WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11) celebrated one of EPA's first Clean School Bus grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law being awarded to Fairfax County Public Schools during a ceremony at Lorton Station Elementary School in Lorton, Virginia. With county and local leaders,   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18 -- The National Science Board issued the following news on April 16, 2024: The National Science Board will recognize John L. Hennessy as the 2024 Vannevar Bush Award recipient on May 1, 2024, during the National Science Foundation Awards Gala at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. Hennessy is an innovator and entrepreneur who has made pioneering advances in computer architecture and led both academic and corporate endeavors. He served Stanford University as it  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Five people have been sentenced for their crimes involving fentanyl distribution across the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. * Christopher Arthur Jones, also known as "Smooth," of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 300 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for racketeering enterprise (RICO) conspiracy and fentanyl distr  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Next week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will bring a delegation of senior Malaysian officials to the United States to explore cutting-edge U.S. smart grid and energy distribution technologies to enhance Malaysia's power grid. The mission will also familiarize the officials with best practices for renewable energy integration, cybersecurity, and storage sol  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Next week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency will host a delegation of senior Indonesian officials and decision-makers to support the deployment of smart-city technology in Nusantara, Indonesia's new capital city now under development to replace Jakarta as the country's administrative center. Led by the Nusantara Capital Authority, the delegation includes 18 governmen  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: A Gloucester man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. According to court documents, as early as May 1, 2020, Jeremy John Gleason, 42, began selling meth in Gloucester. A confidential source told investigators that after Gleason went "dry" due to his source of supply being impacted by COVID, he tried t  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Derrick Lee Hodge, 35, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 1, 2023, Hodge sold a controlled substance containing fentanyl to a confidential informant at a Beckley hotel where Hodge was staying. Hodge admitted to the transaction and furth  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Anthony Darnell Deberry, 39, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 3, 2023, Deberry sold a controlled substance containing fentanyl to a confidential informant at Deberry's residence in Beckley. Deberry admitted to the transaction and further a  more