WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Today, September 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $1,000,000 in research grant funding to Cornwell Research Group in Newport News, Virginia, to evaluate the effectiveness of common manganese treatment technologies. This will provide states, Tribes and small utilities with an improved ability to adopt and implement these treatment technologies in small d  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute controlled substances and launder drug proceeds with co-conspirators in Massachusetts and Virginia. Kenneth J. Owen, 24, of Charlotte Court House, Va., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute MDMA and buprenorphine and two cou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded the NASA Academic Mission Services 2 (NAMS-2) contract to Crown Consulting Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, to provide the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, aeronautics and exploration technology research and development support. NAMS-2 is a single award hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of $121 million. The contract   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will deliver the principal address. Additional speakers include Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro; Adm. William Houston, director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; the Honorable Frank Pallone and Donald Norcross, U.S. Representatives from New Jersey; Jennifer Boykin, president, HII-Newport News Shipbuilding; and Larry Runkle, vice president, Virginia-Class Submarine Program, General Dyn  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: Getting around on a rainy day often involves dodging puddles - or sloshing through them. But during downpours, shallow pools can quickly become roadway ponds that cripple transportation, threaten safety and undermine emergency response. This is especially true in Hampton Roads. Named after one of the many bodies of water that link its cities and counties, the  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Leon Eugene Smith Jr., 43, of Beckley, was sentenced today to 13 years and five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of a fentanyl and violating his supervised release According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 15, 2023, Smith sold a controlled substance   more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Davon Jamir Linder, 24, of Beckley, was sentenced today to five years and eight 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 February 27, 2023, Linder sold a controlled substance containing methamphetamine to   more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Ashley Nicole Luster, 29, of Sophia, was sentenced today to eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 13, 2022, Luster sold approximately 25 grams of methamphetamine to a   more