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Piping plover chicks foraging on a Delaware beach - credit Jessica McNulty

DNREC to Offer Training May 3 at Cape Henlopen for Becoming a Volunteer Beach-nesting Bird Monitor
Date Posted: April 18, 2025

Delaware E911 Upgrade

Delaware launches video upgrade to E911 services
Date Posted: April 17, 2025

Two of Governor Meyer’s Judicial Nominees Confirmed by Senate
Date Posted: April 17, 2025

Governor Matt Meyer Signs Executive Order Establishing Delaware Interagency Collaborative to End Homelessness
Date Posted: April 17, 2025

Delaware State Fire Commission Condemns Racial Harassment
Date Posted: April 17, 2025

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DOJ secures guilty plea, license revocation in DUI collision
Date Posted: April 16, 2025

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DOJ Secures Lengthy Prison Sentence for 2023 Murder, Robbery
Date Posted: April 16, 2025

Riverine wetland in the Pocomoke watershed. The Pocomoke watershed is a combination of five sub-watersheds in Sussex County and extending into Maryland /DNREC photo

Pocomoke Watershed Wetlands Get Highest Rating in DNREC’s Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Report Card
Date Posted: April 16, 2025

10 Schools Earn Delaware Purple Star Recognition
Date Posted: April 15, 2025

DNREC Division of Air Quality data from 2023 show Delaware is steadily progressing toward cleaner air

Latest DNREC Air Quality Report Shows Progress, but Highlights Need for Continued Focus on Improvement
Date Posted: April 15, 2025

Delaware 250: Grant Opportunities for Spring/Summer 2025
Date Posted: April 14, 2025

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Liberty Mutual Pays $300,000 Penalty For Misleading Consumers
Date Posted: April 14, 2025

Governor Meyer Delivers State of the State Address
Date Posted: April 10, 2025

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AG Jennings sues Trump Administration over sweeping voting restrictions
Date Posted: April 10, 2025

Students Named 2025 Secretary of Education Scholars
Date Posted: April 8, 2025

State of the State 2025

State of the State 2025 on April 10, 2024 at 2:30 pm
Date Posted: April 8, 2025

Delaware 250 Announces Grant Recipients for Winter 2025
Date Posted: April 8, 2025

Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board Announces Video Scholarship Contest for Delaware High School Students
Date Posted: April 7, 2025

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Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced a Multistate settlement with pharmaceutical company Mylan Inc
Date Posted: April 7, 2025

Delaware shuts down illegal slots

Delaware shuts down illegal online slots
Date Posted: April 7, 2025

Probation and Parole Director Heidi Collier

Heidi Collier named statewide Director of Delaware Probation and Parole
Date Posted: April 4, 2025

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DOJ secures felony convictions against fraudulent nurse
Date Posted: April 4, 2025

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Prosecutors secure guilty plea in 2022 killing
Date Posted: April 4, 2025

DEMA Media Release

DEMA Conducts Full-Scale Emergency Response Exercise
Date Posted: April 3, 2025

A group of eleven individuals, including panelists and event partners, stand together in front of a large screen displaying "Celebrate Women's History Month." The screen features speaker headshots, names, and affiliations, along with logos of supporting organizations. A QR code is also visible for audience engagement. The group is dressed in professional attire, smiling as they pose for the photo in a conference setting.

Delaware DHR Hosts Successful Women’s History Month Panel on Workforce Development and Inclusive Policies
Date Posted: April 3, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Slate of Judicial Nominations
Date Posted: April 2, 2025

A diamondback terrapin at the DuPont Nature Center

Visitors of All Ages Invited to Celebrate Earth Month with Events at DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center
Date Posted: April 2, 2025

Delaware Prepares for Unprecedented, Unexpected Federal Cuts to Public Health Services
Date Posted: April 2, 2025

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Jennings sues DHHS, RFK Jr. over public health grant cuts
Date Posted: April 1, 2025

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Delaware Public Archives to host First Saturday Program
Date Posted: April 1, 2025

Male veterinarian in green scrubs with a stethoscope around his neck inspects a black calf in a pen on the side of a barn.

