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Unveiling of New Historical Marker Honoring The Bulah Family & Brown v. Board of Education
Date Posted: August 11, 2025

Seeking Public Feedback
Date Posted: August 8, 2025

DE Dept of Labor Launches Youth Workforce Connect Call
Date Posted: August 7, 2025

OMC Retail Sales Launch

Delaware Reports Strong Start to Recreational Marijuana Sales
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

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AG Jennings sues to block unlawful attacks on medically necessary health care for transgender youth
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

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Meyer, Jennings secure major win as Department of Education restores previously withheld funding
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

DNREC, USFWS and Tri-State Bird Rescue Collaborate to Rehab Adult Piping Plover
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

Governor Meyer Opens Nominations For Governor’s Awards
Date Posted: August 4, 2025

Volunteer at a previous Coastal Cleanup smiling and holding up trash collected off of the beach.

Volunteers Sought for 38th Delaware Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 13
Date Posted: August 4, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces 2025 Delaware Women’s Hall Of Fame Inductees
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

Divine Nature: Shilpi’s Vibrant Fusion of Indian Folk Art Blooms at the Mezzanine Gallery
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

DNREC News release

DNREC Opens Applications for 2026 Community Environmental Project Fund Grants Through Aug. 31
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

Delaware Launches Legal Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Today
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

Flooded road with sign. DEMA and DelDOT logos

Storm Could Bring Localized Flooding And Damaging Winds
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Unveiling of New State Historical Marker Honoring Rehoboth Beach Patrol
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Delaware 250 Announces Opening of New Grant Cycle
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Governor Meyer Tours Cannabis Cultivation Facility Ahead of Recreational Sales Launch
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

A flyer with the dates, times, and locations of the Back-to-School & Sports Physical Day availability through DPH.

DPH Offers Back-to-School and Sports Physicals at Clinics Across Delaware
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Legislation Requiring CPR, First Aid, AED Training for Coaches
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

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New Insights into Delaware’s Revolutionary War Regiment at the Archives’ August First Saturday Program
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

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AG Jennings sues Trump Administration for blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Partnership for $50 Million in Medical Debt Elimination
Date Posted: July 29, 2025

A man in a wheelchair sets off on a paved trail with three friends at Killens Pond State Park

Trackchairs to Provide Accessibility to Trails at Five Delaware State Parks
Date Posted: July 29, 2025

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AG Jennings challenges Trump Administration’s withholding of funds from AmeriCorps
Date Posted: July 28, 2025

DEMA Launches Delaware School Safety Program
Date Posted: July 28, 2025

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First Rate Increase in 10 Years for Tidewater Customers
Date Posted: July 28, 2025

White Clay Fly Fishers Club members assist newcomers at "learning the ropes" or lines for the sport of fly fishing. DNREC photo

DNREC to Offer Free Fly-Fishing Lessons for Adult Anglers at Aquatic Resources Education Center
Date Posted: July 25, 2025

Elsmere Fire
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Join DOC’s Fall 2025 Citizens Academy
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Winners of the inaugural DNREC Photo Contest were announced during Governor's Day July 24 at the Delaware State Fair. Left to right as depicted above, are contest winners and the categories for which they were cited: Julie Danan (People Enjoying Nature); Thomas Miller (Watersheds: Landscapes and Waterways); Krystine Sipple (Wildlife and Aquatic Life); DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, and Matthew Trucks (Hunting and Fishing). /Delaware DNREC photo

DNREC Unveils 2025 Photo Contest Winners
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

E-ZPass Free Transponder Summer Sales Event
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Voting Information for the State Representative District 20 Special Election
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Leadership Transition
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

DATE Reaccreditation

DATE Reaccredited by Delaware Police Accreditation Commission
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

Delaware Launches Bold AI Sandbox Initiative, Cementing Its Role as a National Leader in Responsible Tech Innovation
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

DSB Unveils EDGE 2.0 – A New Era of Opportunity!
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

Illustrative American and Delaware State Flags at Half Staff to represent Flag Status

Lowering of Flags to Honor the Passing of 1st Lt. Ray Firmani
Date Posted: July 22, 2025

New state records were set recently for two invasive fish species in Delaware. Jason Wise holds his 33-pound, 15.68 ounce Flathead Catfish (left above) while Dyllan Rust of Harrington hauled in a 15-pound 8-ounce Northern Snakehead breaking a record set only a month before Rust made his catch.

