WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined a group of 32 bipartisan Senate colleagues in sending a letter--led by U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.)--to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) calling on them to rein in pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices that hurt patients and pharmacies. "The need to more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), along with U.S. Representatives Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) and Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), announced that West Virginia has been granted a Major Disaster Declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a result of Post-Tropical Storm Helene, which caused extensive damage throughout southern West Virginia fr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. If you live in Mercer County, W.Va., you can now apply for assistance from FEMA to help with costs from the Sept. 25-28, 2024, flooding due to Tropical Storm Helene. FEMA may be able to help you pay for temporary housing, home repairs and other needs due to the disaster, including: Essential items such as water, food, first aid, prescriptio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) Teams will be in Mercer County, W.Va., beginning tomorrow, Dec. 13, to provide help to people affected by Tropical Storm Helene. FEMA staff can answer questions about applications for Individual Assistance as well as help people who have not yet registered. Residents of Mercer County are eligible to app more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: "Nebraskans' very homes and communities are now on the line in this final hour. They cannot wait. They should not have to pay the price for stalled negotiations." Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb) spoke on the Senate floor urging her colleagues, once again, to pass her legislation to transfer control of the Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) Swanson Reservoir land and the BoR Red Willow Reservoir land to loc more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5742): * * * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (Agency) and NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION CHAPTER 139 (Union) 0-AR-5742 DECISION December 11, 2024 * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko and Anne Wagner, Members (Member Kiko concurring in part and dissenting in part) more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), along with U.S. Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV) and Alex Mooney (R-WV), announced that West Virginia has been granted a Major Disaster Declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a result of Post-Tropical Storm Helene, which caused extensive damage throughout southern West Virginia from September 25 to Se more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are proposing to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels. Habitat for the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels can be found in 17 states in the central and eastern United States. We are proposing to designate a total of 3,974 river miles of occupied habitat, where many of the uni more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued the following news release: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Chief Justice Tim Armstead today announced the appointment of three circuit judges to the West Virginia Mass Litigation Panel. Chief Justice Armstead, with approval of the full Supreme Court, has appointed Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (Monongalia County) Judge Perri Jo DeChristopher and Sixth Judicial Circuit (Cabell County) Judge-Elect C more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The West Virginia Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Sunday, December 15, 2024, marks the 57th anniversary of the collapse of the Silver Bridge, which connected the communities of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio. The bridge collapsed without warning at 4:58 p.m., Friday, December 15, 1967, as many were scrambling to complete their Christmas shopping. The tragedy led to the Federal-Aid Highway  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Chidi Anthony Okafor, 26, of Charleston, was sentenced on Wednesday, December 12, 2024, to 10 years and one month in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 31, 2022, Okafor sold approxi more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Two men have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that stretched from Michigan to Monongalia County, West Virginia. Dorian Myles, 26, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. John Thomas, 46, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced to 100 months for aiding  more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Timothy Robert Wilson, 38, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison for the distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Wilson was selling methamphetamine in Clarksburg. He has prior convictions for drug trafficking, batter more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Jacqueline Brewster, 54, of Belfry, Kentucky, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. According to court documents and statements made in court, Brewster admitted that she unlawfully accessed and used individua more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Drake D. Dodson-Williams, 33, of Southgate, Michigan, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Dodson-Williams was the leader of a drug trafficking organization, operating from Michigan to Harrison County, West Virginia. During a more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Anette Sanabria-Velez, 40, of Morgantown and Granville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride. According to court documents and statements made in court, Sanabria-Velez was trafficking cocaine in Monongalia County, sometimes from her home. S more PR