DDA Transitions Away from Issuing Interstate Health Certificates
Date Posted: April 1, 2025

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Former Sussex Central High School principal arrested for forgery, official misconduct
Date Posted: April 1, 2025

Office of the Governor and DOL Commit to Addressing Longstanding Unemployment Insurance Issues
Date Posted: March 31, 2025

FBI Denies Delaware’s Request for Recreational Marijuana Background Check Code
Date Posted: March 31, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Reset
Date Posted: March 27, 2025

DNREC Launches New Registration Process for Hunters Harvesting Wild Turkeys During Upcoming Spring Season
Date Posted: March 27, 2025

Department Of Insurance Accreditation Renewed
Date Posted: March 27, 2025

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AG Jennings urges consumers to check eligibility for compensation for inflated generic drug prices
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

Watch Delaware’s Fiscal 2026 Budget Reset
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

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AG Jennings co-leads national call to lawyers: stand strong against Trump’s threats
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

Governor Matt Meyer Nominates Judge Eric M. Davis as President Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

Flyer with a bold heading that reads, "The State of Delaware is Hiring!" Below, text announces a Career Fair on April 9 from noon to 3 PM at the Smyrna Readiness Center (103 Artisan Drive, Smyrna, DE 19966). The flyer notes the event is in partnership with the Delaware National Guard. The State of Delaware seal is displayed in the bottom right corner.

State of Delaware Hosts 4th Annual Statewide Career Fair for Students and Professionals
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

A crew working in a field with newly planted trees protected by tree shelters

Delaware Launches $1.5 Million Forest Resiliency Fund to Enhance Stewardship and Combat Forest Loss
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

Headshots of all six nominees: From left to right: (top row) David Eroh, Dasianee Gavin, Sarah Leonard, (bottom row) Jacalyn Jenkins, Katie Menhart, and Shellee Wong.

2025 State Finalists Announced for White House STEM Recognition
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

The DuPont Nature Center invites visitors

DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to Reopen April 2
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs SB21 Strengthening Delaware Corporate Law
Date Posted: March 26, 2025

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AG Jennings encourages Delawareans to protect their genetic information at 23andMe
Date Posted: March 25, 2025

Winners Announced for the 14th Annual State Employee Art Exhibition
Date Posted: March 25, 2025

DE Office of Supplier Diversity Launches Online Application Portal
Date Posted: March 24, 2025

Graphic of the U.S. and Delaware flags at half-staff.

Lowering of Flags for the Passing of Lt. Gregg Shelton
Date Posted: March 24, 2025

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Teacher arrested, charged with sexually soliciting a student
Date Posted: March 24, 2025

Official Seal of the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware

Navarro Issues Bulletin on Insurers’ Drone Usage
Date Posted: March 24, 2025

DNREC to Host Public Meeting on Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Plan
Date Posted: March 21, 2025

Governor Meyer Denounces Trump Executive Order Dismantling the Department of Education
Date Posted: March 20, 2025

DPH Provides Recommendations to Protect Yourself and Your Children from Measles
Date Posted: March 20, 2025

Potassium Iodide Distribution on April 3 in Middletown
Date Posted: March 20, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Key Health Commission Appointments
Date Posted: March 19, 2025

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Former school counselor faces lengthy prison term for child rape
Date Posted: March 18, 2025

Attendees at the 2019 Arborist and Tree Care Seminar

Delaware Forest Service Hosts 10th Annual Arborist and Tree Care Seminar
Date Posted: March 18, 2025

A rainbow trout /DNREC graphic: Duane Raver

Youth-Only Day to Open Upstate Trout Season Saturday, April 5 on New Castle County Streams
Date Posted: March 18, 2025

