ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- 446th Airlift Wing leadership recently returned from Christchurch, New Zealand, where they connected with Airmen from the 446th and 62d Airlift Wings to recognize the Airmen and gain further insight into the critical role of Team McChord in Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze supports the National Science Foundation by transporting equipment and personnel to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Five new Appalachian Regional Commission ARISE awards, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will bolster workforce development and capacity across eight states. * * * Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded $14.5 million to five collaborative, multi-state projects that will drive large-scale economic transformation. Funded through ARC's Appalachian  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: HINESVILLE Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) celebrated the official renaming of the Hinesville Veterans Affairs Clinic to the John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic in honor of four First Congressional District heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War. This ceremony comes after Carter's bill, H.R. 593, was signed into law in May with support from every member more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congressmen Joe Wilson (SC-02) and Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), co-chairs of the Congressional European Union Caucus, released the following statement on the situation in Georgia: "As co-chairs of the Congressional European Union Caucus, we are both outraged and inspired by the images coming out of Tbilisi, where thousands of Georgian citizens are tirelessly mobilizing in defense of the people's decide more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SAVANNAH, Ga. (December 2, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Perpetual Use, Inc. as the recipient of a $191,801 Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) grant to support an existing project to design and implement a city-scale reusable food ware system in Savannah, Georgia. Source reduction, also known as pollution prevention (P2), is any practice that reduces, eliminates more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ATLANTA FEMA is opening a Disaster Recovery Center in Columbia County to provide one-on-one help for Georgians affected by Hurricane Helene. The center is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, at this location: Columbia County Columbia County Emergency Management Agency 650 Ronald Reagan Drive Evans, GA 30809 Additional cen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission will prohibit data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. from selling sensitive location data, including data that reveals the identity of an individual's private home, to settle allegations the data broker sold such information without taking reasonable steps to verify consumers' consent. Under the FTC's proposed settlement order, Mobilewalla will also be banned from collecting consumer data  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 4 -- The Georgia Department of Community Affairs issued the following news release: Six new listings were added to the Georgia Register of Historic Places, accentuating the state's extensive variety of historic resources. The listings were approved at the meeting of the Georgia National Register Review Board on November 1, 2024. This group evaluates state nominations for the National Register of Historic Places. Once listed on the Georgia Register of Historic Places, the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: Sergey Nechaev, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, was arrested today in the Southern District of Georgia on charges related to the unlawful attempted export of two small aircraft to Russia. In conjunction with the arrest, the U.S. government also seized the aircraft. According to the indictment, between March 3, 2023, and March 24, 2023, Nechaev engaged in a scheme to violate and evade U.S. expor more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Collaboration links large genetic database, photosynthesis expertise At the ORNL-led CBI, scientists have studied poplar for years as a fast-growing, nonfood perennial crop for feedstock production. They assembled the first genome-wide association study, or GWAS, of Populus trichocarpa by sampling from 1,500 trees in the wild and analyzing their physical characterist more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: Last week, the Department of Commerce announced its preliminary finding that the government of China unfairly subsidizes its low-speed personal transportation vehicle (LSPTV) industry, including vehicles such as golf carts, Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs), and Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs). The announcement came just days after Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) led a bipartisan, bicamera more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to expand mental health resources for Georgia farmers. Today, Sen. Ossoff is launching a push to pass the bipartisan Farmers First Act, legislation he co-sponsored that aims to expand mental health resources for Georgia farmers. The bipartisan bill would reauthorize the national Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) for Fiscal Years 24-28 and would boo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Reverend Warnock has led several efforts to provide resources and funding in the weeks since Helene's destruction In recent remarks from the Senate floor, Senator Reverend Warnock called on his colleagues to immediately approve these additional federal investments for disaster assistance to get working families the support they need to continue recovering from Hurricane Helene Senator Reverend more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 -- The Whitney Museum of American Art issued the following news release: Opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art on December 5, the focused presentation Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and the Last Gullah Islands features 13 black-and-white photographs and two publications documenting the insular Gullah Geechee community of Daufuskie Island and the other surrounding South Carolina Sea Islands. Presented for the first time in a New York museum, this moving body of work, drawn fro more PR