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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

Delaware State Parks Fee Season Begins March 1
Date Posted: February 29, 2024

DOJ secures over a dozen convictions for violent gun offender following nine-month manhunt
Date Posted: February 28, 2024

Students Win Big at State Educators Rising Event
Date Posted: February 28, 2024

DNREC to Close The Point at Cape Henlopen for Beach-nesting Season
Date Posted: February 28, 2024

Claymont Fire
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Newark Fire
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

AG Jennings Announces Appeal Of Superior Court Voting Ruling, Vows Support For Constitutional Amendment
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 12 Finalists for Delaware’s 2024 Poetry Out Loud State Finals
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Controlled Burn at Brandywine Creek State Park Aims to Boost Native Wildlife and Plant Growth
Date Posted: February 27, 2024

Four-Legged Assistant Helps Change Lives Canine Companions Facility Dog Joins Delaware State Fire Commission
Date Posted: February 26, 2024

DNREC to Close Mulberry Landing Boat Ramp in Sussex County Temporarily for Expansion and Paving of Parking Lot
Date Posted: February 26, 2024

DOJ secures guilty pleas, prison time in fatal shooting case
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

Children’s pastor arrested on child pornography charges
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

DNREC to Offer Feb. 28 Webinar on Living Shoreline Cost Share Program for Home and Property Owners
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

Delaware State Fire Commission K9 Ajax To Get Donation of Body Armor.
Date Posted: February 23, 2024

DOJ secures felony conviction in first of several cases related to abuses of the 2022 Delaware Relief Rebate Program
Date Posted: February 22, 2024

Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois lead multistate coalition supporting PA gun safety law
Date Posted: February 22, 2024

Delaware State Fire Commission Updates Fire Regulations.
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

GACEC Hosts Celebration for Disability History and Awareness Month Poster Contest
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Delaware State Housing Authority Nomination
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Treasurer Davis Honored for Delaware EARNS
Date Posted: February 20, 2024

Lt. Gov. Hall-Long Outlines Recommendations to Protect State Retiree Healthcare, Foster Fiscal Sustainability
Date Posted: February 19, 2024

Secretary of State Presents 2023 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
Date Posted: February 19, 2024

Governor Carney Announces Judicial Nominations
Date Posted: February 19, 2024

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DNREC Coastal Cleanup Encourages Residents and Visitors to Clean Up Trash Close to Home

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020

This year, the 33rd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup will transition from a one-day, in-person event to a month-long campaign to keep the state’s beaches and waterways free of trash, DNREC announced today.

DNREC Young Environmentalists of the Year Announced at Delaware State Fair

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020

Today at the Delaware State Fair in Harrington, a group of dedicated Delaware students were honored for their work to protect, restore or enhance our state’s natural resources as Governor John Carney and DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin announced this year’s recipients of the DNREC Young Environmentalists of the Year Awards.

Delaware Coastal Cleanup – With Precautions – Set for Sept. 12 to Help Keep DE Litter Free

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, July 6, 2020

Volunteers are encouraged to mark their 2020 calendars now for the DNREC-sponsored 33rd annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, tentatively planned for Sept. 12.

Nominations Open for 2020 Young Environmentalist Awards

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is looking for Delaware students who are working to make a difference for the environment.

Polly Drummond yard waste site closed for the day Sunday for capacity and traffic

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Community Affairs | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Sunday, April 19, 2020

DOVER, Del. – The Polly Drummond Hill yard waste drop-off site near Newark, which opened for the season on Saturday, April 18, was closed to further drop-offs about noon on Sunday because of material capacity and traffic issues. DNREC will work this week to have its contractor shred and remove all the material that was dropped off until the closure, and create a traffic plan with the goal of reopening the site on Saturday, April 25. The site operates Saturdays and Sundays.

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