QUANTICO, Virginia, July 11 -- The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command issued the following news release: By Thomas B. Hamilton III, Army CID Public Affairs The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Forensic Exploitation Department (FXD) deployed a team of eight scientists, and a complete chemistry laboratory, to Amman, Jordan, in support of the 34-nation multilateral exercise Eager Lion from May to June 2024. The FXD team, deployed from Gillem Enclave, Georgia, wen  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 10 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. Nearly two-dozen U.S. Army Reserve ambassadors attended the 99th Readiness Division's annual Ambassador Workshop June 13-14 at division headquarters here. The workshop was designed to give the ambassadors the tools they need to support Soldier and unit readiness by developing awareness of, and advocacy for, the Army Reserve while serving as br  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Program honors 25 miners lost in disasters in Alabama in 2001, West Virginia in 2006 * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced up to $1 million in funding available in Brookwood-Sago grants to support the delivery of education and training to the nation's mining community to help them identify, avoid and prevent unsafe and unhealthy workin  more

NEW YORK, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Smoothstack Inc., co-founder demanded up to $30K if employees did not stay about 2 years * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a federal court to stop improper employment practices by a Virginia-based IT staffing agency that bind employees to their jobs, extract huge sums from them if they leave the firm and forbid them from engaging in protected activity  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * Major milestone since site added to the National Priorities List in 2019 * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) that addresses a source of contaminated soil at the former Shaffer Equipment Company (SEC) property in Minden, West Virginia. Today's ROD, which applies to the polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs") locat  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Agreement ensures proper management of harmful well pad emissions * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Region (EPA) has reached a settlement with Cunningham Energy, LLC (Cunningham) and its parent, Houston Natural Resources Corp (HNRC), resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the West Virginia State Implementation Plan associated with   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The FBI issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Ceremony Held at CJIS Division in Clarksburg, West Virginia * * *a On July 10, the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division marked the 100th anniversary of the FBI's national repository for fingerprints and related criminal history data. In 1924, the FBI established an Identification Division, informally called "Ident" for many years. "Ident" gathered prints from police agencies natio  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Roanoke, Virginia returned a sealed indictment earlier this month charging 24 individuals from the greater Roanoke area with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements, and fraud in relation to an emergency benefits program. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a COVID-19 pandemic relief p  more