concerns that alle  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 25 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Additional Administration and Board Appointments * RICHMOND, VA -- Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced additional administration and board appointments. ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS LABOR * Angelena Gismondi, Special Assistant, Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation BOARD APPOINTMENTS AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY CORN   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12528) on July 15, 2025, energy policy analyst Martin C. Offutt. Here are excerpts: * * * Recent Executive Action on Spending: Potential Impact on Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58) authorized and funded an $8 billion program on Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (Section 40314 and Division J, Title III, of IIJA) - networks of   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: With Summer Underway, Gottheimer Announces New Federal Action to Combat Lyme Disease and Tick-borne Illnesses in Jersey * Above: Gottheimer announces federal action to protect families against ticks and Lyme disease. TENAFLY, NJ -- Today, July 25, 2025, U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), joined health experts to announce new legislation to help protect families from Lyme di  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 25 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: * * * Tech doctoral student combines meteorology, NASA outreach to inspire future scientists A group of kids spent part of their summer in Cumberland County building model satellites, launching rockets, creating tornadoes in jars and talking space science with meteorologists and NASA volunteers - all thanks to Tennessee Tech University environmental sciences doctoral student Mark Baldwin.   more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, July 23 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for July 22nd, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly There is speculation that psychedelic medicine could get a boost from the current administration--not long after the FDA did not approve MDMA-assisted therapy ( MedPage Today ). Contingency management, on the other hand, could face some challenges in the current political climate, eve  more