WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: The Tennessee Wing generated thousands of aerial images of damage Thursday in the wake of the deadly tornado that struck Nashville and surrounding mid-state communities two days earlier. In all, the wing conducted nine flights - four devoted to aerial photography, four to relocate key personnel and one to observation - and also deployed a pair of ground teams. Lt. Col. Rob Borsari, the wing's direc  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of tornadoes in Tennessee on the customers and operations of many financial   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District is postponing its March 24th Business Opportunities Open House and M/V Mississippi tours due to the growing concern over the COVID-19 coronavirus. The district will reschedule the open house and motor vessel tours when the high risk of transmission has subsided.  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule, published in the Federal Register on March 12, entitled: "Air Plan Approval; Tennessee: Open Burning and Definitions Revisions for Chattanooga". The rule was issued by Mary S. Walker, Regional Administrator, Region 4. DATES: This rule is effective April 13, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andres Febres, Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation Di  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following banking and consumer regulatory policy document: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of tornadoes in Tennessee on the customers and operations of many financial institution  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: One week after the federal disaster declaration, many resources are in place to help Tennesseans recovering from the March 3 tornadoes and severe storms. Four Disaster Recovery Centers are open in addition to two Mobile Registration Intake Centers. FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams have visited more than 2,700 homes in affected communities to  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued the following news release: Demarcus Deon Crawford, 36, a/k/a/ "Trip," has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today. This sentencing is the latest reckoning in a large RICO conspiracy case, "Operation .38 Special", which was originally indicted   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Oak Ridge's EM program and two of its contractors, UCOR and Isotek, recently supported a local middle school's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) night, which attracted 700 students and their families. The event at Jefferson Middle School offered participants a unique opportunity to learn about the wide variety of careers in STE  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: EM workers are making progress upgrading aging radiological wastewater treatment infrastructure essential to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) operations. They are installing a new zeolite treatment system, which is designed to remove cesium and strontium from wastewater. Installation of that system is the latest modernization effort funded by a   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The techniques Theodore Biewer and his colleagues are using to measure whether plasma has the right conditions to create fusion have been around awhile. The specialized lasers and off-the-shelf components they're working with are nothing new, either. But assembling them into a portable diagnostic system that can be loaded in a cargo van and driven on a cross-count  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 9: * * * - ORNL takes engineering to the classroom for Engineers Week * * * "Engineering is about building things to help others." Before diving into a longer explanation, that's how Singanallur "Venkat" Venkatakrishnan, an electrical and computer engineer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, described engineering to students at N  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis appointed six new members to its Community Development Advisory Council, which twice a year meets to inform St. Louis Fed President James Bullard and Community Development staff about relevant issues and development efforts in the Eight Federal Reserve District. Appointed to three-year terms ending in 2022 were: * Adam Hall, vice president and communi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: Recent extreme weather conditions have impacted farmers and ranchers in Davidson, Putnam and Wilson Counties. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency (FSA), has disaster assistance programs available to help agricultural producers recover after natural disasters, including tornadoes. "FSA offers a variety of di  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands signup beginning March 16. The signup runs through May 15. "Through this CRP Grasslands signup, farmers and ranchers can protect grasslands, rangelands and pastures, while maintaining the land as working grazing lands," said State Executive D  more