WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer free and confidential black lung screenings to coal miners beginning in April 2024. The screenings support early detection of black lung disease, a serious but preventable disease in coal miners caused by breathing coal mine dust. NIOSH provide  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Lydia Spencer, 33, of South Charleston, pleaded guilty on Friday, April 5, 2023, to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Spencer admitted to participating in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $31,250 in COVID-19 relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relie  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Today, David K. Smith, 69, of Paducah, Kentucky, was sentenced to one year and six months of federal probation, including six months on home detention, and River Marine Enterprises LLC and Western River Assets LLC were each fined $100,000 and placed on corporate probation for five years for discharge of refuse into navigable waters.  more

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Lansen Sharif Waugh, 44, of Kyle, pleaded guilty today to distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 15, 2021, Waugh sold controlled substances that contained cocaine and methamphetamine to a confidential informant at a residence in Kyle where Waugh was staying. Wa  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Three more defendants pleaded guilty today to roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia. Hakeem Rashad Mack, also known as "Paper," 31, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more  more