MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, May 25 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Innovation, connection and speeding solutions to the warfighter were on the agenda as the Eastern North Carolina (ENC) Tech Bridge at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) hosted a site visit by the Naval X Director May 16. Capt. Casey Plew leads NavalX in its administration of the Navy's 18 Tech Bridges. The visit, his first to the ENC Tech Bridge, provided Plew   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $2.7 Million from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in North Carolina while advancing environmental justic  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force plans to convert the F-15C Eagle Formal Training Unit at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, into a third F-35A Lightning II FTU, providing additional training capacity to the fifth-generation aircraft. The decision comes after the release of the Fiscal Year 2024 Presidential Budget request, which outlines the divestiture of the aging F-15C fleet. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N  more

NEW BERN, North Carolina, May 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael F. Easley Jr., issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: A fentanyl trafficker who threatened a Wilson Police Department officer was sentenced to more than 12 years imprisonment. Michael Jarrell Chapman, age 40, pleaded guilty on February 14, 2022 to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Quantities of Heroin, Fentanyl, and Cocaine Base (Crack) (Count One),  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56538) involving Engine Systems Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina: * * * Rep Org: Engine Systems, Inc Licensee: Engine Systems, Inc Region: 1 City: Rocky Mount State: NC Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Dan Roberts HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 05/24/2023 Notification Time: 15:32 [ET] Event Date: 03/28/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/24/2023 Emergency  more