PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers from NETL, Blacksand Technologies LLC and the University of Utah are collaborating on a project to develop improved and low-cost manufacturing of ultralow oxygen reactive metal powders, which are used to create alloys needed for harsh energy-related environments. The effort was one of 13 industry partnerships funded through the Department of Energy's  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Adam Russell, DLA Human Resources Defense Logistics Agency Human Resources held its Pathways to Career Excellence Program graduation ceremony March 21, recognizing more than 120 HR specialists during an event conducted simultaneously in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; and via livestream. The ceremony marked the culmination of a two-year professional develop  more

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: On April 2, 2024, a resident of Arnold, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Milton Paschal, 44, pleaded guilty to Counts One and Eight of the Superseding Indictment before United States Senior District Judge Kim R. Gibson.   more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Takiyah Gordon Austin, age 47, formerly of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 36 months' imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment bene  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on April 2, 2024, to 84 months of imprisonment, to be followed by six years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge William S. Stickman   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Small Businesses in Maryland, D.C., and Some Counties in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia Eligible for Loans * * * Today, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman announced that Mid-Atlantic small businesses affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, 2024 may apply for low-interest, long-term Economic Injury   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1233) entitled "Allegheny Valley Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania": * * * Allegheny Valley Railroad Company (AVR), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 3.6-mile segment of rail line known generally as the "Brilliant Branch" located in Pi  more