SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 16 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: In an office tucked under the stairs, Patricia Bridges sits, pen in hand, surrounded by black-and-white photographs of ridges, ravines and craters. Bridges' talent with an airbrush is known well enough to her colleagues at the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center in St. Louis. But her work is secret. She's in hiding, professionally-speaking. It's 1959. Bridges, only a few years out of  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 16, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.31 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporte  more

SAN JOSE, California, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California has filed a series of federal criminal complaints charging three defendants with possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl in Santa Cruz County, announced United States Attorney Ismail Ramsey and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian Clark. The complaint  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND Alaska Marine Lines Inc., Seattle, Washington (HTC71124DW001); American President Lines LLC, Arlington, Virginia (HTC71124DW002); American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier LLC, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (HTC71124DW003); Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida (HTC71124DW004); Farrell Lines Inc., Norfolk, Virginia (HTC71124DW005); Federated Maritime LLC, Boca Raton, Flor  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Laurel Technologies Partnership, doing business as DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is awarded a maximum $417,221,175 fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for development, integration, and production of hardware solutions. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (85.6%); t  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations D.C. apprehended a previously removed 26-year-old Salvadoran national convicted of a sex crime against a Virginia minor. Deportation officers from ERO D.C.'s Special Response Team arrested Geovany Alex Pineda-Echeverria June 28 in Woodbridge, Virginia. "In addition to repeatedly disregarding American immigration laws, Geovan  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 17 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the allocation of $30.1 million from the Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund (TPOF) to the City of Suffolk for the Route 460 Road Improvement Project to support the Port 460 Logistics Center Development in Hampton Roads. This Project is vital to the future growth of the Port of Virginia and the economic growth of the City of Suffolk   more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Fourteen U.S. Air Force officers were awarded the coveted silver wings as a symbol of their hard work and training during a graduation ceremony held July 12, 2024. Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) is a training program that helps prepare prospective military pilots. Upon completion of the program, graduates earn their silver wings as Air Force aviators. The guest speaker at the  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that she has authorized the National Park Service to prepare a potential nomination for 11 U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Virginia and DC to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. If designated, the sites would join other cultural and natural sites of universal importance, such as Grand Ca  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- NASA issued the following news release: A portrait of Dorothy Vaughan, a mathematician, computer programmer, and NASA's first Black manager. Credit: NASA NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will recognize legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of Apollo with activities marking their achievements, including a renaming and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the center's "Building 12," on Friday, July 19, the eve of the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon lan  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 16 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following remarks on July 15, 2024, by Director Vice Adm. Frank "Trey" Whitworth at the Esri International User Conference Senior Executive Summit entitled "GIS - Uniting Our World": * * * Thanks so much for that kind introduction, Jack [Dangermon, Esri President], and for the invitation to speak here at the Senior Executive Summit this morning, on behalf of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Fo  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 6 issued the following news release: * * * Ecore International cited for 16 violations at Mexia plant, faces $299K in penalties * * * AUSTIN, TX - While one of the nation's largest manufacturers of commercial flooring and surfaces -- including recycled rubber products used throughout the nation in playgrounds, fitness centers and sports fields -- touts its products' safety and environment  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following remarks by Secretary Carlos Del Toro welcoming home IKE Carrier Strike Group from deployment: NORFOLK, Virginia, July 14 Good afternoon, everyone! And what a wonderful afternoon it is for so many family members and friends who are pierside with us today. It is my honor and privilege to welcome home the more than 7,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the IKE Carrier Strike Group! As many of you know, following Hamas's brutal attack aga  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 17 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: * * * Miyares Investigating Allegations the Non-Profit Violated Virginia Charitable Solicitation Laws * * * Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that a Virginia court ordered the AJP Educational Foundation, Inc., also known as American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), to produce records requested by a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) issued by his office. The Co  more