CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia posted the following news release on Nov. 24, 2025: * * * Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime Scott Burd, 59, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 6, 2025, Burd sold approximately 29 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in exchange for $1,000.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 24, 2025: * * * In Case You Missed It: Capito Applauds Senate Passage of STEWARD Act U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the passage of the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act through the Se  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia posted the following news release on Nov. 24, 2025: * * * Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Kody D. Harless, 27, of Tomahawk, Kentucky, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 15, 2023, Harless received approximately 4.75 grams of fentany  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Offers Disaster Relief to Pennsylvania Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Pennsylvania who sustained economic losses caused by drought beginning S  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Nov. 24 -- West Virginia University issued the following news: * * * WVU student's robotics research brings unmanned vehicles to Morgantown trails Camndon Reed, a WVU undergraduate student majoring in robotics engineering and mathematics, traveled to China to present his original research on autonomous vehicles that can navigate forest terrain without human supervision. For trailblazing robots and West Virginia University students alike, the first step is sometimes  more