WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 09-197) on May 7, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support, Petition for Limited Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia ORDER   more

RESTON, Virginia, May 9 -- The First Responder Network Authority, an independent agency within the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration that oversees the nation's communications network dedicated to emergency responders and the public safety community, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Leading voices in public safety communications will keynote the 5x5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit this summer in Chicago. Summit hosts announced   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 2 -- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued the following news release: Today, Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), traveled to Virginia to discuss efforts to address the overdose epidemic and save lives. Dr. Gupta met with Virginians on the frontlines of the overdose epidemic - including students, educators, health care providers, and regional law enforcement - to discuss the Biden-Harris Adm  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, May 9 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: Are you or your sponsor approaching retirement from active duty or the National Guard or Reserve? Learn how to keep or change your TRICARE health plan with TRICARE's next webinar. On Thursday, May 23, from 4 to 5 p.m. ET, TRICARE is hosting a webinar to explain the TRICARE plans available to you in retirement. "TRICARE Options in Retirement" will guide you through how to keep your TRICARE coverage when you retire  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 811 will be named USS Miami. Secretary Del Toro made the announcement, May 7, during the official kickoff concert of the inaugural Fleet Week Miami, hosted by Blue Star Families. The future USS Miami honors the city of Miami and the crews of three previously Navy vessels to bear the name. "That shared history is   more

ABINGDON, Virginia, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Bristol, Tennessee man who conspired with others, including a man incarcerated in Georgia, to distribute multiple kilograms of methamphetamine was sentenced last week to 180 months in federal prison. Michael Paul Brown, 39, pled guilty in November 2023 to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute more than 500 grams of meth  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: A Honduran national was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison for moving prodigious amounts of cocaine bound for the United States. Erasmo Avila Palacios, aka Nelsi Erasmo Avila or "Monstruo," 49, was a prominent boat captain and long-time trusted associate of the Montes Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) based in Colon, Honduras, which dist  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of Virginia charging seven men with racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in connection with their alleged participation in a large-scale gas pump skimming device organization. According to court documents, the defendants, led by Eduar  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: A Colombian man was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison for cocaine trafficking, the final defendant sentenced in this case According to court documents, Yunier Renteria-Renteria, 28, was part of a group attempting to move more than two tons of cocaine into the United States. On Jan. 3, Renteria pled guilty to possession with   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of firearms during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, around June 2023, Fernando Alexis Orellana Banegas, 24, came to the attention of agents investigating drug trafficking and firearms sales in th  more