WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 14, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the results of its evaluation of the Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions' two-year milestones today, noting that although most of the Bay states are behind, they are catching up to meet the 2025 water quality restoration goals, 2023 saw new significant successes at the state level that will improve the restorati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: More than 400 family members, with relatives who served in the Korean War or the Cold War who never came home, are attending personalized briefings today and tomorrow in Arlington, Virginia, to get updates on how the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is progressing on their cases. "We do this each year because this is part of DPAA's mission, which is to connect and communicate with families of the missing," said   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 09-197) on Aug. 15, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support Connect America Fund ORDER By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) expands EMPOWER Broadband, Inc. (EMPOWER)'s Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) designation in  more

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force's Joint Base Langley-Eustis issued the following news: By Crista Mary Mack, 128th Aviation Brigade (U.S. Army) What do tennis, U.S. Army Aviation mechanics, and the Micronesian Islands' version of Olympics have to do with one another? U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Derek Milne is the answer. Milne, a helicopter maintenance instructor from C. Co., 2nd Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade, traveled across the Pacific   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release: By Cherish Gilmore, Office of Naval Research A new innovation in aviation training, featuring a simulator sponsored by the Office of Naval Research TechSolutions program, delivers a better way to prepare future Navy pilots. The T-45C Goshawk mixed-reality simulator, also known as Project Link, was recently showcased at Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi. Created in response to a re  more

ASHLAND, Kentucky, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: A Versailles, Ky., man, Francisco Camacho, Jr., 31, was sentenced on Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to 198 months in prison, for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams of methamphetamine. According to his plea agreement, Camacho agreed with others to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl in the E  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Aug. 16 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: What do moving, getting married, having a baby, and retiring from active duty have in common? They're all TRICARE Qualifying Life Events, also known as QLEs. QLEs can affect your TRICARE coverage. Join TRICARE Thursday, Aug. 22, from 3 to 4 p.m. ET for the "Moving, Marriage, and More: What TRICARE QLEs Mean for You" webinar. The webinar will be held via Microsoft Teams Live. "The type of QLE you have determine  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Peter I. Belk, performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for readiness, awarded the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School with the 2023 Chief of Naval Operations Naval Expeditionary Readiness Through Safety Award, Aug. 2, 2024, at a ceremony held in Virginia Beach, Va. Spotlight: Value of Service *** Original text here: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Articl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: The Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, Concordia, and the University of Virginia Darden School's Institute for Business in Society are pleased to announce the five finalists for the 2024 P3 Impact Award. Now in its 11th year, the P3 Impact Award recognizes exemplary public-private partnerships (P3s) that provide solutions to pressing global issues such as improving access to education  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Rance Allen Mitchem, 42, of Lewisburg, was sentenced today to nine years and two months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 27, 2022, law enforcement officers execut  more