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Holiday Safety
Date Posted: December 16, 2024

Statement from Governor Carney
Date Posted: December 14, 2024

2024 Electoral College
Date Posted: December 13, 2024

Presidential Daughter Ashley Biden, Gov. Carney, DNREC Secretary Garvin Rededicate Renovated Biden Environmental Center
Date Posted: December 13, 2024

Delaware Natural Resources Police, DNREC Again Stock Santa’s Sleigh Via USMC Reserve Toys for Tots Partnership
Date Posted: December 13, 2024

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) Open Retail License Lottery
Date Posted: December 13, 2024

Rooted in Tradition: 160 Delaware Farms Celebrate Over 100 Years
Date Posted: December 12, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Leadership Change at the Department of Transportation
Date Posted: December 12, 2024

$1.45 Million in Grants Announced to Support Homeless Services in Delaware
Date Posted: December 12, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Next Steps to Expand Access to High-Speed Broadband
Date Posted: December 11, 2024

Newly Released Federal Report Highlights Complexity of PFAS Exposure
Date Posted: December 10, 2024

Millsboro Fire
Date Posted: December 10, 2024

AG Jennings announces more than 135 charges in indictment against Wilmington-area gang
Date Posted: December 10, 2024

DNREC Approves Permits for US Wind Offshore Project
Date Posted: December 9, 2024

Delaware Paramedics Administer 250th Unit of Whole Blood for Prehospital Care
Date Posted: December 9, 2024

Laurel Fire
Date Posted: December 9, 2024

Delaware Day Adventure Begins December 7
Date Posted: December 6, 2024

E-ZPass Delaware Announces Annual Free Transponder Event
Date Posted: December 5, 2024

DSHA Celebrates Home Sweet Home For The Holidays Program And $75 Million In Additional Assistance
Date Posted: December 5, 2024

Cheswold Fire
Date Posted: December 4, 2024

Frederica Fire
Date Posted: December 4, 2024

AG Jennings reaches agreement with recidivist Wilmington landlord to shut down operations in Delaware
Date Posted: December 4, 2024

Delaware Office of Highway Safety Encourages Safe Driving Decisions for Seniors and Their Loved Ones
Date Posted: December 3, 2024

Nominations Open for 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards
Date Posted: December 3, 2024

Smyrna administrative assistant named 2025 Delaware Educational Support Professional of the Year
Date Posted: December 2, 2024

Delaware 250 Announces Fall 2024 Grant Recipients
Date Posted: December 2, 2024

The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Lori Crawford’s “EnvironMental Just(ice) Mercy”
Date Posted: December 2, 2024

Winter Weather Awareness Week: December 2 to 6
Date Posted: November 27, 2024

2025 Delaware State Parks Annual Passes, Surf Fishing Permits to Go on Sale Dec. 3
Date Posted: November 27, 2024

DHSS Adds New Data and Reports to the CostAware Website
Date Posted: November 26, 2024

Delaware Celebrates National Adoption Month
Date Posted: November 26, 2024

Thanksgiving Safety 2024
Date Posted: November 26, 2024

DNREC Begins Emergency Dredging Project Restoring Beach North of Indian River Inlet
Date Posted: November 25, 2024

Burn Ban Lifted
Date Posted: November 25, 2024

Registration Open for 2025 Junior Solar Sprint
Date Posted: November 25, 2024

Celebrate the Holidays in Delaware with the Hidden Holiday Gems Passport
Date Posted: November 22, 2024

Governor Carney Proclaims November 17-23 as Delaware Apprenticeship Week
Date Posted: November 22, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Judicial Nominations
Date Posted: November 22, 2024

Delaware Office of Highway Safety Launches Sober Rides Initiative and Kicks Off Winter Holiday Road Safety Campaign
Date Posted: November 21, 2024

Governor Carney, DSB Announce Fall 2024 EDGE Grant Competition Awards
Date Posted: November 20, 2024

City Of Wilmington Celebrates Ten Years Of Downtown Development Districts
Date Posted: November 20, 2024

Division of Revenue Releases Guidance on New Short-term Rental Lodging Tax
Date Posted: November 20, 2024

DOJ secures life plus decades more in prison for domestic violence repeat offender
Date Posted: November 19, 2024

Federal Court Orders Harris Jewelry to Restore its Website and Portal for Servicemembers to Request Refunds
Date Posted: November 19, 2024

Agriculture, Food and Natural Science Students Take Home Awards from 97th National FFA Convention & Expo
Date Posted: November 19, 2024

Delaware Forest Service To Host Upcoming Wildfire Training
Date Posted: November 18, 2024

Delaware’s Sports Tourism Industry Contributed Significant Economic Impact in 2023, According to Recent Study
Date Posted: November 15, 2024

Delaware Celebrates Improvements To The Housing Assistance Application Process
Date Posted: November 15, 2024

Delaware Natural Resources Police Collecting Toys for Tots Donations for Kids
Date Posted: November 15, 2024

Delaware State Housing Authority Recognizes Mortgage Lending Community And Veterans At 2024 Annual Lender Meeting
Date Posted: November 14, 2024

Delaware Officials Unveil Harm Reduction Vending Machines
Date Posted: November 14, 2024

2025 District/Charter Educational Support Professionals of the Year Honored
Date Posted: November 14, 2024

Historical Marker Dedicated – Mount Olive Holiness Pentecostal Church in Smyrna
Date Posted: November 13, 2024

DelDOT Receives Top Bond Rating and Announces Bond Sale
Date Posted: November 12, 2024

Delaware’s Education Savings Plan Earns Silver Rating
Date Posted: November 7, 2024

