WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-530) on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon Virginia LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communications  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Agency Accepting Comments and Budget Briefing Presentation Requests * * * The National Credit Union Administration's staff draft budget for 2025-2026 is now available on the agency's website for review and comment. The NCUA has also submitted the proposed budget for publication in the Federal Register, and the comment period remains open until November 27. The   more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has announced Mark Munsell as the agency's new Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. Mark will accept this responsibility in addition to his current role as the director of the Data and Digital Innovation directorate. Munsell will oversee, coordinate and integrate NGA's current and future planned geospatial intelligence AI efforts, including: *   more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: By TRICARE Communications If you're enrolled in the TRICARE Dental Program, your TDP monthly premiums will decrease for coverage effective Nov. 1. These new rates will remain in effect until Feb. 28, 2025. "TDP premium rates change periodically," said Douglas Elsesser, a program analyst with the Dental Program Section of the TRICARE Health Plan at the Defense Health Agency. "This helps premiums stay current wi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Two men from Virginia were found guilty on Oct. 29, 2024, of felony and misdemeanor charges related to their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Peter Willey, 37, of Roan  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Four people have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed methamphetamine and other drugs in the Tidewater area. Two others have been sentenced to prison for providing firearms to one of the members of the drug trafficking conspiracy. By the fall of 2021, Leonard Tromell Brooks, 41, of Virginia Beach, a previousl  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Georgia man pled guilty today to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (the Jalisco cartel). On Aug. 5, a co-conspirator pled guilty for his role in the same money laundering scheme. Accor  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: James Marklin Mayle, age 67, of Philippi, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 130 months for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, officers stopped Mayle's vehicle and found nearly two pounds of methamphetamine. Mayle, also known as "Mark Mayle," was transporting methamphetamine from Ohio  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Jamie Green, age 46, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General intercepted a package containing more than two pounds of cocaine mailed from Los Angeles, California, to  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Brandon Christopher Solomon, 30, of South Charleston, was sentenced today to 19 years and seven months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 6, 2023, Solomon sold approximate  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Michael Anthony Matthews, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison and three supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Matthews was a source of fentanyl in the Moorefield/Petersburg area of West Virginia. Matthews would supply large qua  more