WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on April 9, 2024, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER24-843-000) involving PJM Interconnection LLC: * * * I support today's order and agree with the basis on which the Commission finds that PJM has acted in accordance with the cost allocation provisions of Schedule 12 of its tariff. I write separately to observe that this case demonstrates well t  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - A crew from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on March 20 to learn more about the operations at the warfare center and how collaborations between the two U.S. Navy organizations can be strengthened. The 32 "zone" supervisors who visited are part of the extended dry-docking selected restricted availabi  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) undocked from drydock April 8, completing a significant milestone during its multi-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Norfolk, Virginia. Commissioned in December 1995, the nation's seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entered RCOH in May 2021, under a $3 billion contract with NNS. The overhaul i  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 10 -- The Virginia Department of Education issued the following news release: Emily Wilson Overstreet, a visual arts teacher at Cumberland County Public Schools' Cumberland Elementary School, has been named the 2025 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year (Region 8) by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). Overstreet has served as a teacher and mentor for 15 years. "Mrs. Overstreet is a strong advocate for educators and for arts education," said Superintendent of  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 10 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that HP Hood LLC, will invest more than $83.5 million to expand its dairy processing operations in Frederick County. The expansion project includes upgrades to production and packaging equipment and construction of additional cooler and warehouse space. The project will enable the company to further grow its business while continuing to pro  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 10 (TNSres) -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Governor Glenn Youngkin on Monday released a package of 242 budget amendments to find common ground with the General Assembly on a new, two-year budget. The proposed package eliminates all tax increases, includes record funding for K-12 education, $3.2 billion in new spending on health and human resources. We can find Common Ground for the Commonwealth and deliver a structurally balanced  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The final defendant in a bribery conspiracy within the Federal Correctional Complex at Petersburg, Virginia (FCC Petersburg), pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to solicit and accept a bribe by a public official. According to court documents, Daniel Thomas, 37, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, has been a correctional officer at FCC Petersburg si  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A Woodbridge man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents, on May 16, 2019, Eric Anthony Stokes II, 27, sold fentanyl that later caused the death of the buyer. Stokes and the buyer negotiated the sale via text message before the buyer travelled to Stokes' residence and purchased two  more