WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * The awards will advance Appalachia's capabilities to establish a regional energy hub for hydrogen produced from natural gas feedstocks. * * * Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded nearly $4.7 million to three projects through its Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative. The awards will support activities to implement a hydrogen energy hub from natural gas more PR

MONTEREY, California, Dec. 19 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: West Virginia Fusion Center Deputy Director Steven Patterson has been appointed to serve on his state's Governor's Task Force on AI in State Government. The Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum represents the state's fusion center on the 14-member task force, which is comprised of a mix of representatives from the public and private sectors. Patterson  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Terrence Jay Mason, 31, of Charleston, was sentenced today to seven years and four months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, in April 2023, Mason sold a total of approximately 74 grams of me more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Evann Robinson, 40, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to eight years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 9, 2023, Robinson sold a controlled substance containing methamphetamine to  more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Michael Robinson-Brown, 26, of Detroit, Michigan, admitted today to the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Robinson-Brown was one of the leaders of a drug trafficking organization operating in Monongalia County. Robinson-Brown would supply the methamphetamine to others to sel more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Mannie Lamar Terry, also known as "Primo" and "J," 37, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced today to two years and one month 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 February 27, 2023, Terry sold approximately 4.5 grams  more PR