News from January 2023
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) released the following statement on being named Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The committee, first created in 1795, is the oldest in the House of Representatives and has broad jurisdiction over health care, energy, environment, technology, data privacy and security, broadband, and much more.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 46°1'34.74"N 116°19'39.91"W. Significance: Site of skirmishes between the Nez Perce and the U.S. Army during the Flight of 1877. MANAGED BY: Private Property. Amenities. 2 listed. Information, Parking - Auto. As the Nez Perce crossed the Camas Prairie following the battle at White Bird...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: The hike along the Highland Route stretches the spine on the South Snake range from Pyramid Peak to Decathon Canyon, 14.6 miles one way with extreme elevation changes through out the hike. This route be started in the Highland Ridge Wilderness BLM area to the south of the park or can be started from Baker Lake.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - FEMA announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Alabama to supplement state and local response efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes on Jan. 12, 2023.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Authors. * V. Etyemezian. * C.I. Davidson. * M. Zufall. * W. Dai. * S. Finger. * M. Striegel. Submitted. 22 September 1999. Abstract. Soiling on the walls of limestone buildings can be washed off when the surface erodes due to rain impingement. In this study, the delivery of rain to the 42-story Cathedral...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: William and Elizabeth Thacher Kent purchased 600 acres of land in 1903. Back then it was called Redwood Canyon. Elizabeth was hesitant intially as the family was deeply in debt after suffering economic losses during the panic of 1902/1903. A financial risk to which William quipped: “If we lost all the money we have and saved these trees, it would be worthwhile, wouldn’t it?".
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Wildlife Viewing Guidelines. San Juan Island National Historical Park provides habitat for many species of animals. When you visit the park, you are visiting their home. The choices you make have a direct effect on the wild animals that live here. By following the simple steps listed here you can help...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Introduction. In World War II, the United States military was segregated, and African American service members faced discriminatory limitations in positions. The Army Air Corps was expanded by Public Law 18 in April 1939 and the demand for more pilots lead to the creation of the 99th Pursuit Squadron...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after Kevin McCarthy was elected to serve as Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: With US Gen. Ulysses Grant's army bogged down in front of Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sought to take advantage. He ordered Gen. Jubal Early, in command of 14,000 soldiers, to launch a bold raid on the north.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: In 1864, United States and Confederate forces clashed on what is now Monocacy National Battlefield. The U.S. Army fought valiantly to repel a desperate Confederate attack on Washington D.C. While the U.S. did not win the battle, they successfully delayed the Confederate advance long enough for reinforcements to reach Washington and defeat the Confederates at the battle of Fort Stevens.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 44° 25' 9.09"N 111° 47' 35.81"W. Significance: One of the battle sites during the Nez Perce Flight of 1877. MANAGED BY: The Idaho State Lands Department, Private Property. After the horrific attack at Big Hole, the Nez Perce went south, crossing back into Idaho over Bannock Pass before...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report Number 205. Grant Number. P16AP00371. Authors. * Daniel T. Elliott. * Michael Seibert. * The LAMAR Institute, Inc. Savannah, Georgia, 2017. Executive Summary. This report details the results of the 2017 Get the Lead Out! Workshop that was conducted by the LAMAR...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: The Shenandoah Valley supported human settlement for thousands of years that continues today. Virginia's colonial land policies meant both opportunity for colonists but danger for those human buffers against colonial conflicts. Not all settlement was voluntary; enslaved inhabitants shaped the Valley's history too.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) released the following statement on being named Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The committee, first created in 1795, is the oldest in the House of Representatives and has broad jurisdiction over health care, energy, environment, technology, data privacy and security, broadband, and much more.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after Kevin McCarthy was elected to serve as Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on more classified documents found stashed at President Biden’s Wilmington residence...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a potential link between the Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine and strokes in adults over 65 years of age...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement after the House Republican Steering Committee selected nine new members to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Project Director. Sez Atamturktur. Clemson University, Glenn Department of Civil Engineering 110 Lowry Hall, S Palmetto Blvd, Clemson, SC 29634 (864) 656-3003 sez@clemson.edu. Team Members. Civil Engineering. *. Saurabh Prabhu, Ph.D. Candidate. *. Elizabeth Wheeler, Ph.D. Student. *. Greg Roche, Ph.D.
