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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Friday November 08, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Agriculture Recovery Resource Days Scheduled in Additional Southwest Virginia Counties
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BRISTOL, Va. Commonwealth, federal, local, and nonprofit agencies are coming together to hold Agricultural Recovery Resource Days, where staff from over 15 participating organizations share resources with farmers and agribusinesses impacted by Hurricane Helene in southwest Virginia. Farmers, private forest owners, and agribusiness owners can attend whichever ev  more

Army Installation Management Command Senior Leaders, Professionals Stress Importance of Partnerships During Annual ADC Installation Innovation Forum
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command issued the following news: By Kelly Appelman, U.S. Army Installation Management Command Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - The success of Army installations worldwide relies upon an ecosystem of relationships, said Lt. Gen. Omar Jones, IMCOM commanding general. "Our relationships we have with community partners, with chambers of commerce, and with industry make our installations successfu  more

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $140 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in West Virginia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $140 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across West Virginia. Millions of Americans nationwide live less than a mile from an abandoned coal m  more

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Network Change Notification Filed By Frontier of West Virginia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-578) on Nov. 7, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Citizen Telecommunications Company of West Virginia DBA Frontier of West Virginia (Frontier), 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 sec  more

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $140 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in West Virginia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $140 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across West Virginia. Millions o  more

U.S. Attorney for D.C.: Virginia Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Charges During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: A Virginia man was sentenced today to eight years in prison after a federal jury in Washington, D.C., convicted him of eight felonies and three misdemeanor offenses related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the e  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Charleston Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: Timothy Jarrett Brown, 43, of Charleston, was sentenced today to two years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 24, 2023, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of 201  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: David Eric West II, 42, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to deliver quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 8, 2024, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by West near Parkersburg. Officers found quant  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Ten Indicted for Drug Trafficking in Ohio County
WHEELING, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Ten people have been indicted for the trafficking of drugs in Ohio County, according to United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld. Defendants from Ohio and West Virginia have been charged with the sale of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Two of the defendants have also been charged with the illegal possession of firearms. "Continued pre  more