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2026 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year Announced
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 25 -- The American Baseball Coaches Association issued the following news:
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2026 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year Announced
The American Baseball Coaches Association and ATEC are proud to recognize the 2026 National Coaches of the Year in all collegiate and high school divisions. The ABCA/ATEC National and Regional Coaches of the Year are selected by members of the ABCA, with the process led by the ABCA All-America & Coach of the Year committees in
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2026 ABCA/ATEC Regional Coaches of the Year Announced
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 24 -- The American Baseball Coaches Association issued the following news:
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2026 ABCA/ATEC Regional Coaches of the Year Announced
The American Baseball Coaches Association and ATEC are proud to announce the 2026 ABCA/ATEC Regional Coaches of the Year in all collegiate and high school divisions.
The ABCA/ATEC Regional and National Coaches of the Year are selected by members of the ABCA, with the process led by the ABCA All-America & Coach of the Year comm
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2026 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Historic Golf Courses List Is Announced
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Historic Hotels of America issued the following news release:
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The 2026 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America(R) Most Historic Golf Courses List Is Announced
The 2026 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America(R) Most Historic Golf Courses list has been released by Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest historic hotels across America.
This listing of historic resorts chronicles
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App State Chancellor's Innovation Scholars aim to boost Western NC cybersecurity, trades workforce
BOONE, North Carolina, June 23 -- Appalachian State University posted the following news:
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App State Chancellor's Innovation Scholars aim to boost Western NC cybersecurity, trades workforce
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BOONE, N.C. -Two Appalachian State University projects designed to strengthen Western North Carolina's building trades workforce and cyber defenses have been selected to receive funding support through the university's 2026 Chancellor's Innovation Scholars Program. The faculty-led initiatives will
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App State's Sheryl Oring documents national, international perspectives on independence
BOONE, North Carolina, June 22 -- Appalachian State University posted the following news:
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App State's Sheryl Oring documents national, international perspectives on independence
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Dressed as a 1960s-era secretary, Appalachian State University's Sheryl Oring has taken her interactive performance "Spirit of Independence" -and her vintage typewriter -to stops across America and Europe, inviting participants to share their perspectives on independence. To date, more than 300 individuals ha
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Co-Led by Rep. Mike Kennedy, House Committee Approves Bipartisan $1.9 Billion Annual Investment in National Parks
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, issued the following news release:
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Co-Led by Rep. Mike Kennedy, House Committee Approves Bipartisan $1.9 Billion Annual Investment in National Parks
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Washington D.C. - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed the Great American Outdoors Act with decisive voice-vote passage. Co-led by Rep. Kennedy, the landmark bipartisan legislation now heads to the House floor. The Great American Outdoors Act 250, legislation that invests $
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Committee on Small Business Holds Hearing to Examine the Role of the SBA Office of Investment and Innovation in Powering America's Small Businesses
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2026:
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Committee on Small Business Holds Hearing to Examine the Role of the SBA Office of Investment and Innovation in Powering America's Small Businesses
Yesterday, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, held a hearing titled "From Startup to Scale: The Role of the SBA Office of Investment and In
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Congressman Aderholt Announces $1 Million ARC Grant for the City of Dora
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release:
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Congressman Aderholt Announces $1 Million ARC Grant for the City of Dora
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Robert Aderholt announced the approval of an Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant of $1,000,000 to the City of Dora, AL.
The ARC grant will be used to build a new 250,000-gallon elevated water storage tank and 1,000 linear feet of water main to enable development at Heritage L
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Four graduate students are asking what the mountains can still tell us
RENO, Nevada, June 25 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news:
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Four graduate students are asking what the mountains can still tell us
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Mountain snow and glaciers may seem distant from the cities, farms, and communities that depend on them, but these high-elevation regions store and release water for populations far downstream. When precipitation changes, snowlines rise, or glaciers retreat, the effects can move through entire watersheds.
