NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 7 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2026: * * * Farmers Appreciate EPA's Science-Based Approach American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on EPA finalizing the registration of dicamba products. "Farmers appreciate the decision by Administrator Lee Zeldin and the EPA to release a new registration and updated label for dicamba, an important herbicide that allows farmers to grow safe and healt more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 7 -- Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: * * * Update on Wyoming Substation Mineral Oil Release Appalachian Power Company (APCo) is actively responding to a mineral oil release resulting from an equipment failure at its Wyoming Station in the Clear Fork Area of Wyoming County. Mineral oil is commonly used to cool electrical transformers. On the morning of Friday, Jan. 30, a transformer at the Wyoming Statio more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson sends letter to EPA to remove woke EV standards * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a letter to the EPA alongside 23 states supporting the end of the Biden-era electric vehicle mandates. "These mandates to increase the number of electric vehicles on the road only raised the costs of vehicles for Americans," Attorney General Wilson sa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced the conclusion of its duties regarding the First State Bank, Barboursville, West Virginia, confirming the agency has finished winding up the affairs of the institution. The agency acted in its capacity as Receiver, a role charged with liquidating assets and managing the distribution of dividends following the closure of an insured depository institution. Officials confirmed that the Receiver has fulfilled all legal obli more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Gottheimer Announces $1 Million Federal Investment to Upgrade Local 911 Response System * Getting the Backs of First Responders, Protecting Families; Will Help Lower Taxes BERGENFIELD, NJ -- Today, February 2, 2026, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that he successfully clawed back $1,031,000 in new federal funding to upgrade and modernize Bergenfield's 911 emergency communica more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Hegseth Reenlists More Than 100 National Guardsmen in Nation's Capital * More than 100 National Guard personnel from nine different states gathered in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington today to recite the oath of enlistment and extend their service contracts. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth administered the oath. Those guard members -from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Feb. 6, 2026: * * * ICYMI: 1.3 Million Americans Forced to Go Without Health Insurance After GOP Spikes Premiums Donald Trump and Republicans continue to refuse to extend lifesaving ACA premium tax credits, resulting in health care premiums skyrocketing by an average of 114%. Now, new data shows that 1.3 million people who got their health care on the ACA marketplace dropped their coverage, and the nu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Spencer Hawkins, chair of the Government Affairs Committee with the International Association of Emergency Managers, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "One Year After Disaster: Experts Weigh in on the Palisades Fire": * * * Chair Johnson, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify tod more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller, Taylor Introduce Defend Rural Health Act * Washington, D.C. - This week, Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV) and Dave Taylor (R-OH) introduced the Defend Rural Health Act to safeguard federal resources intended for rural hospitals and the communities they serve. The bill closes a long-standing loophole that has allowed large urban hospitals to simultaneously classify as both "urban" and more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia posted the following news release: * * * Mineral County Man Admits to Selling Fentanyl, Methamphetamine MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Keyser, West Virginia man has admitted to working with others in the distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Mineral County, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Lucas Earl Shoemaker, 34, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with inten more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (TNSrpt) -- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following news release: * * * New Research Highlights the Need for Paid Leave in 37 States "Paid Leave Means a Stronger Nation" makes the case for a nationwide paid family and medical leave law to help working families in every state * As the nation marks 33 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the law that allows people to take unpaid time off from work for caregiving or their own health, more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Process, Part 2": * * * "Today we will continue our discussion on the need to modernize our federal environmental review and permitting process. "I would like to begin by thanking my colleagues who are here with me, and in partic more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Feb. 6 -- Marshall University posted the following news release: * * * TedxMarshallU announces speakers for the 8th annual event "Inspired Independence" * TEDxMarshallU is pleased to announce the eight inspiring speakers that will step onto the red circle at the eighth annual event, "Inspired Independence." The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse. TEDxMarshallU is a student-led, faculty mentored, independently organized e more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy's Operation SafeDRIVE Results in Removal of Nearly 2,000 Unqualified Truckers from American Roads and Arrests * Operation SafeDRIVE conducted thousands of inspections across 26 states resulting in the removal of thousands of unqualified truckers WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Federal Moto more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2026: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy's Operation SafeDRIVE Results in Removal of Nearly 2,000 Unqualified Truckers from American Roads and Arrests Operation SafeDRIVE conducted thousands of inspections across 26 states resulting in the removal of thousands of unqualified truckers * U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duf more PR

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Feb. 7 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2026, by Chancellor Aswani Volety: * * * A Message from the Chancellor Dear Faculty and Staff, My heart is heavy as I reflect on the news received earlier this week of our colleague Dr. Michael Wilhelm's passing. Over the past few days, I've been in shock, disbelief and honestly, denial. Michael most recently served as chief of staff in my office and for nearly  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 6 -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * WVDEP continues to monitor mineral oil release in Wyoming County Laboratory analysis confirmed that no PCBs were detected in the mineral oil released from an Appalachian Power substation in Wyoming County. Backup containment measures remain in place as a precaution. While some material moved downstream after crews broke river ice to access trapped oi more PR