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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey with 22 attorneys general: * * * To: The Honorable Elizabeth L.D. Cannon Executive Director Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20230 Re: Commen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication on Oct. 28, 2024, from Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh: * * * We submit that since the EPA's Vinyl Chloride exposure analysis must take into account unplanned incidents -the EPA is obligated to include risks related to exposures resulting from transportation of vinyl chloride by rail. To fully and properly perform this analysis, the EPA is additionally urged to coordinate this is  more

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

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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: BECKLEY, W.Va. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) and Appropriations Committees, made two stops in southern West Virginia focused on infrastructure and economic development. First, Senator Capito traveled to the Bluefield Area Transit along John Nash Boulevard in Bluefield, W.Va., where she spoke at the groundbreaking ce  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that he has appointed First Lady Cathy Justice to the West Virginia Board of Education. The First Lady has been a tireless advocate for the children of West Virginia and has led numerous initiatives across the state. The hallmark of her service is the Communities In Schools program which has expanded to all 55 counties. She also pioneered t  more

BARBOURSVILLE, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: Surrounded by several veterans and members of the Marshall University ROTC, Gov. Justice signed House Bill 203, which provides $1.2 million in funding for the West Virginia Veterans Home in Barboursville. "We just had Election Day, and if it weren't for the people in this room, we wouldn't even have the right to vote. You are the greatest people on the planet, and we sh  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- The West Virginia Department of Human Services issued the following news: The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS) and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption are proud to announce the expansion of a key initiative aimed at increasing adoptions for youth in foster care who have been waiting the longest. Through a unique public-private partnership, the Foundation's signature Wendy's Wonderful Kids(R) program will now be scaled statewide, giving m  more

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

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

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