WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * When hurricanes strike, coastal areas of the United States are the hardest hit. Let's examine the employment in hurricane flood zones. Louisiana had the largest share of employment located in hurricane flood zones, 29.1 percent in the third quarter of 2022. This was followed by Florida (20.8 percent), New York (16.1 percent), New Jersey (15.5 perce  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CVS has agreed to pay $70,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act at CVS stores in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. "Pharmacies have a legal responsibility to ensure that controlled substances are dispensed only pursuant to valid prescriptions," said United States Attorney Jane E. Young  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: * * * Order requires company to stop deceptive claims * * * The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a group of Massachusetts- and New Hampshire-based clothing accessories companies, along with their owner, Thomas Bates, for falsely claiming that certain company products were manufactured in the U.S. The FTC's proposed order would stop the companies and Bates from making decep  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release: A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Bryam Toribio Frias, age 24, pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances, namely, cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott scheduled sentencing for October 10, 2023.  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces today that PillPack, LLC dba PillPack by Amazon Pharmacy (PillPack) will pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to keep accurate records of controlled substances. In 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) began investigating PillPack f  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSper) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, have selected Travis Daun as the new senior resident inspector at Seabrook Station, in Seabrook, New Hampshire. Daun joined the NRC in 2012 as a reactor engineer in the NRC's Region III Office in Lisle, Illinois. Most recently, he was a resident inspector at Seabrook. Prior to that, he had been the resident inspector at t  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56556) involving Seabrook Nuclear Plant, New Hampshire: * * * Facility: Seabrook Region: 1 State: NH Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Andrew Corrette HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 06/05/2023 Notification Time: 17:26 [ET] Event Date: 06/02/2023 Event Time: 14:30 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/22/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 2  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 23-076-R23) on June 21, 2023, entitled "Mail Delivery, Customer Service and Property Condition Reviews - Select Units, Maine-New Hampshire-Vermont District." Here are excerpts: * * * We performed audits at the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and five delivery units serviced by the P&DC in the Portland Maine region during the week of March 13, 2023. These audits resp  more