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

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