PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda. The rebates will help selectees purchase 116 clean school buses in 18 school districts across Virginia. The Program will help Virginia accelerate the transition to z  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Today, May 28, as part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of five recipients from across the country for grants to tackle the climate crisis by reclaiming and destroying hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning. Collectively, recipients will receiv  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, May 30 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: Physicist Holly Szumila-Vance has always been curious about how the world works. Throughout her career, she has never been afraid to tackle new and tough challenges to satisfy that curiosity. In doing so, she has helped reveal new details of how the ubiquitous proton interacts with the strong force inside matter. Now, her work to reveal the nature of matter at t  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, May 30 (TNSres) -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, unveiled the recently completed "Cybersecurity Workforce Analysis and Study" ("Study"). The Study was commissioned by TEDCO to better understand the current status of Maryland's cybersecurity workforce pipeline. This knowledge will be used to guide the Cyber Maryland Program ("Program") and its 18-member board of   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 30 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By Sgt. 1st Class Terra C. Gatti, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Office Sgt. 1st Class Nestor Cordova wasn't yet serving in the military when someone first thanked him for his service. It was 2011, and he was attending Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and enrolled in the ROTC program there, which required him to sometimes wear a military uniform. "After that I decided to do more and enli  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, May 30 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Ensign Colby James, USS Iwo Jima Public Affairs Officer Capt. Brian Hamel relieved Capt. Stephen Froehlich as USS Iwo Jima's 17th commanding officer during a May 17 ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk. Froehlich led the LHD 7 crew of for the past two years, overseeing a maintenance period, the ship's transition from the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) shipy  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 30 -- Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons issued the following memorandum on May 29, 2024: * * * TO: Division Superintendents FROM: Dr. Lisa Coons, Superintendent of Public Instruction SUBJECT: Direct Aid Payment Budget Calculation Template and Narrative Documents for General Assembly Enacted FY 2024 Amended Budget (Chapter 1) and 2024-2026 Biennial Budget (Chapter 2) The General Assembly convened for 2024 Special Session I on May 13, 2024. The H  more

HARRISONBURG, Virginia, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: The former executive director of the Economic Development Authority of Front Royal and Warren County (EDA), who was convicted in November of last year of stealing more than $5 million dollars in authority funds, was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison. Jennifer Rae McDonald, 45, of Front Royal, Virginia, was convicted following a 9-week jury trial   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: A King and Queen County man was sentenced today to five years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on March 17, 2022, a King and Queen County Sheriff's Office Deputy responded to a report that George Franklin Gibson Jr., 34, was sitting in his truck at the end of a driveway, in violatio  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: An Oregon man was sentenced today to eight years and six months in prison for conspiracy to distribute massive amounts of both fentanyl and methamphetamine. According to court documents, Sean Michael Johnson, 26, is a long-time supplier of narcotics to customers across the nation. Law enforcement learned that, dating back to at least May 2020,   more