U.S. State Department calls for Ethiopians to end civil war
By John Sammon | Nov 14, 2021
American officials with the U.S. State Department called on the government and people of Ethiopia to end a civil war that has lasted for a year and which threatens to kill thousands more in a resulting famine in the East African country.
United Nations Population Fund to help women and girls with maternal health in poor countries
By John Sammon | Nov 12, 2021
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will contribute $5 million to aid women and girls in poor and developing countries with maternal health and contraceptives while promoting gender equality and preventing violence against women.
Stone-Manning confirmed as BLM director despite “eco-terrorist” conservative label
By John Sammon | Oct 29, 2021
Tracy Stone-Manning, a resident of Montana, was recently confirmed as the director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), despite accusations from conservatives that she was an eco-extremist who advocated spiking trees in the 1980s.
California preps for driest water levels in Central Valley ever
By John Sammon | Oct 22, 2021
Planners who operate California’s Central Valley Project (CVP) and the State Water Project (SWP), a network of water reservoirs and lines serving one of the richest agricultural farming areas in the world, are gearing up to deal with a record-breaking drought.
Twenty-sixth annual release of California condor live-streamed
By John Sammon | Sep 28, 2021
An annual release of the California condor into the wild was held virtually this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vicksburg National Military Park goes cashless for visitors in October
By John Sammon | Sep 28, 2021
Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi, the site of a decisive Civil War battle that determined the outcome of the war, will begin selling digital (cashless) entrance passes beginning on Oct. 3.
Senate confirms Newland as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
By John Sammon | Aug 20, 2021
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Bryan Newland Aug. 7 as Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs for the Department of the Interior.
Secretary Haaland visits Taholah, Washington, to discuss environmental 'threats' facing Native Americans
By John Sammon | Aug 20, 2021
Deb Haaland, America’s first Native American U.S. Secretary of the Interior, journeyed to Taholah, a coastal Quinault Indian reservation community in Grays Harbor County, Washington, to discuss the impacts of climate change including rising oceans and erosion.
Interior Dept. looking into Native Indian boarding schools to 'shed light on past traumas'
By John Sammon | Jul 7, 2021
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) said her department launched a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative last month at a National Congress of American Indians Midyear 2021 Conference in Washington, D.C.
