WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 10, 2025 ARMY Entergy Louisiana LLC, Jefferson, Louisiana, was awarded a $129,233,000 firm-fixed-price contract for electricity services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2034. 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Johnson, Louisiana, is the contracting a  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Nehmiah Allen-Griggs, also known as "Newski," 23, of Dallas, Georgia, was sentenced today to ten years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Allen-Griggs admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of meth  more

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Anna Marie Omar, 51, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention, and ordered to pay $23,410.60 in restitution for money laundering by engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Omar admitted that sh  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Wallops Electrical Engineer Named NASA Goddard's 2022 'Innovator of Year' Electrical engineer Scott Hesh works on a sub-payload canister at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia. The cannister will be part of a science experiment and a demonstration of his Swarm Communications technology. Credits: NASA's Wallops Flight Facility/Berit Bland Scott Hesh, an electrical engineer at NASA's Wallops Flight F  more