WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief on April 10, 2024: * * * Company repeatedly cited for multiple worker safety issues * * * Employer name: Trader Joe's Co. Investigation site: 5910 South University Blvd., Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Investigation findings: During a December 2023 inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found safety hazards associ  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: An NETL research engineer who has dedicated his career to assessing the environmental and human health risks associated with U.S. oil and gas well infrastructure, has been named to a prestigious list of individuals who have advanced the fields of environmental science or environmental engineering. Greg Lackey, Ph.D., appears on the "40 under 40" list of "rising  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief on April 10, 2024: * * * Employer name: Trader Joe's Co. Investigation site: 5910 South University Blvd., Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Investigation findings: During a December 2023 inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found safety hazards associated with unsafe forklift operations and lack of training for for  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding issued the following news on April 11, 2024: The Shapiro Administration announced today that Pennsylvania will purchase development rights for 2,250 acres on 28 farms in 15 counties, forever protecting them from residential or commercial development. The farms, approved for conservation easement purchases by the State Agricultural Land Preservation Board, represent an $8.07 million investment to ensure that  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 37 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Chester, Clarion, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Potter, Schuylkill, Somerset, Susquehanna, Tioga, Warren, Wa  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) welcomed the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to announce the federal Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success funding awarded to state and local projects, including $825,000 to PCCD and $450,000 to the City of Ph  more

READING, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on April 11, 2024: Today, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger was joined by Senator Judy Schwank, Representative Manuel Guzman, Representative Johanny Cepeda-Freyitz, and other local leaders to announce a $500,000 investment by the Commonwealth to the Greater Berks Development Fund (GBDF), an affiliate of the Greater Reading Cham  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: As part of the historic collaboration between the Shapiro Administration and CNX Resources Corporation, CNX has expanded its air monitoring to nine of its sites in Western Pennsylvania, with plans to expand the program across its operations statewide. The company is now providing real-time monitoring at seven active natural gas well pads and two compressor stations, and has also disclosed  more

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on April 11, 2024: The Pennsylvania Departments of Health, Human Services, and Aging joined multiple stakeholder groups today to highlight recent facility upgrades at a personal care home in Bethlehem made possible through the Health Department's Long-Term Care Transformation Office (LTCTO). The upgrades were designed to improve long-term care for older Pennsylvanians at Kirkland Village. "Duri  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on April 11, 2024: The Department of Health is kicking off Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17) by announcing today that community-based organizations can apply for grants to help address maternal health concerns across the Commonwealth through the creation of regional coalitions. Governor Shapiro secured first-ever state funding for this effort in the 2023-24 budget, and the Shapiro Admini  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years of imprisonment on his convictions for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Maril  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of Farrell, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Kenneth Miller, 62. Miller previo  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A former resident of Oxnard, California, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 10, 2024, to a drug trafficking charge, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Christopher Andrew Salgado, 24, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribut  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a drug trafficking charge, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Anthony Besiso, 62, pleaded guilty before United States Senior District Judge Nora Barry Fischer to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detec  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for committing fentanyl and cocaine trafficking crimes, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Rayjzon Sams, 31, also ordering Sams to serve six years of supervised release follow  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's interactive dashboard makes it easier to analyze Large Bank Credit Card and Mortgage Data in detail and over time. Data from Q4 2023 show deteriorating credit card performance, declining mortgage originations, and housing affordability issues. * * * Deteriorating credit card performance, declining mortgage origi  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 12 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 21 of her fellow Republican governors urged the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden Administration to pause implementation of the PM2.5 rule under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. "I joined my colleagues in this letter because this shortsighted ridiculous rule will crush South Dakota farmers, manufacturers and their empl  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, recognized Argosy Private Equity of Wayne, Pa. and Mizzen Capital, LP of Stamford, Conn. as the 2024 Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) of the Year. The awar  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: David Sholl has been named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, or UT-ORII, and vice provost of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after serving as the institute's interim leader since June 2023. Sholl's selection comes after an extensive national search and selection process that involved leadership across the UT Sy  more