WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * The awards will advance Appalachia's capabilities to establish a regional energy hub for hydrogen produced from natural gas feedstocks. * * * Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded nearly $4.7 million to three projects through its Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative. The awards will support activities to implement a hydrogen energy hub from natural gas  more

MONTEREY, California, Dec. 19 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: West Virginia Fusion Center Deputy Director Steven Patterson has been appointed to serve on his state's Governor's Task Force on AI in State Government. The Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum represents the state's fusion center on the 14-member task force, which is comprised of a mix of representatives from the public and private sectors. Patterson   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: NORFOLK, Va. Value Unlimited, Inc., doing business as ChowCall, a food delivery service in Norfolk, Virginia, violated the law by refusing to comply with the terms of a conciliation agreement, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC, Value Unlimited participated in an EEOC conciliation in Septemb  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 18, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has been selected to receive a $403,018 grant to train dislocated workers, veterans, unemployed and undereducated individuals impacted by the decline of the coal industry within the LENOWISCO Planning District. "Thanks to President Biden's unwavering co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 18, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Groundwork Richmond has been selected to receive a $500,000 grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in Richmond, Virginia. "Thanks to President Biden's unwavering commitment to historically overburdened communities, EPA is inves  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 10-90, 19-126; AU Docket No. 20-34) on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Connect America Fund; The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction (Auction 904); Rural Digital Opportunity Fund ORDER By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants RiverStreet Communications of Virginia, Inc. (RiverStreet)   more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: Five recipients of the U.S. Department of Energy's Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award for the 2024 Solicitation 1 cycle will conduct their research at DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, including four from local universities in Virginia. Each year, the SCGSR award allows U.S. graduate students to conduct their graduate t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Departments of the Interior and Defense today announced a $15 million investment to support conservation and recreation access around military bases through the Readiness and Recreation Initiative. Funding comes from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Department of Defense (DOD)'s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program and will support community conservation pro  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: A former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, was convicted by a jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, yesterday for accepting over $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointments as auxiliary deputy sheriffs. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Scott Howard Jenkins, 53, of Culpeper, Virginia, accepted cash bribes and bribes in the form of campaign contributions from  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Assets and loans at federally insured credit unions rose at the median over the year ending in the third quarter of 2024, while shares and deposits declined, according to the latest NCUA Quarterly U.S. Map Review. Nationally, median asset growth over the year ending in the third quarter of 2024 was 0.3 percent. That compares with a 1.6 percent decline during th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Scientists have developed something long thought impossible: a polymer that's both stiff and stretchable, without one quality compromising the other. Materials research has shown that the stiffer a polymer, the less flexible it will be but no longer. The findings are published in the journal Science Advances and supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The University of Virginia resear  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Dec. 20 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: This is your reminder that changes are coming to TRICARE's regional contracts in 2025. These changes will affect you if you live in the U.S. TriWest Healthcare Alliance will replace the current West Region contractor, Health Net Federal Services, LLC, in 2025. While there will still be two TRICARE regions, six states currently in the East Region (Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin) will m  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Terrence Jay Mason, 31, of Charleston, was sentenced today to seven years and four months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, in April 2023, Mason sold a total of approximately 74 grams of me  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Evann Robinson, 40, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to eight years and four months 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 May 9, 2023, Robinson sold a controlled substance containing methamphetamine to   more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Michael Robinson-Brown, 26, of Detroit, Michigan, admitted today to the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Robinson-Brown was one of the leaders of a drug trafficking organization operating in Monongalia County. Robinson-Brown would supply the methamphetamine to others to sel  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Mannie Lamar Terry, also known as "Primo" and "J," 37, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced today to two years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 27, 2023, Terry sold approximately 4.5 grams   more