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Charter School of Wilmington Wins 2024 Delaware Envirothon Championship
Date Posted: April 25, 2024

DSHA Celebrates $125 Million In Funding To Help Delawareans Achieve Homeownership
Date Posted: April 25, 2024

DNREC to Offer Training for Volunteer Monitors of Delaware’s Beach-Nesting Birds
Date Posted: April 25, 2024

Delaware Tutoring Efforts Recognized by National Learning Collaborative
Date Posted: April 25, 2024

DNREC Launches Online Flood Planning Tool
Date Posted: April 24, 2024

Kids Invited to Cast a Line at Youth Fishing Tournament
Date Posted: April 23, 2024

Delaware Officials Provide Latest Updates, Underscore Urgency Regarding Substance Use Disorder Outcomes in Delaware
Date Posted: April 22, 2024

DSB Partners with SBDC to Support Small Business Loan Program
Date Posted: April 22, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Opening of Application Period for Student Representative on State Board of Education
Date Posted: April 22, 2024

Delaware Forest Service Joins Daughters of the American Revolution to Establish Memorial Forest in Sussex County
Date Posted: April 22, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts and The Biggs Museum of American Art Open Award Winners XXIV Exhibition
Date Posted: April 22, 2024

Delaware State Housing Authority Welcomes Emily Cunningham As Chief Of Staff
Date Posted: April 22, 2024

DPH Hosts Family Assistance Center Emergency Response Full-Scale Exercise
Date Posted: April 19, 2024

Attorney General Kathy Jennings supports new rules targeting money laundering
Date Posted: April 19, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 13th Annual State Employee Art Exhibition Winners
Date Posted: April 19, 2024

NASCAR Driver Ross Chastain Partners with the Delaware Office of Highway Safety for 2024 Events
Date Posted: April 18, 2024

Three Schools Earn Delaware Purple Star Recognition
Date Posted: April 18, 2024

Wilmington’s Cab Calloway School of the Arts Crowned Junior Solar Sprint Champion
Date Posted: April 18, 2024

State Honors Top High School Seniors as 2024 Secretary of Education Scholars
Date Posted: April 18, 2024

DHSS Announces Health Fund Applications Due July 15
Date Posted: April 17, 2024

Delaware State Housing Authority Announces The Launch Of Its New And Improved Website
Date Posted: April 17, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: April 16, 2024

Delaware State Fire Commission Welcomes Mental Health and Wellness Administrator.
Date Posted: April 16, 2024

DelDOT Highlights National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week “Become a hero toward zero, their lives depend on it.”
Date Posted: April 16, 2024

The Delaware Office of Highway Safety Increases Enforcement for National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Date Posted: April 15, 2024

Suspended Trooper faces prison after pleading guilty to six charges, including two felonies
Date Posted: April 12, 2024

Lt. Governor, School Districts, Philanthropist Launch Monetary Awards Program for Black Students
Date Posted: April 11, 2024

Attorney General Jennings obtains victory for manufactured housing residents
Date Posted: April 11, 2024

Delaware Cancer Consortium Hosts 2024 Biennial Retreat
Date Posted: April 10, 2024

$100,000 Grant Announced To Support Eviction Prevention Services In Delaware
Date Posted: April 9, 2024

Final NorthPak defendant convicted of two murders, more than 50 felonies
Date Posted: April 8, 2024

DHSS Seeks Comment on State Plan on Aging at Public Hearings This Month
Date Posted: April 5, 2024

Delaware Advances Toward 1 Million Tree Planting Goal
Date Posted: April 5, 2024

Treasurer Davis Encourages Delawareans to Prioritize Saving
Date Posted: April 5, 2024

Delaware Overdose Deaths Decrease for the First Time in Decade
Date Posted: April 4, 2024

State Offers Support for Students Applying for Financial Aid
Date Posted: April 4, 2024

Governor Carney, Secretary Garvin Celebrate Expansion of White Clay Creek State Park
Date Posted: April 3, 2024

State Agencies Join Forces Against Illegal Trash Dumping
Date Posted: April 2, 2024

DNREC to Offer Earth Day Beach Cleanup, Kids Crafts
Date Posted: April 2, 2024

Future Health Care Workers Win State Awards
Date Posted: April 2, 2024

The Mezzanine Gallery to exhibit “Within the Intimate Realm” by E. Schwinn
Date Posted: April 1, 2024

31-year DOC veteran named Warden of Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
Date Posted: March 28, 2024

Scotton Landing Boat Ramp Reopens for Spring
Date Posted: March 27, 2024

Delaware Teachers Named Finalists for National Mathematics, Science Teaching Award
Date Posted: March 27, 2024

Walk Down Memory Lane at Delaware Public Archives
Date Posted: March 27, 2024

DE Auditor Issues Special Report on Unemployment Insurance
Date Posted: March 26, 2024

DMV on the Go Gears Up for 2024 Season
Date Posted: March 26, 2024

Two Students to Represent Delaware at National Science Camp
Date Posted: March 26, 2024

Department of Correction Expands Enhanced Mail Screening System To All State Prison Facilities
Date Posted: March 26, 2024

2024 Lt. Governor’s Challenge Seeks Applicants for Wellness Leader Awards
Date Posted: March 25, 2024

51st Annual DETSA Conference Celebrates Young Leaders, STEM and Innovation
Date Posted: March 25, 2024

DNREC Announces ‘Take a Kid Fishing!’ Spring Events
Date Posted: March 22, 2024

Bill Introduced to Protect Entities Serving the Legal Marijuana Industry
Date Posted: March 21, 2024

DNREC to Host Virtual Meeting on Deauville Beach Management Transition and New Entrance Fee Proposal
Date Posted: March 21, 2024

