WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The United States Air Force Band is proud to present "Songs of Friendship: An Evening of Music from Ukraine" at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. A bilateral military musical collaboration, the historic concert will serve as an opportunity to display public support for the people of Ukraine, recognize their resilience and heroism and reaffirm the United States' u  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Next-generation engineers and scientists who served internships at NETL, two other national laboratories, and four universities to study hybrid resilient energy systems converged in Morgantown, West Virginia, recently to share presentations on their work as part of the Consortium of Hybrid Resilient Energy Systems (CHRES) Technical Forum. Hybrid energy systems a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew M. Graves, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Today, a federal jury convicted five defendants - Lauren Handy, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia; John Hinshaw, 67, of Levittown, New York; Heather Idoni, 61, of Linden, Michigan; William Goodman, 52, of Bronx, New York; and Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - of both offenses in a two-count indictment charging them with federal civil rights offen  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: A Defense Logistics Agency leader was unanimously selected as vice chairman for the Federal Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Directors Interagency Council. Dwight Deneal, DLA's director of small business programs, will serve in the role through fiscal 2024. The group, which includes small business advocates from the Defense Department and federal agenci  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Johannes Schmidt, Marine Corps Systems Command The 2018 National Defense Strategy warns that U.S. adversaries are actively challenging the long-standing rules-based international order, thus "creating a security environment more complex and volatile than any we have experienced in recent memory." Building on the Pentagon's observations, Gen. David H. Berger, then-commandant of the Marine Corp  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: Two changes to the issuing of Defense Department ID cards took effect in February. A new pilot program allows family members of active duty, Reserve and retired service members to renew their Uniformed Services ID card online. USIDs grant access to installations and benefits such as health care and commissaries. DOD also stopped issuing ID cards for DOD civilian retirees. Previously issued c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56686) involving West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown: * * * Rep Org: West Virginia University Hospital Licensee: West Virginia University Hospital Region: 1 City: Morgantown State: WV License #: 47-23066-02 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Stephen Root HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 08/21/2023 Notification Time: 15:16 [ET] Event Date: 08/17/2023 Event   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Leslie Russell Burney, 36, of Groveport, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 20, 2021, a law enforcement officer conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Scott Jeremy Savage, 46, of Nitro, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, between October 17, 2022, and March 9, 2023, Savage conspired with others to distribute quantities of fentanyl while living in Putnam County. Savage admitted to purchasing fentan  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Gregory Alan Haston II, 39, of Scott Depot, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on January 2, 2023, Haston was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over by a law enforcement officer in the St. Albans area. During a search of the vehicle, the   more