And while scientists know these
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Gov. Beshear, Congressman Rogers Announce $6.6 Million To Extend Reliable Drinking and Wastewater Services and Support Economic Development in Eastern Kentucky
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release:
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Gov. Beshear, Congressman Rogers Announce $6.6 Million To Extend Reliable Drinking and Wastewater Services and Support Economic Development in Eastern Kentucky
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 24, 2026) - Today, Gov. Andy Beshear and Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) announced $6.6 million in Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) program funds to support continued economic development an
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Governor Lamont Announces State Grants To Preserve 1,243 Acres of Land at 14 Properties and Improve 15 Urban Green and Community Garden Spaces
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Governor Lamont Announces State Grants To Preserve 1,243 Acres of Land at 14 Properties and Improve 15 Urban Green and Community Garden Spaces
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding $9.4 million in state grants to support the purchase and protection of more than 1,243 acres of open space through 14 properties in 15 communities. Additionally, $2.4 million
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Groups Threaten TVA With Lawsuit Over Clean Air Act Violations at Cumberland Plants
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 27 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release:
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Groups threaten TVA with lawsuit over Clean Air Act violations at Cumberland plants
The Tennessee Valley Authority's reckless coal retirement reversal led the utility to violate federal law
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CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. -- The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, has notified the Tennessee Val
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Lawsuit Launched Over Clean Air Act Violations at TVA's Cumberland Plants
WASHINGTON, June 26 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release:
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Lawsuit Launched Over Clean Air Act Violations at TVA's Cumberland Plants
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CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. -The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, has notified the Tennessee Valley Authority of the group's intent to sue the federal utility because construction and operation of the new Cumberl
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Professor's Novel Explores Irish Immigrant Life in Appalachia on the Eve of the Civil War
ANDERSON, South Carolina, June 26 -- Anderson University issued the following news release:
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Professor's Novel Explores Irish Immigrant Life in Appalachia on the Eve of the Civil War
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Anderson University professor and longtime literary scholar Jim Haughey vividly brings history to life in his new historical novel, The Broken Season, published by Redhawk Publications.
Set in the rugged Appalachian Mountains just before the Civil War, Haughey's debut novel blends suspense, historical d
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Senator Capito Attends Ribbon Cutting for Kerens-Parsons Segment of Corridor H with Federal Highway Administrator McMaster
WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
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PHOTOS: Senator Capito Attends Ribbon Cutting for Kerens-Parsons Segment of Corridor H with Federal Highway Administrator McMaster
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KERENS, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, traveled to Kerens, W.Va. to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly completed 11-mile Corridor H project con
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SUNY-Fredonia: Study Links Homelessness and Heavy Alcohol Use to Higher Mental Health ER Visits in Rural Appalachia
FREDONIA, New York, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news:
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Article published in journal
Dr. Michael Clarkson-Hendrix, Cassidy Heinen, MSW, and Dr. Kevin Kearns published an article in Health & Social Work journal.
The article was titled, "Mental Health Emergency Department Use among Treatment-Seeking Adults in a Rural Northern Appalachian Clinic: The Role of Homelessness and Alcohol Use."
The authors found that nights spent home
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UVA Experts to Research History and Culture in America's Great Valley
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 25 -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news:
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UVA experts to research history and culture in America's Great Valley
By Bryan McKenzie, bkm4s@virginia.edu
From the top of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Shenandoah Valley stretches almost as far to the west as the eye can see, from Waynesboro to Staunton to where it butts up against the Allegheny Front of the Appalachian Mountains.
But that's not even the half of it. The valley also st
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Virginia Budget Deal Shortchanges Clean Water, Conservation Priorities
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 21 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release:
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Virginia Budget Deal Shortchanges Clean Water, Conservation Priorities
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Virginia lawmakers in the House and Senate this weekend rolled out a compromise proposal for the biennial budget that starts on July 1, which unfortunately shortchanges clean water and conservation priorities in the first budget that will be enacted under the revised Chesapeake Bay agreement.
Among the most concernin
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Virginia Tech: Studying Life at Nearly a Mile High
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 27 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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Studying life at nearly a mile high
Through fieldwork on Virginia's highest peaks, students are helping researchers understand how forest disturbances reshape wildlife habitat and ecosystem health.
By Max Esterhuizen
Students in the College of Natural Resources and Environment climbed through rain-soaked forests on Virginia's highest peaks this spring, searching beneath logs, rocks, and leaf litter for a salama
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What They Are Saying: Support Grows for Chairman Boozman's Farm Bill 2.0 Discussion Draft
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2026:
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What They Are Saying: Support Grows for Chairman Boozman's Farm Bill 2.0 Discussion Draft
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the discussion draft for Farm Bill 2.0 on Tuesday. Built for the people who feed America, the proposal delivers more certaint
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Yale Study Finds Woodland Salamander's 'Evolutionary Stasis' is More Complicated Than Previously Believed
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 23 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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The secret lives of salamanders
A new Yale-led study finds that while the outward appearance of woodland salamanders has changed little over millions of years, their physiology has evolved in striking ways.
By Karen Guzman
For her doctoral dissertation, Yale's Nathalie Alomar decided to study a small amphibian that appeared to have eluded the forces of evolution.
She found that there is more to its evolut
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Yale University: Secret Lives of Salamanders
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news:
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The secret lives of salamanders
A new Yale-led study finds that while the outward appearance of woodland salamanders has changed little over millions of years, their physiology has evolved in striking ways.
By Karen Guzman
For her doctoral dissertation, Yale's Nathalie Alomar decided to study a small amphibian that appeared to have eluded the forces of evolution.
She found that there is more to i
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