WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is hosting 130 students from 13 Appalachian colleges and universities for the 23rd annual Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative (ACRI) symposium at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View in Arlington, Virginia, today, Friday, December 1, and Saturday, December 2, 2023. Supported by ARC and organized by the Center for Appalachian Studies and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (TNSrep) -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following audit report (DODIG-2024-030) on Nov. 30, 2023, entitled "Environmental Threats to Naval Dry Docks." Here are excerpts: * * * Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the "Audit of Environmental Threats to Naval Dry Docks." The audit highlighted potential vulnerabilities in the master planning for environmental threats to dry docks a more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: Upcoming elections for federal office: The following states have elections for federal office in the next 90 days: P- Presidential Primary; S- State Primary; D- District Primary; T- Territory Primary *Dates subject to change. Election dates marked with an asterisk are updated and state-approved. December 2023: No elections for federal office scheduled January 2024- more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: A naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia and Herzegovina was arrested yesterday in Morgantown, West Virginia, on criminal charges related to allegations that she lied to obtain U.S. citizenship. According to the indictment, Nada Radovan Tomanic, 51, of West Virginia, allegedly served with the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the armed conflict in that country  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Justice Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 24-013) on Nov. 30, 2023, regarding the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services to the City of Richmond Victim Witness Services Program, Richmond, Virginia." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Background The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) provided funds to the Virginia Department o more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following directive: Mobilization and Deployment Support Command (MDSC) officially launched during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Naval Station Norfolk, December 1, 2023. MDSC reflects the Navy Reserve's rapid alignment with the concept of Adaptive Mobilization, a process intended to improve warfighter readiness by enabling the Navy to respond with speed, agility and quantity of personnel in support of large-scale  more PR

FORT BELVOR, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command issued the following news: By Jordan Pearson The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) welcomed its fifth Command Chief Warrant Officer (CCWO) during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony at the Nolan Building, Nov. 20, 2023. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jonathan Irby relinquished responsibility to Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeremy Sager, with Maj. Gen. Michele Bredenkamp, INSCOM commanding general, presidin more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment earlier this month charging a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina man with devising and executing a scheme to defraud the public through his registration and operation of a charity that purported to provide services and support to homeless and destitute veterans. According to the indictment, James W. Arehart, 45, was a Vi more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: A Honduran national was sentenced today to 21 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. According to court documents, Mario Rojel Urbina Miranda, 41, was one of the highest-ranking members of an international drug trafficking organization based in Honduras known as the "Los Valles" Drug Trafficking Organizatio more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to engage in money laundering. According to court documents, from approximately January 2021, through May 4, 2022, Ye Wang, 32, along with his co-defendants Si Liu, 36, and Yang Gao, 33, also of Norfolk, conspired to move and conceal proceeds obtained through more PR