FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Ambassadors enhance skills, knowledge at annual workshop * Division's... read more JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Nearly a dozen U.S. Army Reserve ambassadors attended the 99th Readiness Division's annual Ambassador Workshop July 17-18 at division headquarters here. The workshop was designed to give the ambassadors the   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Kansas were 69,958, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 61,651, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Oklahoma - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Oklahoma were 80,656, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 73,255, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Wyoming - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Wyoming were 18,894, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 18,048, the U.S. Bureau of L  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following document as part of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (No. 25) on July 10, 2025, entitled "Candida auris Containment Responses in Health Care Facilities that Provide Hemodialysis Services -- New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, 2020-2023.": Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Candida auris, a frequently multidrug-re  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * DEQ awards nearly $2M for public EV chargers through Volkswagen Settlement funds * The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is awarding another $1.91 million for new public electric vehicle chargers across North Carolina, filling gaps in the state's charging network along highways and in rural communities. Awards fr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Hardworking Americans Across the Country Celebrate No Tax on Tips and Overtime * WASHINGTON -- One month after President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill, the American people are celebrating the historic wins included in the legislation. Republicansprevented the largest tax hike in American history for working-class families and also secured additional tax savings fo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Multiple Blue Ridge Parkway projects advance near Boone, North Carolina * News Release Date: August 4, 2025 Contact: Blue Ridge Parkway Public Affairs Office BOONE, NC - On Aug. 4, the National Park Service reopened approximately four miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 280.9 to 285.5, near Bamboo Gap. This opening signifies another milestone in the comple  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * DEQ awards nearly $2M for public EV chargers through Volkswagen Settlement funds The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is awarding another $1.91 million for new public electric vehicle chargers across North Carolina, filling gaps in the state's charging network along highways   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 5 (TNSrep) -- The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * DMV Audit Recommends Exploring Separation of DMV and DOT as Customer Experience Worsens The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (OSA) has released two audits of North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The reports - including a performance audit and information systems audit - were conducted to examine the current operational chal  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- A worker at Instrotek in Durham, North Carolina, was exposed to radioactive material after a nuclear gauge source ruptured on May 8, according to a report from the North Carolina Division of Radiation Protection. The incident, reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 22, occurred while an employee was removing an americium-241/beryllium source from a down-hole probe. Following the source's removal, two leak tests showed contamination levels that "pegged at fu  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * REMINDER: NCDEQ Division of Water Resources to hold public hearing on water quality impacts from Mountain Valley Pipeline proposal * The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on Aug. 12 in order to hear public comment on Mountain Valley Pipeline's LLC application for a 401 water quality c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Foushee, Ross Slam Closure of EPA Office of Research and Development, Urge Administrator Zeldin to Reverse Course * WASHINGTON, DC (August 4, 2025) - Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin warning of the immediate and long-term effects that closing the EPA'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Budd, Colleagues Urge DOL to Repeal Biden-Era Rules Harming Farmers, Ease Accessibility for Visas Used by Ag Producers * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.-5) recently led a bicameral, bipartisan coalition of 84 of their fellow federal lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging the D  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Budd, Senate Colleagues Urge Secretary Lutnick to Probe DeepSeek AI's Connections to Chinese Military, Intelligence * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) recently led a group of Senate colleagues in urging Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to probe allegations made by U.S. officials that DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence has provided support to the People's Republic of China'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * The Teeth Doctors to Pay $61,000 to Resolve EEOC Religious Discrimination Charge * Dental clinic refused to accommodate employee's religious beliefs RALEIGH, N.C. - The Teeth Doctors, a North Carolina-based dental company, agreed to provide $61,000 to a former employee to settle a religious discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the f  more