MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 15 -- Memphis International Airport issued the following news release: Allegiant has launched its new nonstop service between Memphis International Airport (MEM) and Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). The flight will run twice weekly on Friday and Monday through April 30 and will then return for the summer on May 22. Tickets are on sale at www.allegiant.com. This flight addition brings MEM's total number of destinations to 35. Allegiant now offers nonstop service to nine de  more

CUPERTINO, California, Nov. 11 -- Apple issued the following news release: Three or four times a week, whenever he needs to calm his mind, Steve Mills launches the Healium AR app on his iPhone. His favorite spot to use it is in a park on the banks of the slowly churning Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee. "Sometimes I walk down to the riverfront here and sit on a bench and look at the water," says Mills, as he motions to the app, open on his phone. "And using this just puts me in a really  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 12 -- Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson is pleased to announce it has added health care attorney Michelle Williams as a member of its Baker Ober Health Law Group resident in the Firm's Atlanta office. Ms. Williams, who joins as a shareholder, focuses her practice on the regulatory and structuring aspects of hospital mergers, acquisitions, and integrations. Her experience includes obtaining at  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- Bridgestone, a tire and rubber company, issued the following news release: Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC (BSRO) today announced Darin Stalker, vehicle service technician, is the 2019 BSRO ASE Master L1 Technician of the Year. Stalker was recently honored at the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) annual awards banquet in Phoenix, Arizona alongside other outstanding technicians from across the industry. "We're pleased to recognize Da  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: For more than 10 years, Peabody College has been partnering with institutions in China to create more opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate and make a stronger impact globally. Building the capacity of junior faculty members and graduate students to conduct rigorous educational research has been a top priority. Each summer Peabody faculty headline the annual Vanderbilt Academic Week at Beijing Nor  more

BRISTOL, Tennessee, Nov. 15 -- Contura Energy, a coal supplier, issued the following news release: Contura Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CTRA), a leading U.S. coal supplier, today announced the temporary idling of certain support functions at its Cumberland longwall mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Due to adverse seam geology in the form of a soft fire clay bottom on the longwall section, and in an effort to reduce mine costs, management made the decision the afternoon of November 14 to temporarily i  more

BRISTOL, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- Contura Energy, a coal supplier, issued the following news release: Contura Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CTRA), a leading U.S. coal supplier, today reported results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2019. Highlights include: * Net Loss from continuing operations of $(44) million for the third quarter 2019 compared with Net Income of $24 million in the second quarter and $14 million in the same period last year/1 * Adjusted EBITDA/3 of $40 million for the quarte  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: * * * - Foundation also pledges grants to seven charitable organizations that support military servicemembers and their families * * * To continue its long-running support of veterans, the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation pledged a $100,000 endowment to Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management to help the brave men and women who have served our nation pursue a graduate degree from t  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Dr. Elwood Watson, a professor of history, African American studies and gender studies at East Tennessee State University, has authored a new book, "Keepin' It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America," published by the University of Chicago Press in August. Watson's latest book covers various current topics relating to race in the United States. Examples of these topics include police brutality,  more

KINGSPORT, Tennessee, Nov. 12 -- Eastman Chemical issued the following news release: Global specialty plastics provider Eastman announces its collaboration with NB Coatings, a leader in paint on plastics for both domestic and transplant original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), to create a new solution for interior Class A painted surfaces with Treva(TM) engineering bioplastic. Treva offers a viable option for companies interested in creating sustainable, cost-effective products. With the recent  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 15 -- FedEx issued the following news release: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center named FedEx the winner of the 2019 Citizens Awards, in the category of Best Disaster Response & Community Resilience Program. The award recognizes FedEx for the company's collaboration with International Medical Corps. FedEx and International Medical Corps have innovated disaster response by redesigning an emergency field hospital to create rapidly deploy  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has expanded its real estate practice with the addition of Jeffrey M. Pomeroy, who has joined as a shareholder in the Firm's Birmingham office. Mr. Pomeroy focuses his practice on the development, acquisition, disposition, leasing, management and financing of commercial and mixed-use real estate projects. He has extensive retail, office, hospitality, mu  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 15 -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has entered into a partnership with the Tennessee Association for Home Care (TAHC), a non-profit organization representing home health agencies, to provide its members with resources for managing compliance and minimizing litigation risk. Littler will provide TAHC with its Home Care Toolkit, a web-based t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt has launched a new website designed to showcase the broad array of programs, support and resources available to military service members and veterans at the university. The Military at Vanderbilt website, launched on Veterans Day, provides clear and accessible information for community members to learn more about the university's support of veterans and partnerships with the military. "Vanderbilt has l  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Erik Smetana, executive director for compensation and talent in Vanderbilt Human Capital and Business Services, has been named chair of the finance committee of the national Higher Education Recruitment Consortium. HERC is a nonprofit consortium of more than 700 colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies and related non- and for-profit organizations whose goal is to promote equity and e  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the following news release: Tennessee's unemployment rate held steady in October. The new rate of 3.4 percent matches the previous month's rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). While Tennessee's jobless rate remained the same between September and October, over the past year, Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate experienced  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- The Tennessee Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Mary Mancini honoring Tennessee veterans and thanking members of Party Veterans and Military Families Caucus: "Tennessee is home to almost 500,000 veterans and today, the Tennessee Democratic Party, working with our newly formed Veterans and Military Families Caucus, call on every Tennessean to remember the sacrifices made by our armed forces and their families. "Whether serving in combat or  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 -- The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency issued the following news: * * * - Initial Local Reports Say $17.4 Million in Storm Damage from Nine Counties * * * The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) has requested a federal review, to begin this week, of local damage assessments from the Sat., Oct. 26, 2019, severe weather in middle and west Tennessee to see if the impacted counties may qualify for federal recovery assistance. "The severe storms hit c  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: University of Memphis' WUMR FM 91.7, which began broadcasting in 1974, will be transforming as part of an anticipated newly created nonprofit radio company, in cooperation with Crosstown Concourse and The Daily Memphian, pending approval at the UofM Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 4. "Pending Board of Trustees approval, it is with much anticipated excitement that our campus radio station, WUMR, will b  more

HERNDON, Virginia, Nov. 13 -- Volkswagen Group of America issued the following news release: Volkswagen of America today marked the start of construction for its electric vehicle production facility. The Chattanooga site, where production begins in 2022, will be Volkswagen's North American assembly base for electric vehicles. Volkswagen Group of America executives, joined Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Germany's ambassador to the U.S., Emily Haber, plant leaders, production employees and communi  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- Volkswagen Group of America issued the following news release: Volkswagen of America and The Conservation Fund announced an initiative to help protect and restore forestland in the United States, starting with a project located in eastern Tennessee's Cherokee National Forest. Volkswagen plans to provide a $1.25 million donation to The Conservation Fund, who will use a portion of the funds to buy, protect and donate hundreds of acres of land to the U.S. Forest   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * - Cox's work with patients helps nab almost $2 million grant for one of the nation's top medical centers. * * * Zac Cox, associate professor of pharmacy and an inpatient clinical pharmacist at Vanderbilt Medical University Center, continues to garner national and international attention for his research exploring various drug therapies for patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. His past work with   more