DNREC Confirms New State Records for Two Invasive Fish Species Increasingly Sought After by Anglers
Date Posted: July 22, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Several Health-Related Bills Strengthening Protections for Overlooked Populations
Date Posted: July 21, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Departure of DHSS Secretary Josette Manning
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Delaware E-613 wildfire engine with 3 crew members

Delaware Forest Service Mobilized Wildfire Engine to Grand Junction, CO
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Joins Bipartisan Group of Governors Issuing Joint Letter to Grid Operator PJM
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Dover angler Logan Smith made a new state record catch for Golden Tilefish

DNREC Confirms New State Record Golden Tilefish
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Joins Other Governors to Demand Trump Administration Release Withheld Funding
Date Posted: July 17, 2025

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AG Jennings Secures over $96K Settlement Following HIV Drug Kickback Investigation
Date Posted: July 17, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Legislation to Bring Down Energy Prices, Protect Environmental Resources and Wildlife
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

EDGE 2.0 Informational Webinar Scheduled for July 23rd
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

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Get an insider’s look at correctional “Good Time” on July 21
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

Class “L” Fire Extinguishers
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

A new DNREC a mapping study models and predicts the most suitable areas for Delaware’s tidal wetlands to migrate as the state experiences sea level rise as an impact of climate change. Marsh migration is the movement of tidal wetlands from their current habitat, away from rising sea levels toward higher and drier ground, to avoid being drowned.

DNREC Releases Updated Marsh Migration Model
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

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Treasurer Davis Applauds Passage of Electronic Payments Bill
Date Posted: July 15, 2025

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Attorney General Jennings sues Trump for freezing $6.8 billion in education grants weeks before school year start
Date Posted: July 14, 2025

Governor Matt Meyer Signs Legislation Protecting Vulnerable Communities
Date Posted: July 14, 2025

DDC Is Seeking Community Feedback
Date Posted: July 11, 2025

This aerial photograph from the 1990s demonstrates how the sand bypass system sucks up water and sand, creating unstable conditions that can include dangerous rip currents. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

DNREC to Begin Sand Bypass Testing July 14
Date Posted: July 11, 2025

Photo of Dover Toll Plaza on Route 1 in Dover. The photos is an aerial picture of the toll booths and the Dover Toll Plaza Administration Building.

DelDOT Toll and Fee Increases Coming Soon to Support Infrastructure Investments
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

The Ommelanden Hunting Education and Training Center will be temporarily closed for trap, skeet and 5-stand shooting while a lead recovery project takes place in some of the center's range fields.

DNREC Sets July 14 Temporary Closure of Ommelanden Hunter Ed Training Center’s Trap, Skeet and 5-Stand Ranges
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

Delaware 250 Announces Spring 2025 Grant Recipients
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

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Chesapeake Customers to Face First Base Gas Rate Hike in 9 Years
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

DPA Liberty Trail Scavenger Hunt

Can You Find the Liberty Trail? A Photographic Scavenger Hunt Through Dover, Delaware
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

Fireworks
Date Posted: July 9, 2025

DPA First Saturday

Explore Delaware’s Revolutionary Homefront at the Archives’ July First Saturday Program
Date Posted: July 9, 2025

Delaware Libraries Launch 2025 Summer Library Reading Program
Date Posted: July 8, 2025

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DNREC Soliciting Project Proposals for Surface Water Matching Planning Grants
Date Posted: July 8, 2025

This photo shows four trucks parked on the beach with four people preparing to surf fish behind the trucks.

DNREC Drops Surf Fishing Reservations for 7 of 12 Drive-on Beaches
Date Posted: July 7, 2025

One student squats near the ground, pushing a robotic car, while five students and a teacher look on.

First State TSA students earn national honors, showcase CTE success at 2025 conference
Date Posted: July 7, 2025

Image of webinar flier that explains there will be an OSD webinar detailing a bonding pilot project, on July 10th at 11 a.m. Registration information is also in the press release.

