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Federal Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Saturday August 03, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $52 Million from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to Clean Up Legacy Pollution in Colorado, Illinois, and West Virginia
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

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Beckley Man Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Crime
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