Delaware Schools Receive National, State Honors
Date Posted: November 6, 2024

DNREC to Host Nov. 14 Webinar about Storm Water Management and Living Shorelines
Date Posted: November 6, 2024

Governor Carney Releases Government Efficiency and Accountability Review (GEAR) Board Report
Date Posted: November 4, 2024

DOJ secures conviction in the killing of Cynthia Amalfitano
Date Posted: November 4, 2024

AG Jennings and bipartisan coalition of 30 states announce finalization of settlement with Kroger over opioid crisis
Date Posted: November 4, 2024

Carney Administration Outlines Investments in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Date Posted: November 1, 2024

Open Enrollment on Delaware’s Health Insurance Marketplace Starts Nov. 1
Date Posted: November 1, 2024

AG Jennings Announces Cooperation Agreements and Settlements with Heritage and Apotex totaling $49.1 Million
Date Posted: November 1, 2024

DNREC Reopens Castle Trail Along C&D Canal Following Repairs to Storm-Damaged Section
Date Posted: October 31, 2024

Delaware Partners with American Cancer Society for 2nd Annual Lung Cancer Screening Campaign
Date Posted: October 31, 2024

OMC Provides Update on License Lottery and Selected Applicants for Delaware’s Marijuana Industry
Date Posted: October 31, 2024

Funding Awarded for Tree-Planting Projects
Date Posted: October 31, 2024

With Annual Fall Trout Stocking in White Clay Creek, DNREC Delivers Angling Opportunities
Date Posted: October 30, 2024

Carney, Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Over $127 Million in Federal Funding to Decarbonize Port Wilmington
Date Posted: October 30, 2024

Governor Carney Launches Statewide Student Mentoring Program
Date Posted: October 29, 2024

DPH Oral Health Screening Programs Support Students’ Healthy Smiles and Expand Access to Dental Care
Date Posted: October 29, 2024

Opioid Fund Co-Chairs Release Roadmap to Recalibrate Use of Settlement Funds
Date Posted: October 28, 2024

New HSCA Rate Goes into Effect in January
Date Posted: October 28, 2024

AG Jennings resuspends financial advisor for illegally accessing former clients’ account information
Date Posted: October 28, 2024

DOJ secures more than two decades of prison time in cold case murder
Date Posted: October 28, 2024

Housing Assistance Applicants Should Update Information On Public Housing Waitlists By Nov. 22
Date Posted: October 28, 2024

Delaware Forest Service Opens Grants for Local Communities
Date Posted: October 28, 2024

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) Conducts Lottery for Delaware’s Regulated Marijuana Industry
Date Posted: October 25, 2024

Governor Carney, with Guidance from Water Supply Coordinating Council, Declares Statewide Drought Watch
Date Posted: October 25, 2024

Tag-A-Palooza 2024
Date Posted: October 24, 2024

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner: Licensing Lottery
Date Posted: October 23, 2024

AG Jennings issues open letter to Delaware landlords urging Delaware Landlord/Tenant Code Compliance
Date Posted: October 22, 2024

New Housing Vouchers for Delaware Families
Date Posted: October 21, 2024

Piping Plover Population in Delaware Experiences Slight Decline, Offset by Higher Nesting Success
Date Posted: October 21, 2024

National Slow Down Move Over Day Observed as Delaware Sees Near Record Crashes
Date Posted: October 18, 2024

Delaware Officials Unveil New Sign to Celebrate Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program
Date Posted: October 17, 2024

DOJ secures prison time for former trooper
Date Posted: October 16, 2024

Colonial Teacher Named Delaware 2025 Teacher of the Year
Date Posted: October 15, 2024

Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: October 15, 2024

Delaware Faces Dry Conditions: Open Burning Ban Issued, Water Conservation Urged
Date Posted: October 15, 2024

Burning Ban
Date Posted: October 15, 2024

DelDOT Announces 4th Annual Name That Plow Contest
Date Posted: October 15, 2024

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DNREC announces availability of $133,528 for Community Environmental Project Fund projects

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin today announced the availability of $133,528 for Community Environmental Project Fund (CEPF) grants administered by the Department. The CEPF grant program was created in 2004 by House Bill 192, legislation that enables DNREC to withhold 25 percent of all civil or administrative penalties collected by the Department as CEPF funds.

Governor Carney joins DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin in presenting DNREC Awards in Delaware State Fair ceremony

HARRINGTON – Today at the Delaware State Fair, Governor John Carney and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin honored 30 Delawareans of all ages for their environmental leadership, innovation and dedication.

“This afternoon, we recognized a broad cross section of Delawareans who contribute to the conservation of our natural resources and the stewardship of our environment,” said Secretary Garvin. “We congratulate these volunteers, artists, organizers, photographers, and anglers – conservationists and environmentalists all – for their work that brought us here today, and look forward to their future contributions.”

Make an ‘ECOnnection’ with DNREC at this year’s Delaware State Fair

With the 2017 Delaware State Fair throwing open the gates today for its fun-filled 10-day run (Thursday, July 20 thru Saturday, July 29), DNREC is again right in the middle of the annual extravaganza – with an array of environmental displays in a newly-climate-controlled State Fair building, and game prizes to be won by kids of all ages for showing their knowledge about the state’s natural resources and environment.

DNREC Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit charges Frankford man with illegal dumping

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Monday, June 5, 2017

DNREC Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit arrested a Frankford man June 1 and charged him with illegal dumping after evidence from trash found on Blueberry Lane near Frankford.

DNREC Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit charges two Sussex men with illegal dump site activities

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017

DOVER – After investigating recent complaints made to DNREC’s Office of Community Services, Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit recently charged two Sussex men with an array of trash dumping violations – with one of the men arrested for operating an illegal dump site on a 19-acre parcel near Frankford.

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