WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BRISTOL, Va. Helene caused over $159 million in agricultural damage and farm losses in southwest Virginia, according to a recent assessment by the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Commonwealth, federal and local agencies will be coming together in day-long events dedicated to agricultural recovery to share information and resources with impacted producers. The   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: Okinawa, Japan -- The Department of Defense Education Activity - Pacific Region is pleased to announce the selection of LTC (Ret.) Douglas Fields as the Instructional Systems Specialist for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program in the Pacific, effective Oct. 14, 2024. LTC Fields joined DODEA in 2018, serving as the senior Army JROTC instructor at Zama Mi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 25, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) and Virginia State University, hosted an event in Portsmouth, Virginia, on Oct. 24 to help local community-based organizations access federal funding through the EPA's Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program. The event provided about 30 attendees   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Otis Toussaint WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 23, 2024) -- The Armed Services YMCA hosted the 18th Annual Angels of the Battlefield Award Ceremony in Arlington, Virginia. The event is dedicated to recognizing the brave men and women who serve as medics, corpsmen, and pararescuemen, those who are often the unsung heroes in the line of duty, risking their lives to save others on the battlefield and beyond. Among the a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Tennessee business owner yesterday for fraudulently billing federal health care programs approximately $35 million for medically unnecessary injections, which were administered over the course of approximately eight years to a population of opioid-dependent patients. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Michael Kestner, 72, of Nashville,   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2024, by Board Member Tanya F. Otsuka on CURE's new charter and field of membership update: * * * Thank you, Martha and Leilani, for the presentation and to the CURE team for all the work you do to provide technical assistance to credit unions, manage the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program, and serve as a resource to small credit unions. Chartering new credit unio  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 26 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2024, by Chairman Todd M. Harper following an annual cybersecurity briefing: * * * October is cybersecurity awareness month. During this annual observance, the National Credit Union Administration seeks to shine a light on the many cybersecurity issues currently confronting credit union members, the credit union system, the agency, and the financial services sector more broadly.  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2024, by Chairman Todd M. Harper on CURE's new charter and field of membership update: * * * CURE's work in supporting the chartering of new credit unions and any credit union seeking charter changes, bylaw amendments, field-of-membership expansions, and low-income designations is vital to a healthy and diverse financial system. And, CURE's work delivering online training and re  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2024, by Vice Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman on the board briefing on new charter and field of membership update: * * * The last CURE Board Meeting presentation was in June 2023, and the focus was solely on new charter modernization. I appreciate the inclusion of the field-of-membership data today as it gives us a better view into the scope of CURE's responsibilities. The new credit  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Virginia is Required to Stop Removals Between Now and Election Day and Must Return Unlawfully Canceled Voters to the Voter Rolls * * * A federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia has entered an order (https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1374926/dl) requiring the Commonwealth of Virginia to cease a program to remove voters from Virginia's voting rolls between now and the Nov. 5 general electio  more