WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Capito Attends EPA Signing Event Approving West Virginia's Class VI Well Authority WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Congressman Riley Moore (R-W.Va  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Introduces American Investment in Manufacturing and Main Street Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently introduced the American Investment in Manufacturing and Main Street (AIMM) Act, legislation that would reinstate the Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) measure, supporting a competitive tax code for America  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Administrator Zeldin Approves West Virginia's Class VI Primacy Application This action expands cooperative federalism, gives West Virginia primary authority to protect groundwater, and bolsters energy dominance WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin signed a final rule approving the State of West Virginia's request to regulate t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia apprehends alien previously arrested for multiple criminal offenses YORK, Pa. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Noel Chinchilla-Avilez, a citizen of Honduras with a final order of removal, in York, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14. Chinchilla-Avilez has been charged with statutory rape and receiving stolen property in the United  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller, WV Delegation Send Letter to President Trump in Support of Disaster Declaration Request Washington D.C. \- Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV-01), Congressman Riley Moore (R-WV-02), and Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Jim Justice (R-WV) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Regional Administrator Lilian Hutchinson in supp  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Operation Smoke and Mirrors Update: Charleston Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Tres Avery Davis, 36, of Charleston, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTOS: Capito Attends EPA Signing Event Approving West Virginia's Class VI Well Authority WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Congressman Riley Moore (R-W.Va.), as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * Timothy A. Ferguson Named Assistant Director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division The Federal Bureau of Investigation has named Timothy A. Ferguson as the assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Mr. Ferguson has served as the acting assistant director of the CJIS Division since April 2024. Mr. Ferguson joined the FBI as a special agent in 200  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** Collision Indication as SPS Resource Selection Triggering ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- QUALCOMM INC., San Diego, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12232082 B2, initially filed Jan. 10, 2022) developed by four inventors Tien Viet Nguyen, Bridgewater, New Jersey; Sourjya Dutta, San Diego, California; Gabi Sarkis, San Diego, California; and Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, New Jersey,  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Feature Extraction and Selection in Information Processing System Environment ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12229178 B2, initially filed Feb. 24, 2023) developed by three inventors William Jeffery White, Plano, Texas; Said Tabet, Austin, Texas; and John S. Harwood, Boston, Massachusetts, for "Feature extraction and selec  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Process for Pure Carbon Production ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS ON BEHALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown, West Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12227417 B2, initially filed June 29, 2020) developed by Alfred H. Stiller, Morgantown, West Virginia, for "Process for pure carbon production." *** Avatar Identity Protection   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Will Thompson Concludes His Service as United States Attorney CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Will Thompson announced today that he has concluded his tenure as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, effective immediately. "Serving as the United States Attorney has genuinely been a career highlight," Thom  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * WV Delegation Sends Letter to Trump in Support of Disaster Declaration Request WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), along with U.S. Representatives Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-01) and Riley Moore (R-W.Va.-02) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Regional Administrator Lilian Hutch  more