MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: On U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors have completed maintenance work to cleanout Ditch 10 in Poinsett County, west of Trumann, Arkansas, 70 days ahead of schedule and $44,546 under budget. The four-mile section of ditch cleaned out is part of a 15.7-mile system of drainage streams and ditches that carry excess storm water runoff south and away from the Northeast Arkansas area around and w  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Oak Ridge crews recently tore down another facility at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), bringing EM closer to completing cleanup at the site. Each ETTP demolition brings more change to the landscape, drawing sharp contrast to the government enrichment complex of decades past. Workers have finished demolition and debris removal of the 30,817  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: * * * - New director brings 30-plus years of occupational exposure expertise * * * Derek Hagemeyer has been named director of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education's Independent Environmental Assessment and Verification (IEAV) program located in Oak Ridge, Tenn. In this position, Hagemeyer is responsible for the program that provides   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release: Five individuals were arrested yesterday on a 44-count federal indictment charging violations of the dogfighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act, and conspiracy to commit those violations. Shane Patrick Sprague, 35, of Pensacola, Florida, Derek Jedidiah Golson, aka Derek Jedidiah Murray, 38, of Pensacola, Florida, Haley Cook Murph, 24, of Milton  more

LITTLE CREEK, Virginia, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following story: A key addition to the MyNavy Career Center (MNCC) network officially opened today in Little Creek, Virginia, three days after the one-year anniversary of the launch of the MNCC Contact Center in Millington, Tennessee. The opening of the MNCC Little Creek Contact Center increases the capacity of MNCC to provide Sailors and their families responsive human resources (HR) and education services support - 24/7 - addressin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in Atlanta have selected Wesley Deschaine as the NRC Senior Resident Inspector at the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant near Spring City, Tenn., located approximately 60 miles southwest of Knoxville. Deschaine joins Resident Inspector Jeff Hamman at the two-unit plant, which is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Deschaine joined the NRC in 2007 as a reliabi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Processes like manufacturing aircraft parts, analyzing data from doctors' notes and identifying national security threats may seem unrelated, but at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, artificial intelligence is improving all of these tasks. To accelerate promising AI applications in diverse research fields, ORNL has established a labwide   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The National Alliance for Water Innovation, a partnership of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, other national labs, university and private sector partners, has been awarded a five-year, $100 million Energy-Water Desalination Hub by DOE to address water security issues in the United States. Reliable access to clean water is a pressing global c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: At the nexus of theory and computation, physicist Gaute Hagen of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory runs advanced models on powerful supercomputers to explore how protons and neutrons interact to "build" an atomic nucleus from scratch. His fundamental research improves predictions about nuclear energy, nuclear security and astrophysics. "How d  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Old Hickory Lake Resource Management Office is holding two public workshops for its shoreline management plan update. The public workshops are 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at Gallatin High School located at 700 Dan P. Herron Drive, Gallatin, TN 37066; and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at Wilson County School District located at   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The TVA STEM Classroom Grant Program sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated, a TVA retiree organization, is now open for applications. The program funds Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics learning projects in classrooms and schools in the TVA service areas throughout the Tennessee Valley. The 2019-2020 application is now open and closes Oct. 20.  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: * * * - (Eleven Defendants Convicted by Guilty Pleas as a Result of the First ARPO Takedown in April) * * * The Justice Department announced today the second coordinated law enforcement action of the Appalachian Region Prescription Opioid (ARPO) strike force, resulting in charges against 13 individuals across five Appalachian federal districts for a  more

STEVENSON, Alabama, Sept. 27 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Friday the safe demolition of two 500-foot coal stacks and two boilers at its shuttered Widows Creek Fossil Plant. Small explosive charges were used to ensure debris is in manageable sizes and can be recycled as TVA readies the site for economic redevelopment. "For over 60 years this facility and the dedicated employees who staffed it supplied electricity   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. "This significant investment in airport improvements in Tennessee will  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: Agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019 can apply through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+). Sign-up for this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program begins Sept. 11. "There is no doubt that extreme weather has greatly impacted Tennessee's agricultural producers over the last several y  more