FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, May 4 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: The Defense Health Agency announced May 1, 2024, that nine military hospitals received an "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, demonstrating DHA's commitment to safe, high-quality health care, and transparency. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a letter-grade program that focuses exclusively on a hospital's patient safety measures through more than 30 national performance indicators. Each indicator reflects er  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 3 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: USACE Jacksonville District awarded a $27 million contract yesterday, May 2, 2024, to Weeks Marine, Inc., of Cranford, New Jersey, for initial construction of the Flagler County, Florida, Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project. USACE will provide 65 percent of the total project costs and Flagler County, Florida, the project's non-federal sponsor, will provide 35 perce  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation are pleased to share that Niveah Glover, a 12th-grade student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida, is the 2024 Poetry Out Loud(R) National Champion. After reciting poems by Patricia Smith, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Ashanti Anderson, Glover was named champion during last night's national finals, hosted by poet, edito  more