WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: The National Transportation Safety Board found Tuesday that a West Virginia former military helicopter crash that killed six was caused in part by the operator's inadequate inspections and a lack of FAA oversight. The June 22, 2022, crash of a Bell Helicopter UH-1B in Amherstdale, West Virginia, occurred after the rotorcraft hit powerlines during an attempted forced land  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Jessica Nutter, 39, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to receipt of stolen money. Nutter admitted to a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $20,830 in COVID-19 relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Accordin  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Dawn Marie Bennett, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and April Lynn McNeill, 44, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, each pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the use of a communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, on or about January 24, 2023, Bennett arranged with   more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office has filed a civil lawsuit against a Randolph County logger and logging company for trespassing and cutting down approximately 10 acres of timber on the Monongahela National Forest near Slaty Fork. According to the complaint, John R. Fox and Fox Logging, LLC, of Valley Bend, West Virginia, submitted paperwork to tim  more