KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 13 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2025 NAIA Women's Cross Country Conference Ratings (Oct. 13) * American Midwest Conference 1. Columbia (Mo.) 2. Cottey (Mo.) 3. Williams Baptist (Ark.) 4. UHSP (Mo.) 5. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 6. Crowley's Ridge (Ark.) Appalachian Athletic Conference 1. Milligan (Tenn.) 2. Montreat (N.C.) 3. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 4. R  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 16 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Appalachian Voices urges senators to probe privatization intent of TVA board nominees * October 16, 2025 CONTACTS : Chelsea Barnes, Director of Government Affairs and Strategy, chelsea@appvoices.org Bri Knisley, Director of Public Power Campaigns, (865) 212-0691, brianna@appvoices.org WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Senate Environment and Public Work  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Coal miners, advocates rally in Washington, D.C. to protest attacks on black lung and miner protections * Today, more than 80 coal miners, members of Black Lung Associations, and other supporters rallied outside of the Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., to protest the delay in implementing long-awaited silica dust protections for coal miners, along with fundin  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Oct. 16 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: * * * Marshall receives $341,000 grant for multi-state workforce initiative The Marshall University Research Corporation has been awarded more than $341,000 through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) to lead a multi-state project that will help young adults, particularly those aging out of foster care, transition successfully into  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 15 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU CAVS Extension to lead technical delivery of BOOST MS Pilot Program in partnership with MMA-MEP, AccelerateMS CANTON, Miss.--Mississippi State's Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension, in collaboration with the Mississippi Manufacturers Association-Manufacturing Extension Partnership, or MMA-MEP, and AccelerateMS, is announcing the BOOST MS Pilot Program to guide small and medium-siz  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- President Trump issued the following proclamation on Oct. 17, 2025: * * * NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE MONTH, 2025 From the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River to the Great Plains and beyond, for nearly 250 years, America has been endlessly sustained and enriched by our abundance of precious natural resources like oil, clean coal, minerals, and natural gas. This National Energy Dominance Month, my Administration proudly recommits to harnessing the liquid gold an  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news: * * * West Virginia and Diversified Energy Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Well Plugging Fund * The "Mountain State Plugging Fund" is a groundbreaking partnership that provides financial assurance for oil and gas well retirement at no cost to taxpayers CHARLESTON, West Virginia and BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- (October 16, 2025) Governor Patrick Morrisey, in partnership with Diversified Energy (NYSE  more