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Office of Marijuana Commissioner Opens Social Equity Workshop Registration
Date Posted: May 3, 2024

DNREC, City of Wilmington Unveil Revamped 7th Street Boating and Fishing Access Area
Date Posted: May 3, 2024

The Mezzanine Gallery to exhibit “15,000 Dowels” by Gregg Silvis
Date Posted: May 3, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Compassionate Champion Award Winners to Kick off Trauma Awareness Month
Date Posted: May 2, 2024

The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner Has Published the Official Proposed Regulations.
Date Posted: May 2, 2024

Nominate a Young Environmentalist for DNREC Awards
Date Posted: May 2, 2024

First employers sign onto transformative Delaware EARNS retirement benefit
Date Posted: May 2, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Delaware’s General Obligation Bonds Again Earn Triple-A Ratings and Attract Excellent Pricing
Date Posted: May 1, 2024

Northeast Insurance Departments Highlight Lyme Awareness Month
Date Posted: May 1, 2024

DOJ secures a murder conviction for violent gun offender
Date Posted: April 30, 2024

Delaware Forest Service Celebrates Arbor Day and Poster Contest Winners at Abbott’s Mill
Date Posted: April 30, 2024

Delaware Expands Electric Vehicle Rebates to Include Used Models Starting May 1
Date Posted: April 30, 2024

New Enforcement for Traffic Safety of Motorists Around Commercial Motor Vehicles
Date Posted: April 29, 2024

DOJ secures guilty plea for violent gun offender in cold case murder
Date Posted: April 29, 2024

DNREC Reopens Mulberry Landing Boat Ramp After Parking Lot Expansion
Date Posted: April 29, 2024

OSHA Delaware Unveils SafeDE on Worker’s Memorial Day, Pioneering a Safer Future for Workers
Date Posted: April 29, 2024

DSB Highlights Activities for National Small Business Week/Month 2024
Date Posted: April 26, 2024

Apply Now for Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Date Posted: April 26, 2024

DNREC, Center for Inland Bays to Partner on ‘Water Family Fest’ and Native Plant Sale Saturday, May 4
Date Posted: April 26, 2024

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

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Category: Department of Agriculture

Emergency quarantine declared for pest threatening Delaware

Department of Agriculture | News | Date Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019

Photos are available for media use on Flickr. Dover, Del. – The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) announced today that they are quarantining eleven zip codes in New Castle County to eradicate, control, and prevent the spread of spotted lanternfly in Delaware and to surrounding states. The spotted lanternfly is a destructive invasive plant hopper […]

Delaware forestry banquet is March 21 in Felton; College scholarship offered

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019

The Delaware Forestry Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Banquet will be Thursday, March 21 at the Felton Fire Hall. Highlights include the Delaware Tree Farm Committee’s 2019 “Tree Farmer of the Year” Award and recognition of 25-Year Delaware Tree Farmers. The DFA is also offering its annual forestry scholarship. Application deadline is April 1. Details can be found at http://delawareforest.com

2019 Delaware Arbor Day School Poster Contest

The Delaware Forest Service’s Arbor Day School Poster Contest is now accepting entries from Delaware students in grades K to 5 in all private, public, charter, and home schools. Winners will be selected from each county in the following grade categories: K, 1-2, 3-4, and 5. Awards will be presented at the State Arbor Day Ceremony with Governor John Carney. This year’s theme – “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns!” – is designed to increase knowledge about the benefits of trees in our communities. The deadline to register is March 15 and the deadline to submit posters is March 29.

University of Delaware Provost Dr. Robin Morgan honored for service to agriculture

Department of Agriculture | News | Date Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019

Dr. Robin Morgan was recognized Thursday evening at the 48th Delaware Agricultural Industry Dinner with the Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service to Delaware Agriculture for her commitment to agriculture through education, research, and encouraging the next generation of agriculturalists.

Urban and community forestry grants available

The Delaware Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program is offering grants up to $5,000 for tree planting projects on public land or to help communities complete a professional tree inventory. The competitive grants – open to all municipalities, homeowner associations, and certified 501(c)(3) non-profits in the State of Delaware – require a 50-50 match in either cash (non-federal funds) or in-kind services, which includes volunteer or staff time, equipment rental, or supplies.

Applications will be judged on a competitive basis by a grant committee of the Delaware Community Forestry Council. Eligible projects must be performed on public lands within the community. Priority will be given to first time applicants, Tree Friendly Communities, and applicants that have passed an Urban Tree Canopy Goal Resolution (only applies to Municipalities). Complete details at https://delawaretrees.com.

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