WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti welcomed Adm. James Kilby as the 43rd Vice Chief of Naval Operations in a ceremony at the Pentagon, Jan. 5. Kilby most recently served as the deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Forces in Norfolk, Virginia. He is a native of Pound Ridge, New York, and a 1986 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He has commanded at unit and strike group levels and is the recipient of the Vice A more PR

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Virginia, Jan. 6 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Misha King, DCMA Public Affairs The Defense Contract Management Agency donated nearly 800 out-of-warranty laptops to a local nonprofit organization that provides services to under-resourced veterans nationwide Nov. 30. After removing hard drives and memory cards, DCMA donated this equipment to Tech for Troops, T4T for short, through the Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2022, or more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Joint Staff J-6 hosted the third Security Interoperability in the Tactical Environment (SITE) Summit in Suffolk, Virginia, convening Zero Trust experts from across the U.S. military, allies and partners to further efforts in accelerating data-centric interoperability in various tactical situations. In attendance were coalition partner representatives from the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on an order (Docket No. EC16-77-003) involving BlackRock Inc.: * * * I concur with this rejection of the December 6, 2023 motion filed by the Attorneys General for the states of Utah, Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, T more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL leadership joined local, state, and federal officials in helping FirstEnergy subsidiary Mon Power celebrate the completion of the company's first utility-scale solar panel array -- a carbon-free electricity (CFE) project made possible in part by NETL's early first-of-its-kind commitment to purchase 100% of the power required to fulfill the electricit more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois features archaeological remains from the largest and most sophisticated ancient native civilization in North America. The 2,200-acre site located across the Mississippi River from St. Louis has preserved about 70 of the 100+ earthen burial and ceremonial mounds known to be built by the Mississippians who lived in the area from abou more PR

GLEN JEAN, West Virginia, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) Public Meeting/Open House on Thursday, January 11 in Glen Jean on the project to remove excess structures and address deferred maintenance needs will also be an opportunity for the public to provide their written comments on cards that will be provided at the event. Exhibits providing information on the project will b more PR

RESTON, Virginia, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will invest more than $1 million in a new airborne geophysical survey to map critical mineral resources in western and central Nevada in partnership with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. The funding comes in part from an investment by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the USGS Mineral Resources Program's Ear more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Jan. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: Zackery Dale Jenkins, 30, of Beckley, was sentenced today to seven years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 18, 2023, Jenkins sold a controlled substance containing fentanyl to a confidential info more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Jan. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: Mariah Diane Keffer, 25, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 12, 2022, Keffer sold approximately 60 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant at her Robert C. Byrd Drive residence in Beckley. Keffer admitted to this transac more PR