FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT DIX, N.J. - During their two-week annual training, the 430th Military Police Law and Order Detachment conducted joint law enforcement operations with various branches to support the "Power in the Pines" Airshow, held for the first time in five years at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL). The airshow ran from May 19 to 21, 2023 and was open to the public, drawing over 80,  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on April 4, 2024: * * * President Biden's Investing in America Agenda is Improving Critical Infrastructure and Removing Barriers to Clean Energy Deployment in Historically Underserved Communities * * * In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/?utm_source=invest.gov) and the historic Justice40 Initiative, today the U.S. Department of Energy announced $27 m  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Advisory Opinions Advisory Opinion Request 2024-05 (Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom) (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fec.gov%2Fdata%2Flegal%2Fadvisory-opinions%2F2024-05%2F&data=05%7C02%7CJIngram%40fec.gov%7Cd5f2764f75d048cfb05008dc54ec0e99%7Cee91fa706  more

MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Coastal Management (DCM) invites communities to apply through the end of May for Phases 3 and 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP). Phase 3 of the RCCP funds the engineering and design of a prioritized resilience project, and Phase 4 funds the implementation of a shovel-ready  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Tuesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 17 at the Surry County Service Center in Dobson. The public may attend in-person or listen to the meeting online or by phone. WHAT: State Water Infrastructure Authority Meeting WHEN: Tues., April 16, 2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. and Wed., April 17, 9:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Next week, North Carolina will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and a delegation of Japanese dignitaries and media members for a historic State visit. The Prime Minister and his wife, Yuko Kishida, will join the Coopers for a State luncheon on April 12th at the Executive Mansion and for several events across the state. The North Carolina trip will follow a Whit  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Mining Commission issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The North Carolina Mining Commission will meet at 1 p.m. on April 16, 2024, in Raleigh. The public is invited to attend in person, by computer or by phone. An agenda and supporting documents for the meeting will be posted prior to the meetings on the Commission website. N.C. Mining Commission * When: 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2024 * Where: Ground Floor Hearing Room, A  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Heather Smith, a Haywood County Schools math teacher, is the 2024 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made at a ceremony honoring Smith and eight other regional finalists today at the Umstead Hotel in Cary. "Heather is a change agent for public education--both for her colleagues and for her students. I'm so impr  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a jury has convicted Julian Bear Runner, age 38, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, of six counts of Wire Fraud, one count of Larceny, and one count of Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization following a three-day jury trial in federal district court in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict w  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 6 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in South Carolina for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to the drought that began on Nov. 2, 2023.   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and those of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Nathan Baer, 44, of Asheville, North Carolina, pl  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A North Carolina man who sold fentanyl to a Dubuque, Iowa, man who overdosed and died was sentenced today to more than 30 years in prison. James Adam Earwood, age 39, of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, received the prison sentence after a jury found Earwood guilty on October 5, 2023, of distribution of a controlled substance, heroin and fentanyl, causing the death   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 6 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on April 4, 2024, at an event at the Naomi Drenan Recreation Center on investments in climate action: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Please have a seat. Please have a seat. Donnetta, thank you for that introduction and all the work you've been doing at Self-Help. I'm going to talk about that work in a minute. But I really -- I really appreciate the fact that   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Yesterday, as part of President Biden's historic climate agenda, Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced $20 billion in awards to expand access to clean energy and climate solutions and lower energy costs for communities across the nation. This investment, made possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, will stand up a first-of-its  more