Siren Test April 1

Emergency Sirens Test On April 1, 2025
Date Posted: March 17, 2025

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Two men indicted and charged in sexual abuse case
Date Posted: March 17, 2025

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DNREC Accepting Community Water Quality Improvement Project Grant Proposals
Date Posted: March 17, 2025

Trussum Pond Near Laurel to Close March 17 for Boat Ramp, Parking Area Improvements
Date Posted: March 14, 2025

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AG Jennings sues to protect Department of Education, students
Date Posted: March 14, 2025

DNREC Mosquito Control Section Set to Spray Woodland Pool Habitats, Working to Cut Down Swarms at the Larval Stage
Date Posted: March 14, 2025

Governor Meyer Calls for Swift Passage of Senate Bill 21
Date Posted: March 12, 2025

Smoke blows across a street from a wildfire on a partially sunny day in Delaware, with trees along the road.

Delaware’s Weather Ignites Wildfire Concerns
Date Posted: March 11, 2025

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Delaware Public Archives Showcases a Century of Delaware Governors
Date Posted: March 11, 2025

Olivia Stevens with Trophy - Poetry Out Loud

Olivia Stevens Named 2025 Delaware State Finalist for Poetry Out Loud
Date Posted: March 11, 2025

A backyard composting bin

Delawareans Can Buy Composters Online at a Discount Through April 3 Via DNREC Promotion
Date Posted: March 10, 2025

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AG Jennings sues to stop federal mass firings and reinstate employees
Date Posted: March 7, 2025

Change Your Clocks, Check Your Batteries
Date Posted: March 7, 2025

Volunteers celebrate a successful Concord Pond Cleanup last year

Volunteers Needed for April 5 Cleanup at Concord Pond
Date Posted: March 7, 2025

Virginia Lockman Mezzanine Gallery

The Mezzanine Gallery Presents Virginia Lockman’s “Figments”
Date Posted: March 7, 2025

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In blow to Trump, pair of courts side with Jennings and colleagues
Date Posted: March 6, 2025

A youth group in safety vests with trash during a cleanup

Get a Head Start on Celebrating Earth Month: Register Early for the April 12 Christina River Watershed Cleanup
Date Posted: March 6, 2025

Group of people walking towards grain bins on a farm

Grain Farmers Recognized as Delaware Environmental Stewardship Semi-Finalists for the First Time
Date Posted: March 6, 2025

Watch: Governor Meyer Responds to Trump Address on CNN This Morning
Date Posted: March 5, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Energy Package to Benefit Delawareans
Date Posted: March 5, 2025

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State Archivist to serve as Commissioner to the National Archives
Date Posted: March 4, 2025

Delaware Severe Weather Awareness Week

Severe Weather Awareness Week March 10-14, 2025
Date Posted: March 3, 2025

Delaware Tourism Office Announces Record-Breaking Numbers for 2023 Tourism Statistics

Delaware Tourism Office Announces Record-Breaking Numbers for 2023 Tourism Statistics
Date Posted: March 3, 2025

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DOJ Recognizes National Consumer Protection Week
Date Posted: February 28, 2025

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AG Jennings seeks former residents of recidivist landlord Adolf Jay Pokorny’s North Adams Street properties
Date Posted: February 28, 2025

Sunset at the Point at Cape Henlopen overlooking the beach

DNREC to Close The Point at Cape Henlopen for Beach-nesting Bird Season Starting March 1
Date Posted: February 27, 2025

State of Delaware Auditor of Accounts Seal

Auditor Lydia York Issues First Four Performance Audits of Opioid Grant Recipients
Date Posted: February 27, 2025

NAP 2025 Exhibit Open

Delaware Division of the Arts Opens 14th Annual State Employee Art Exhibition
Date Posted: February 26, 2025

E-ZPass Text Scam Alert
Date Posted: February 26, 2025

Treasurer Davis Elected Vice Chair of State Employee Benefits Committee
Date Posted: February 26, 2025

A Delaware State Parks fee booth

Delaware State Parks Fee Season to Begin March 1
Date Posted: February 26, 2025

Governor Meyer Invites Delawareans to Celebrate “302 Day” with a Family-Friendly Community Event
Date Posted: February 25, 2025

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DOJ secures decades of prison time for 12-year cold case murder
Date Posted: February 25, 2025

Young corn plants that emerged in a Delaware crop field with an irrigation pivot blurred in the background with a light blue morning sky.

