PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 8 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The Naval Aviation School for Additive Manufacturing (NASAM) marked its official commencement as a naval aviation training facility at an open house in Danville, Virginia, March 5. Established by the Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR) in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR), NASAM is a collaborative learning environment where military maintainers and art more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (MB Docket No. 24-4) on March 7, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(j), Table of TV Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Waynesboro, Virginia) REPORT AND ORDER (PROCEEDING TERMINATED) By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/1 issued in response to a Petitio more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, March 8 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: The most recent TRICARE pharmacy contract, known as TRICARE Pharmacy 5th Generation (TPharm5), started on Jan. 1, 2023. Since then, you may have experienced some enhancements to how you get your prescription drugs. In 2024, you can continue to expect improved access to pharmacy benefit services through the TRICARE Pharmacy Program. "The Defense Health Agency listened to our beneficiaries' concerns and needs. We more PR

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Hannah Marie Behm, age 54, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for the distribution of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a protected location. According to court documents and statements made in court, Behm was selling fentanyl pills on and around the campus of Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virgin more PR

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Quintel N. Owens, age 39, of Katy, Texas, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for selling fentanyl in the Eastern Panhandle. According to court documents, Owens sold more than 780 grams of fentanyl in Berkeley County over a period of several months. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the govern more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Mexican national was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison for his role in an elaborate cocaine trafficking scheme. According to court documents, Gerardo Ignacio Castillo-Lopez, 32, was residing in Tucson, Arizona, in April 2022 when he coordinated the delivery of 22 kilograms of cocaine to his co-conspirator, Dwight Garvey, in Maryland. C more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A California man made his initial appearance in Alexandria today to face charges for a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $10 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act loans. According to court documents, Craig David Davis, 50, of Marina Del Rey, allegedly submitted fake tax documents and business records to three banks to obtain two  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Joshua Lambert, 36, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to steal public money, property or records. Lambert admitted that he fraudulently obtained more than $10,616 in unemployment benefits, including COVID-19 supplementary funds, while a federal inmate. According to court documents and statements made in court, Lambert had been recei more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Nicole Christian Ball, 44, of Jackson, Michigan, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the distribution of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 12, 2021, Ball del more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Nicole Leigh Fierbaugh, 44, of Charleston, was sentenced today to one year and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Fierbaugh admitted to her role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area. According to court documents and statemen more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force selected Warfield Air National Guard Base, Maryland, as the preferred location to transition from an A-10 to a cyber wing mission. Replacing the aging A-10 Thunderbolt IIs at the 175th Fighter Wing with a cyber mission will create a natural synergy between cyber assets at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, and the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group already operating out of Warfield ANGB.  more PR