
Smyth County: Fentanyl trafficker pleads guilty to federal distribution charge
A Smyth County man, who ordered approximately 30,000 fentanyl pills from California and sold them in Southwest Virginia, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court.

A Smyth County man, who ordered approximately 30,000 fentanyl pills from California and sold them in Southwest Virginia, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court.

One of the 33 individuals charged with defrauding the federal government of more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits was sentenced this week to 30 months in federal prison.

The Department of Justice unsealed two indictments today charging four defendants, all Russian nationals who worked for the Russian government, in hacking campaigns targeted thousands of computers, at hundreds of companies and organizations, in approximately 135 countries.

The government wants your money. It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it.

Attorney General Jason Miyares has signed an agreement with the Virginia Employment Commission to prosecute fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation.

House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn is calling on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to issue an executive order declaring a state of emergency due to Russia’s continued, unprovoked war against Ukraine.

Americans remain oblivious to the many governmental abuses that are still wreaking havoc on our freedoms.

In the current session of the General Assembly bills have been introduced to turn back all the progress that had been made over the last two years.

A top deputy in the office of Attorney General Jason Miyares has resigned after the Washington Post reported on social media posts praising Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection rioters and claiming that Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential election.

According to a Pew study released last month, more Americans died from overdose in 2020 than any previous year on record — and early figures indicate that 2021’s death toll may be higher.
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