Delaware Inducts Three Farm Families into Century Farm Program
Date Posted: March 21, 2024

DPH Observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24
Date Posted: March 21, 2024

DNREC, Kent Conservation District Offer Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant Funding for Septic Tank Pump-outs
Date Posted: March 21, 2024

DNREC to Seek Community Water Project Proposals
Date Posted: March 20, 2024

Selbyville Fire
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Gov. Carney Announce Further Child Care Investments and Initiatives
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Middle and High School Students Invited to Compete in Digital Mapping Technology Contest
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Emergency Sirens Test on April 2 and Potassium Iodide Event on April 4 in Middletown
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Governor Carney Seeks Applications for Governor’s Summer Fellowship Program
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

Delaware to Open Upstate Trout Season With Youth-Only Fishing Day Set for April 6
Date Posted: March 19, 2024

First State Food System Program Opens Third Grant Application Cycle
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

Cynthia Karnai Confirmed As Director Of Delaware State Housing Authority
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award Honorees to Be Recognized at April 4 Ceremony
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to Reopen April 3
Date Posted: March 18, 2024

Georgetown Fire
Date Posted: March 17, 2024

AG Jennings’ statement on Senate passage of Senate Bill 2
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Lt. Gov. Hall-Long Applauds Passage of Senate Bill 2(S) Gun Safety Legislation
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on the Passage of Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 2
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Volunteers Sought to Join Concord Pond Cleanup April 13
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Prosecutors secure conviction against Jordan Ellerbe’s murderer
Date Posted: March 14, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmation of Cynthia Karnai as Director of State Housing Authority
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

State of Delaware Seeking Third Consecutive Year of Record Hiring: Job Fair for Students and Skilled Workers
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

Nominations Open for State of Delaware Compassionate Champion Awards
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

DOJ secures over seven life sentences, habitual offender status for Keith Gibson after violent killing spree
Date Posted: March 13, 2024

Delaware Department of Agriculture Opens Request for Applications for Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program
Date Posted: March 12, 2024

With gun safety in Court, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania AGs stand for common sense
Date Posted: March 11, 2024

The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner released additional sections of the informal draft regulations for review.
Date Posted: March 11, 2024

Lt. Governor, Partners Raise Awareness of Infant Formula Distribution Program
Date Posted: March 11, 2024

Severe Weather Awareness Week March 11-15, 2024
Date Posted: March 9, 2024

DPH Reports High Levels of Lead in Certain Cinnamon Products
Date Posted: March 8, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: March 8, 2024

Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware in 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Finals
Date Posted: March 7, 2024

DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section Set to Spray Woodland Pools
Date Posted: March 7, 2024

Governor Carney’s Statement on Senate Confirmations
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Get Involved in Earth Month: Register Now for the April 13 Christina River Watershed Cleanup
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Governor Carney Delivers 2024 State of the State Address
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Change Your Clocks, Check Your Batteries
Date Posted: March 6, 2024

Parks Plans Wind Transmission Line Informational Event
Date Posted: March 4, 2024

Celebrating Delaware’s Trailblazers: Women’s Hall of Fame Art Exhibition in Partnership with the University of Delaware
Date Posted: March 1, 2024

DNREC Announces Changes to 2024 Summer Flounder and Scup Recreational Fishing Regs
Date Posted: March 1, 2024

Mary and Charles Vinson sentenced to over 150 years in serial child abuse case
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) has released additional sections of the informal draft regulations.
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts Encourages Arts Philanthropy Through Do More 24 Delaware
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Unspoken Trajectories” by Aaron Keith Hoffer
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

DNREC Opens Youth Environmental Summit
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

Major Cybersecurity Event Impacting Health Care, Pharmacy Operations
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

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Delaware Forest Service’s Ashley Melvin earns Gold Smokey Award

Ashley Melvin, the Delaware Forest Service’s education specialist who directs its successful Smokey Bear fire prevention program, received a Gold Smokey Award in Ohio recently at an annual meeting of state foresters. The award was presented to the Mid-Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact’s education committee, of which Delaware is a member. The compact is comprised of seven states including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

In the world of wildfire prevention, there is no greater honor than to receive a Smokey Bear award, especially the national Gold Smokey award. These special awards are reserved for people or organizations that provide sustained, outstanding service, with significant program impact, in the wildfire prevention arena. Honorees demonstrate innovation, creativity, commitment and passion for wildfire prevention.

DNREC’s Auburn Heights Preserve hosts ‘Steamin’ Days’ on the first Sunday of every month through November

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Auburn Heights Preserve takes visitors back in time to explore the age of steam as it hosts “Steamin’ Day,” 12:30 – 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 5, and continuing on the first Sunday of every month through November.

UPDATE: Victim identified from Saturday’s fatal personal watercraft accident in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, July 30, 2018

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police announced today that the victim in Saturday’s fatal boating accident off Little Assawoman Bay in Sussex County has been identified as Dr. Stephen Greenhouse, 53, of Bethesda, Md.

AG Denn Takes Actions To Prevent Distribution of Online Files for 3-D Printed Firearms

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, July 30, 2018

Attorney General Matt Denn Monday sent a cease-and desist letter to Defense Distributed ordering it not to allow access within Delaware to downloadable plans for a 3-D gun that the company was planning to make available this week. Attorney General Denn also said he was exploring a lawsuit against the company. In addition, Attorney General […]

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating fatal personal watercraft accident in Sussex County

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Saturday, July 28, 2018

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers are investigating a fatal boating accident involving personal watercraft (PWC) that occurred at approximately 1:41 p.m. today on Roy’s Creek off Assawoman Bay in Sussex County.

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