WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced $52 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Colorado, Illinois, and West Virginia to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells. These investments to address hazardous sites will help create good-paying union jobs, catalyze economic growth and revitalization, help protect public health and the environment from harmful methane leaks, and adva  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., today praised the leadership and accomplishments of outgoing Chief of the National Guard Bureau Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson during a relinquishment of responsibility ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia. "Gen. Hokanson's tenure as the chief of the National Guard Bureau has been marked by exceptional leadership and transf  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti reviewed Quality of Service (QoS) initiatives with Navy and shipyard leadership at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Newport News, Virginia, July 31, 2024. Last year, the Navy signed a Joint Memo "Setting a New Course for Navy Quality of Service," to ensure Sailors have the support and resources they require. During her second visit to Newpo  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: A Mexican national was sentenced today to four years and four months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, on Nov. 15, 2023, Jesus Alejandro Ibarra-Morales, 30, had crossed into the United States at the Veteran's International Bridge-Los Tomates Port of Entry at Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Browns  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: A Washington man was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison for wire fraud. According to court documents, from at least June 2020 through at least June 2021, Clayton Rosenberg, aka Kenneth Clayton and Kobe, 31, and his co-conspirators submitted fraudulent applications to defraud multiple COVID-19 relief programs. Rosenberg use  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Derrick Lee Hodge, 35, of Beckley, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 1, 2023, Hodge sold a controlled substance containing fentanyl to a confidential informant  more