HAMMOND, La., Aug. 25 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Chevron's Gulf of Mexico Strategic Business Unit has donated a wide variety of safety and health monitoring equipment to Southeastern Louisiana University's Occupational Safety, Health, and Environment program. The equipment, which includes noise dosimeters, sound level meters, gas and vapor detection units, and other measuring and monitoring instruments, will be used to provide hands-on training   more

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 27 -- The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources issued the following news release: The state's rule on the presence of animals at food service establishments, as enforced by the Division of Environmental Health and its agents on the local level, has been revised to allow food service establishment owners to permit cats and dogs in outdoor dining areas as long as conditions to protect public health are met. "I am pleased that this rule has been c  more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Aug. 27 -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, issued the following news release: The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, today, celebrated the topping out of its Winner's Way parking garage, the brand new state-of-the-art facility presently under construction. The nine-stories-tall (112 feet), approximately one million-square-foot parking garage is expected to be completed in December. More than 200 Kraft and Coreslab worke  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 27 -- The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare issued the following news release: There are a number of wildfires burning throughout the state and smoke from these fires can cause serious health problems. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) and the Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) encourage Idaho residents to take precautions and avoid unnecessary exposure to wildfire smoke. "The effects of smoke range from eye and respiratory tract irritation   more