WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate release of $10 million in Emergency Relief funding for the Virginia Department of Transportation. These funds are a quickly released 'down payment' to help in the immediate aftermath to support emergency repair work stemming from Hurricane Helene. "Hurricane Helene's devastation affected comm  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: "Hurricane Helene's devastation affected communities in multiple states, including Virginia, and the Biden-Harris Administration is here to support all of them as they recover and rebuild," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "The Department is deploying this initial $10 million for Virginia to help restore key transportation networks and routes, and we w  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: As FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell continues to lead the federal response to Helene and Milton in six states, today she is in Virginia to meet survivors and local officials as they continue their recovery from Helene. In Virginia, the administrator visited affected communities with Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Earlier in the week she and North Carolina Gov. Roy Coop  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Tech Sgt. Thomas O. Moss, 31, of Brim, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for August 6, 2024. In November 1944, Moss was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. His battalion had captured the town of Kommerscheidt, Germany, in the Hu  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys Lena Busscher and Ronald Huber will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 5, 2024, general election. AUSAs Busscher and Huber have been appoin  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Aber announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) Jordan Harvey, Avi Panth, and Anthony Mozzi will lead the Office's efforts in connection with the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 5, 2024, general election. AUSAs Harvey, Panth, and Mozzi have been appointed to serve a  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: A pair of individuals responsible for distributing the fatal dose of fentanyl that killed an 18-year-old high school student in 2023 have been criminally charged with the teen's death. In separate court proceedings, the United States Attorney's Office charged two people for the January 2023 overdose death of Cayden David Foster, a resident of Centreville  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Three West Virginia residents have admitted to methamphetamine trafficking in the Northern District of West Virginia. In separate cases, Richard Emery Delphey, 52, of Elkins, West Virginia; Michele Charisse Stewart, 47, of Hillsboro, West Virginia; and Lacrisha Leslie Lamb, 43, of Belington, West Virginia, each pled guilty to the distribution of metham  more