Central College in Pella will provide $1,000 scholarships to all new incoming students for the third year in a row after raising record-high donations to its Journey Scholarship Fund. The fund received more than $1.72 million in fiscal year 2023-24, according to a news release, breaking records for both the fund and the college. The
A major investment may be on the horizon for a former mill town that is set to become home to the world’s largest multi-day energy storage system thanks to a nearly $150 million federal grant. Gov. Janet Mills and members of Maine’s congressional delegation announced a $147 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy
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The Michael J. Burns Building, which houses the Permanent Fund offices on 10th Street, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) The Alaska Permanent Fund is on course for a fiscal crisis. As the Alaska Beacon reports, that’s because the state is using more money from the spendable portion of the Permanent Fund than the
Grant will help fund 40-mile transmission line rebuild in Wake, Johnston and Wayne counties to improve reliability for an estimated 14,000 customers RALEIGH, N.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Grid Deployment Office has selected the North Carolina Innovative Transmission Rebuild project to
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced in an Aug. 6 news release that Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Huron County Airport will receive $2,769,853 for improvements. “Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our state,” Brown said in the release. “These investments will enhance safety and operations at Northeast Ohio airports and
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) – A 4-year-old died after he drowned in a backyard pool at a short-term rental on Thursday. Scottsdale Fire Captain Dave Folio said the boy was found unconscious and not breathing. CPR was performed on the child before firefighters arrived. He was rushed to the hospital where he later died. It
NASCAR, the American auto-racing sanctioning and operating company, is reportedly considering a ban on investments in team charters from sovereign wealth funds amid negotiating charter agreements with its teams. NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, issues 36 charters, which guarantee a team’s placement into races; underperforming teams can have their charters
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(WO) – Cheniere Energy, Inc. entered into a long-term liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) with Galp Trading S.A., a subsidiary of Galp Energia. Sabine Pass (Source: Cheniere Energy) Galp has agreed to purchase approximately 0.5 MMtpa of LNG for 20 years from Cheniere Marketing on a free-on-board basis for