ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 31 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: * * * Air Force, Northrop Grumman advance Sentinel ICBM modernization with stage-two rocket motor test The U.S. Air Force, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, completed a full-scale qualification test of the stage-two solid rocket motor for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) July 20 by the 717th Test Squadron, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, here. The test marks a cri  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Big South Fork to Celebrate "Great American Outdoors Day" on August 4 * News Release Date: July 30, 2025 Contact: Daniel Banks, (423) 569-9778 Oneida, Tennessee \- Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area will be observing the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act on Monday, August 4, 2025, with 50 percent off backcountry camping   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Dawn Ceremony on August 6 at Bissell Park in Oak Ridge * News Release Date: July 30, 2025 Contact: Daniel Banks, (423) 569-9778 Oak Ridge, TN : Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee is inviting the public to ring the International Friendship Bell at A.K. Bissell Park 80 times at dawn (6:47 am EDT) Wednesday, August 6th to commemorate the   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: * * * A group of the nation's most accomplished STEM teachers selected as Albert Einstein Educator Fellows Fifteen Teachers representing 13 states have been selected to apply their classroom experience to federal, congressional, and executive branch offices * July 29, 2025 - Fifteen K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers fr  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters * Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.   more