PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in West Virginia - 2022": * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 48 in 2022 for West Virginia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the number of work-related fatalities in West Virginia was up from the previo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From November 2023 to December 2023, job openings rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Michigan, South Carolina, and West Virginia tied for the highest job openings rate (6.8 percent), while Washington (4.0 percent), Hawaii (4.1 percent), and Indiana (4.3 percent) had more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force republished its dress and personal appearance instruction to simplify, clarify and amplify many changes for Airmen and Guardians serving world-wide. The revised DAFI 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Department of the Air Force Personnel, incorporates policy changes from the 102nd Air Force Uniform Board, incorporates all other guidance memorandums and features updated graphics more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) to Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, LLC (H2C) of Lynchburg, Virginia, for work to be performed at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state. H2C is a newly formed limited liability company made u more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Pollution prevention improves human and environmental health and promotes economic resiliency * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites eligible applicants in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. to apply for a Regional Source Reduction Assistance grant by April 15, 2024. This regional competitive grant provides award more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, March 1 (TNSres) -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: From televisions to X-ray machines, many modern technologies are enabled by electrons that have been juiced up by a particle accelerator. Now, the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has worked with General Atomics and other partners to unlock even more applications by exploring the process of designing, prototypin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: National Park Service (NPS) today awarded $1,008,166.60 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants through the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to protect 58.58 acres, including four battlefields in Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. "We are proud to help state and local organizations preserve the irreplaceable historic and cultural resources in t more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 1 (TNSres) -- The National Science Board issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: China, the United States, the European Union, and Japan lead the number of patent applications filed in their home jurisdictions in 2022; however, the U.S. saw a dip in applications from 2021 to 2022. These and similar trends are in the Invention, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation report (https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20241/) that the National Science Board published today. The repo more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Kathy Hausknecht, DLA Logistics Operations The Defense Logistics Agency's Customer Support Division recently hosted its second enterprise-wide Customer Service Management Summit in Lorton, Virginia. More than 50 representatives from DLA's major subordinate commands and DLA Information Operations attended the three-day event, at which they reviewed two new policies that wi more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * New units feature a camera to match photo on the ID with the person presenting the ID * * * New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in real time is now in use at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints at Richmond Inter more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh announced today the return of a second superseding indictment leveling nine additional charges, including firearms offenses, against some of the 19 defendants charged as part of the region's largest-ever federal drug trafficking prosecution. The original indictment, returned in August 2023, more PR