PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following remarks on March 26, 2024, by Troy A. Miller, senior official performing the duties of commissioner, at the Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit: * * * Good morning. How's everyone doing? It's great to be here with such a distinguished group of individuals as we all work together on our shared mission. As Susan stated, CBP and our partners are closely mo  more

CAMP SIMBA, Kenya, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, a service component of the U.S. Africa Command, issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Campbell, Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard Task Force Paxton's command team, Lt. Col. Eric Ponzek and Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Barclay, led one of the most memorable moments of a Soldier's career at a Camp Simba ceremony March 21. Known colloquially as the combat patching ceremony, this signifi  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), state and local partners, grantees, consultants, and industry leaders to help kick off the 2024 Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference in State College, Pennsylvania. Offering remarks during the ope  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County, Pennsylvania to see first-hand the positive impact ClearWater Conservancy is having on local and downstream water quality. Joining staff from the Conservancy, Ortiz viewed several conservation sites in the Halfmoon Creek Watershed, discussing how the Conservancy works to identify oppor  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Trust have been awarded approximately $206 million in grants to fund local projects and technical assistance to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay over the next four years and advance environmental justice. EPA's Chesapeake Bay Progr  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story on March 27, 2024: * * * A California whaler sent his manuscript to the Smithsonian, but it ended up elsewhere. * * * The scientist who first named different species of killer whales on the West Coast of North America probably never saw one. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution had invited Edward Drinker Cope to review a manuscr  more

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States Senior District Judge Kim R. Gibson impose  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal drug and firearm charges, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Marcus Valenzi, 35, pleaded guilty before United States Senior District Judge David S. Cercone to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distr  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the opening of the Cartilage Regeneration using Advanced Technologies to Enable Motion Center -- the CReATE Motion Center -- at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. The CReATE Motion Center is designed to develop treatments that minimize the need for joint replacement surgeries by stopping progression of the disease ea  more