WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on Sept. 11, 2024, on the End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles in America Act (H.R. 7980), which was introduced by Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, and four cosponsors: * * * The Administration opposes H.R. 7980, which would raise taxes on American consumers, punish American auto manufacturers, threaten good-paying auto jobs, undermine our Administration's wo  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Dr. Alexander V. Otellin, 57, formerly of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to the unlawful distribution of oxycodone. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 27, 2017, Otellin distributed a quantity of oxycodone to a patient at his psychiatry practice in South Charleston. Otellin admitted that while his  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Four people were sentenced for methamphetamine trafficking in the Northern District of West Virginia. Terry Lee Mason, Jr., 37, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 324 months for the possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of crystal methamphetamine. Robert Joseph Wilson, III, 38, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced to  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Joseph Daniel Skeens, 35, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 17, 2023, Skeens sold approximately 2.5 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for a new Rigid impact wrench that was still in its origi  more