PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 7, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Virginia - First Quarter 2024": * * * From December 2023 to March 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Virginia were 191,176, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 174,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BRISTOL, Va. The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) location at the New River Valley Fairgrounds in Dublin, Va. closed on Nov. 12. The DRC was located at: Pulaski County New River Valley Fairgrounds 5581 Fair Grounds CircleDublin, Va. 24084 DRCs remain open throughout southwest Virginia. To find a DRC close to you, visit FEMA.gov/drc or text DRC and a ZIP code   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: A former corrections officer from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today for his role in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Mark Holdren pleaded guilty to conspiring with other officers to violate inmate Q.B.'s civil rights which r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: A former corrections officer from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today for his role in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Mark Holdren pleaded guilty to conspiring with other officers to violate inmate Q.B.'s civil rights which resulted in the death of Q.B. According to court documents   more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Nov. 13 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency personnel left the office behind for a day and gained a unique insight into the warfighter perspective at the fourth annual land navigation training exercise in the St. Louis area, Nov. 6. LandNav 4.0 was the largest one yet, bringing together 86 NGA participants with 56 Gateway Reserve Officer Training Corps Battalion members and the Missouri Army Na  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. Maj. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve's 99th Readiness Division, has confirmed the appointment by Lieutenant General Robert D. Harter, Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, of Douglas M. Reed as a United States Army Reserve Ambassador At Large for the 99th RD's 13-state region stretching from M  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 13 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Nov. 11, 2024, at the National Veterans Day observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. It's a great honor to be standing here again. Over 160 years ago, during what would become his final days in office, President Abraham Lincoln addressed this nation, and he said, "Let us strive on to finish the work we are i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Paul Alejandro Felix, 25, of Glendale, California, was sentenced yesterday to 164 months in prison for participating in a wide-spread narcotics trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills purchased in Southern California to destinations throughout the United States, including the District of Columb  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Virginia man was sentenced to prison on Nov. 12, 2024, after he was previously found guilty of assaulting law enforcement and other offenses stemming from 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 electoral votes related to the 2020  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Dublin, Virginia man, who continued to prescribe pain medication even after he was informed he lacked the necessary license to do so, pled guilty recently to federal charges. Ehikioya Osemobor, 47, waived his right to be indicted and pled guilty last week to a one count Information charging him with using an expired Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Number  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Curon Cameron Cordon, 24, of Charleston, was sentenced today to two years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of protonitazene and isotonitazene. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 31, 2023, Cordon sold 13 pills to a confidential informant   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Jason Todd Painter, 40, of Clendenin, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, from March 15, 2023 through June 24, 2023, Painter received 11 packages contai  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: James Evans Hughes, 51, of Sumerco, was sentenced today to nine years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 28, 2018, Hughes sold a quantity of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in the South Ch  more