SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Air Forces Central, the air component of U.S. Central Command, issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Brendan Miller, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) Public Affairs The 609th Air Support Squadron hosted 35 U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Marines during a Joint Air Operations Workshop, Feb. 2, 2024, at Shaw Air Force Base's Air Operations Center. The workshop provided Air Force and Navy Reservists assigned to Naval and Amphibious Liaison Element   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) today announced that it has awarded more than $8 million in total funding to 28 affordable housing rental projects through its 2023 Multifamily Housing Bridge Fund (Bridge Fund). The program was developed to support projects facing delays due to the steep rise in inflation and con  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Andrew "Drew" Maloney, 57, of Roswell, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks. The guilty plea is part of a global settlement with the United States and several states in which Maloney and the clinical laboratory that he owned, Capstone Diagnostics, of Atlanta, Georgia, have also agreed to pa  more

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: The 92-year-old Jacksonville, North Carolina resident laid his head down on his pillow as thoughts roamed through his head, as they had for over 50 years. "How... I went through all that misery and never got hit," he thought to himself as his eyes gradually started to close. "Well, somebody got to do it," declared retired U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ismael Gonzalez-Ramos, a former infantry unit  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 29 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: Citizen Better, a new eight-part series produced by South Carolina ETV (SCETV), explores offbeat ways young people are participating in the democratic process and how they are redefining civic engagement beyond the voting booth. Streaming on PBS Voices, the PBS Digital Studios' home for documentaries on YouTube, the series delves into civics in the digital era and highlights  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond has sent a letter demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FBI address a recent HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that found unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of the federal government are being released into unsafe situations, including into human traffic  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Nuclear Solutions issued the following news release: During the week of Feb. 2-9, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) engineers helped Central Savannah River Area middle school students "Discover Engineering." As part of the celebration, 40 engineers led 1,484 students through 72 hands-on activities. Formerly known as "Engineering Teach-Ins," "Discover Engineering" highlights how engineering impacts the world   more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Feb. 29 -- Shaw Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Kyrii Richardson, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs U.S. Airmen assigned to the 25th Attack Group, here, and 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, landed an MQ-9 Reaper from March Air Reserve Base, California, at Shaw Air Force Base for the first time ever Feb. 14. Airmen assigned to Shaw AFB, Creech AFB, and March ARB worked jointly to demonstrate the advancements in MQ-9 flying  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 29 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes took the lead in sending a letter, signed by 21 other Attorneys General, demanding Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray address a recent report issued by the HHS Office of Inspector G  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 29 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Reyes is joining a coalition of 12 state attorneys general on a letter urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Stephen Hacala Poppy Seed Safety Act, a bill to address another aspect of the opioid crisis. Stephen Hacala was a 25-year-old resident of Fayetteville, Ark., who was found dead in his apartment due to morphine intoxication caused by contaminated unwashed poppy seeds. Un  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 29 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter, along with 21 other Attorneys General, demanding Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray address a recent report issued by the HHS Office of Inspector General that found unaccompanied mig  more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, Feb. 29 -- The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority issued the following news: Virtus Academy of South Carolina is using $13,890,000 in bond financing through the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) to improve and expand the public charter school's facility located at 2407 Pisgah Road in Florence. Virtus Academy was founded in 2018 as a grades K- 5 school, now serves grades K-8, with plans to expand to grades K-12 by 2025. The tax-e  more