JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force Security Forces Center is continuing its efforts to arm Defenders with the technology and equipment they need to better protect people and resources across the Department of the Air Force. With a mission of training, equipping and managing program execution for the Air Force security forces enterprise across the globe, the center is w  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 19 -- The National Science Board issued the following news: The National Science Board is thrilled to recognize a pair of innovators and an organization dedicated to inventors for their extraordinary efforts to increase participation and diversity in the science and engineering fields and honor and support inventors, respectively. The Board chose Sheri McGuffin and Eric Wooldridge for their successful effort to support and encourage people in Kentucky to join the ST  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 19 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The National Credit Union Administration Board held its third open meeting of 2024 and unanimously approved an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (Opens new window) that solicits stakeholder comments on ways the agency can improve and update its records preservation program regulations and accompanying guidelines in Part 749 and other parts of the NCUA's rules and r  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 19 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following statement on April 18, 2024, by Chairman Todd M. Harper on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking on Part 749, Records Preservation Program: * * * It's important that federally insured credit unions maintain a robust records preservation program -- a program whereby vital records can be readily reconstructed. Maintaining vital records is central to a credit union's ability to properly serve its m  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 19 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following statement on April 18, 2024, by Vice Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking on Part 749, Records Preservation Program: * * * The crush of regulatory burden weighs heavily on all credit unions but is especially difficult for smaller institutions. We can't talk about financial inclusion or talk about helping small credit unions unless we're doing exactly what we're doin  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Cornerstone Facility Solutions, LLC (Cornerstone), a maintenance and repair service located in Brick, New Jersey, and its CEO, Paul Galgon III, paid $316,779 to resolve their False Claims Act liability for falsifying invoices and inflating the cost of services provided to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Cornerstone entered into a service agreement to perform  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its genetic research partners announce the birth of two new black-footed ferret clones - known as Noreen and Antonia - and are providing an update on their latest efforts to breed previously cloned black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Ann. Noreen was born at the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colora  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia posted the following news release on April 18, 2024: The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, to ensure that individuals with disabilities, including Veterans, have equal access to city buildings and other civic programs. The agreement is part of the department's commitment to ensure that civic institutions comply with the America  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Roanoke has charged a pair of Central Virginia men with multiple federal crimes related to a 2023 drug robbery and murder where one defendant sought to dispose of the victim's body by setting it aflame. In an indictment returned April 11, 2024, the grand jury alleges that Joseph Richard Walker, a.k.a. "Joe," 30, of Roanoke, and Garrett I  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: United States Attorney Will Thompson presented the 2024 Excellence in Victim Advocacy and Justice Awards today during the Opening Ceremony for the 23rd Annual Operation Reach Out at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse. Operation Reach Out recognizes crime victims and those who serve them, and is sponsored by the U.S. Attorney's Of  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Mariah Diane Keffer, 26, of Beckley, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 12, 2022, Keffer sold approximately 60 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant a  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: A West Virginia doctor was found guilty today by a jury for the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and for destroying evidence of his crimes. David Elwood Hess, 60, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was convicted of four counts of improper prescribing and one count of destroying records in a federal investigation. The jur  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Twelve people from Ohio and West Virginia have been charged with distributing cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced that ten individuals from the Greater Cleveland area plus two more from the Ohio Valley have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges. The cases were investigated by multi-j  more