$2 Million in Assistance to Help Boost Federal Crop Insurance Selection for Delaware Producers
Date Posted: February 25, 2025

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After AG Jennings sues, federal court blocks Elon Musk and DOGE’s access to Americans’ private information
Date Posted: February 25, 2025

Felton Police Accreditation

Felton Police Department Earns State Accreditation
Date Posted: February 24, 2025

DoMore24 Delaware Arts

Delaware Division of the Arts Encourages Arts Philanthropy Through DoMore24 Delaware
Date Posted: February 19, 2025

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DOJ secures conviction in armed rape case
Date Posted: February 18, 2025

Seaford Fire
Date Posted: February 17, 2025

Global Business Summit

Business Leaders to Share Key Insights on Expanding into International Markets at Global Business Summit
Date Posted: February 17, 2025

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DMV Urges Delawareans to Verify REAL ID Status Before Deadline

Verification is quick and easy. If a gold star is present in the upper right-hand corner of a driver license or ID, it is a REAL ID and federally compliant. Those with a gold star on their credential are not required to take any further action and do not need to bring any additional documentation to a DMV location to renew their driver license or ID.

DMV Urges Delawareans to Verify REAL ID Status Before Deadline

Verification is quick and easy. If a gold star is present in the upper right-hand corner of a driver license or ID, it is a REAL ID and federally compliant. Those with a gold star on their credential are not required to take any further action and do not need to bring any additional documentation to a DMV location to renew their driver license or ID.

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Odessa High School was crowned champion of the 2025 Delaware Envirothon, dethroning Charter School of Wilmington after 22 straight years of Envirothon-winning teams

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Friday, April 11, 2025

Odessa High School Wins 2025 Delaware Envirothon Championship

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2025

Holy Cross School Students Earn Junior Solar Sprint Crown

A mother and son experience success at an earlier Take A Kid Fishing! event at Dover's Silver Lake /DNREC photo

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

DNREC Announces Spring and Summer Schedule for ‘Take a Kid Fishing!’ Events

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Office of Animal Welfare Introduces New Dog Licensing Program

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Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The Delaware Office of Highway Safety Announces Enforcements for April Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

New Website Tracks Drought Conditions in Delaware

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Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Featured Posts | Featured Video | Mezzanine Gallery | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The Mezzanine Gallery Presents J.F. Arsenault’s “Myth, Muse & Monster (and Other Nonsensical Oddities)”

Odessa High School was crowned champion of the 2025 Delaware Envirothon, dethroning Charter School of Wilmington after 22 straight years of Envirothon-winning teams

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Friday, April 11, 2025

Odessa High School Wins 2025 Delaware Envirothon Championship

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2025

Holy Cross School Students Earn Junior Solar Sprint Crown

A mother and son experience success at an earlier Take A Kid Fishing! event at Dover's Silver Lake /DNREC photo

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

DNREC Announces Spring and Summer Schedule for ‘Take a Kid Fishing!’ Events

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Office of Animal Welfare Introduces New Dog Licensing Program

Love bug image with different cell phone notification icons around it. Text that reads - Drive Safe Delaware, Love Your Neighbor. Eyes on the road, not on your phone

Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The Delaware Office of Highway Safety Announces Enforcements for April Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

New Website Tracks Drought Conditions in Delaware

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Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Featured Posts | Featured Video | Mezzanine Gallery | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The Mezzanine Gallery Presents J.F. Arsenault’s “Myth, Muse & Monster (and Other Nonsensical Oddities)”