Office of Supplier Diversity Announces Statewide Bonding Pilot Program for Small and Diverse Contractors
Date Posted: July 7, 2025

DNREC News release

Swim Advisory for Rehoboth Avenue Beach Lifted on July 4 by DNREC
Date Posted: July 4, 2025

Bottle with pills spilling out of it

CONSUMER ALERT: Patient And Pharmacy Protections During Rite Aid Closures
Date Posted: July 3, 2025

State of Delaware Auditor of Accounts Seal

State Auditor Issues Special Report on Special Education Teacher Certification and Licensure
Date Posted: July 3, 2025

Lt. Governor Gay Appointed Chair Of State’s Interagency Early Childhood Education Services Committee
Date Posted: July 3, 2025

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DOJ secures prison time for fraudulent home improvement contractor
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

A male student is bent over a piece of wood with a hammer in his hand.

Delaware SkillsUSA students bring home awards from 2025 National Leadership & Skills Conference
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

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AG Jennings protects Delaware workers from unlawful payroll deductions
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

Square graphic, blurred green background. Text centered in the middle of the graphic says Update - 22 businesses & organizations have received grants through the Delaware Grocery Initiative.

22 Businesses and Organizations Awarded First State Food System Grants
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

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Revolutionary Lives Exhibit Opens July 3 to Kick Off Countdown to America’s 250th
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

Delaware Improves Workers’ Compensation Act
Date Posted: July 1, 2025

Governor Matt Meyer Signs FY2026 Appropriations Bills with Historic Investments, Celebrates Major Legislative Victories
Date Posted: July 1, 2025

Cover of the 2025/26 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide depicting a duck in water

2025/26 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide Now Available
Date Posted: July 1, 2025

Delaware to Launch Adult-Use Marijuana on August 1
Date Posted: July 1, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Bill to Improve Prescription Distribution
Date Posted: June 30, 2025

The Child Protection Accountability Commission Releases its Quarterly Report on Child Abuse Deaths and Near Deaths
Date Posted: June 30, 2025

Four Rising Educators students stand smiling for the camera.

Delaware Students Make History at 2025 Educators Rising National Conference
Date Posted: June 30, 2025

The following image shows DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation website and a stack of trading cards featuring photos of each state park and the Brandywine Zoo. At the bottom is a statue of the Communicator Award and the DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation seal.

DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation Wins Creative Services Awards
Date Posted: June 30, 2025

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Statement from AG Jennings on Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling
Date Posted: June 27, 2025

Lt. Governor Gay Applauds Passage Of House Bill 169(S)
Date Posted: June 27, 2025

Car with fireworks around it.

Delaware Office Of Highway Safety “Sober Rides” Returns To Support Safer Travel During The July Fourth Holiday
Date Posted: June 27, 2025

Governor Meyer Swears in Judge Monica A. Horton to New Castle County Superior Court
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

Public Announcement: School Nutrition Programs
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

DNREC News release

DNREC Schedules Additional Regulatory Review Event, Virtual Forum Seeking More Input on Unamended Regulations
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

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AG Jennings applauds passage of major consumer protection legislation
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

Emergency Sirens Test On July 1, 2025
Date Posted: June 25, 2025

Dog in front of fan while lying on sofa.

DPH Reminds Residents to Protect Pets During Heat Waves
Date Posted: June 25, 2025

Delaware Students Selected as Winners of America’s Field Trip Contest
Date Posted: June 25, 2025

A group of students and one teacher advisor stand together smiling at the camera, in front of large letters spelling the word, "HOSA."

Delaware Youth Power The Health Workforce Pipeline At National HOSA Conference
Date Posted: June 25, 2025

Speaker Minor-Brown, Sen. Poore, Gov. Meyer, DNREC Announce Funding for New Air Monitoring Near Delaware City Refinery
Date Posted: June 25, 2025

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Export Delaware to Begin accepting Compass Grant Applications July 1
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

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AG Jennings announces two major murder indictments
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

Employee Background Check Bills Signed into Law
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

Fireworks
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

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September 23, 2011 Governor’s Message A Life of Service – Remembering Sergeant Szczerba

In his weekly message, Governor Markell speaks to the dedication of first responders, especially remembering the service of New Castle County Police officer, Sergeant Joseph Szczerba, whose life was tragically cut short in the line of duty when he was stabbed after chasing a suspect.

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September 23, 2011 Governor’s Message A Life of Service – Remembering Sergeant Szczerba

In his weekly message, Governor Markell speaks to the dedication of first responders, especially remembering the service of New Castle County Police officer, Sergeant Joseph Szczerba, whose life was tragically cut short in the line of duty when he was stabbed after chasing a suspect.

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