RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 16 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is offering $6.2 million in funding through a new grant program geared toward small agribusinesses and designed to strengthen the middle of the food supply chain. Grants of up to $100,000 for equipment only purchases and up to $2 million for infrastructure projects will be available through a competit  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with North Carolina under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and North Carolina are working together to offer over $6.2 million in competitive grant funding for projects desi  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 16 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 15, 2024: * * * At a press conference in Malvern today, Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the deployment of a mobile health clinic run by Arkansas Mobile Opioid Recovery (ARMOR). Griffin issued the following statement: "This mobile health clinic will reach previously underserved and unserved Arkansans in need of treatment for opioid addiction. The $770,000 that my office grant  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and U.S. Air Force Reserve airmen teamed up to conduct an air deployment readiness exercise April 4, 2024. The training event began when Soldiers assigned to the 323rd Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, 259th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, drove tactical vehicles onto the McChord Field flightli  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, April 16 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. John Graham, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, began the assembly of 2nd MAW's first MQ-9A Reaper, April 10, as part of the U.S. Marine Corps' continued transition from the legacy RQ-21A Blackjack in accordance with Force Design initiatives. "The delivery and build of   more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, April 16 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: By 2nd Lt. John Graham, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, began the assembly of 2nd MAW's first MQ-9A Reaper, April 10, as part of the U.S. Marine Corps' continued transition from the legacy RQ-21A Blackjack in accordance with Force Design initiatives. "The delivery and build of VMUT-2's   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release: On Tax Day, the U.S. Attorney's Office heeds a warning against IRS imposter scams and other emerging and existing financial fraud schemes that target unsuspecting Americans, especially older adults. These scams often result in substantial monetary losses, causing financial hardship and emotional distress to individuals impacted by the fraud. As pa  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 16 -- The University System of Georgia issued the following agency statement on April 15, 2024: * * * This website notice is intended to provide the same information included in the notification letters to individuals for whom the University System of Georgia (USG) has insufficient or out-of-date contact information. USG was involved in an incident that may affect the security of certain individuals' personal information. We want to provide affected individuals informat  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Celebrating the Strength of the U.S.-Philippines Alliance Today, President Joseph R. Biden welcomed President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines back to the White House. The two Presidents marked the unprecedented strength of the Alliance between the United States and the Philippines and underscored the historic achievements in bilateral relations since they last met at the White House in May 202  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey. Good afternoon, everyone. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, thank you -- Thursday afternoon. (Laughter.) So, a couple of things, and then we'll go into the Q&A. I -- do I -- I sound like I -- do I sound like I have an echo? Q: Yes. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Can we -- can we fix the sound? Does that sound -- does that sound better? Q:  more