Jim Bissett

3 weeks ago | theintelligencer.net | Jim Bissett

FILE - This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Chief Photographer's Mate Robert M. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File) Francis Dalton never forgot the rustle of the foliage on the other side of that jungle wall — or what happened next.

3 weeks ago | journal-news.net | Jim Bissett

Francis Dalton never forgot the rustle of the foliage on the other side of that jungle wall – or what happened next. His senses were thrumming like a live electrical wire. He was as jittery as a cat and as laser-focused as only a grizzled veteran, who was already wounded twice in war, could be. That rustling. He heard it and went stock-still. Something or somebody was in there – and when the Japanese soldier emerged, he, too, did the same.

1 month ago | capito.senate.gov | Jim Bissett

A significant part of the workforce at the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health will return to work permanently, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Tuesday. Capito, R-W.Va., made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, that the employees would be called back. “As Chairman of the (Labor-HHS) Subcommittee, I was proud to advocate for the critical work that’s done at NIOSH in Morgantown, W.Va. My understanding from (Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F.

1 month ago | gov1.com | Jim Bissett

By Jim BissettThe Dominion PostMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A number of furloughed scientists and researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are set to trod some familiar turf this morning. They’re going back to work—at least temporarily. The scientists and researchers are part of the agency’s coal miner and firefighter safety divisions, Cathy Tinney-Zara said.

1 month ago | firerescue1.com | Jim Bissett

By Jim BissettThe Dominion PostMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A number of furloughed scientists and researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are set to trod some familiar turf this morning. They’re going back to work—at least temporarily. The scientists and researchers are part of the agency’s coal miner and firefighter safety divisions, Cathy Tinney-Zara said.