News from May 2010
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: PAN (Protected Area Network) Parks, the European wilderness protection organization, works for the protection, greater understanding and appreciation of Europe’s wilderness areas. This organization works to safeguard the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature. In these areas knowledge and understanding is enhanced for the benefit of nature and humanity alike; people appreciate the pleasures offered by wilderness with the respect it deserves.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: Rome, NY: In partnership with the Capitol Theater and Eastern National, Fort Stanwix National Monument is sponsoring a special Fort Stanwix 75th Anniversary event at the theater. The event is "1935 at the Movies." The feature film will be "The Farmer Takes a Wife." Based on the play of the same title...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) and several federal agencies (led by the U.S. Forest Service), are currently seeking public input on the Cascade Crossing Transmission Project, proposed by Portland General Electric (PGE). Public involvement is important to the state of Oregon, the U.S. Forest Service...
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 28, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Rep. Don Young (AK) and Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-06) today sent a letter to President Obama expressing concerns over potential policies and actions being considered as a result of reports issues by the President’s Ocean Policy Task Force.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: In celebration of America’s great outdoors, the four parks of the Southeast Utah Group (Arches, Canyonlands, Hovenweep, and Natural Bridges) will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the parks on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: In celebration of America’s great outdoors, the four parks of the Southeast Utah Group (Arches, Canyonlands, Hovenweep, and Natural Bridges) will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the parks on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: Lowell, MA - John Whelan and Donna Hébert: The Irish-French Connection will perform Wednesday, June 23 at Immaculate Conception School Hall, as part of Lowell’s Franco-American week. The free concert, honoring Lowell’s Franco-American and Irish American cultural heritage, is sponsored by Lowell National...
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with exclusive Senate jurisdiction over tax policy, today made the following comment on efforts by the Administration and Democratic majority in Congress to portray help for small business.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas), and Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee today sent a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller urging that the FBI immediately initiate...
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa last night sought Senate approval of an extension of the biodiesel tax credit, which lapsed last December under the Democratic leaders in Congress. Grassley has tried at every opportunity to reinstate the tax credit, which he said likely would lead to the reinstatement of about 2,000 jobs in Iowa alone and thousands more across the country. There were biodiesel-related green jobs in 44 states at the end of 2009.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - In celebration of America’s great outdoors, Glacier National Park will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the park on Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: In celebration of America’s great outdoors, the four parks of the Southeast Utah Group (Arches, Canyonlands, Hovenweep, and Natural Bridges) will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the parks on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Senator Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) hailed unanimous Senate passage today of their resolution urging China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico and Vietnam to follow international guidelines and provide full market access to all U.S. beef products.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opened this morning, May 28. Park rangers anticipate that the road will likely be closed overnight through the weekend, due to melting and freezing temperatures at night causing thick layers of ice. Due to heavy snowpack the Alpine Visitor Center and Trail...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2010
News Release: The public is invited to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 4 at 12:30 p.m. for the new Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas boat rental facility at the Wahweap Marina in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The state-of- the-art floating facility will greatly improve the boat rental experience for all...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said federal regulators have “finally followed the evidence to its logical conclusions after years of unnecessary delays and timidity" in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s insider trading case against Pequot Capital Management, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has obtained a $10 million consent judgment against Intercare Health Systems Inc., formerly doing business as City of Angels Medical Center, for a Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud scheme in Los Angeles, the Justice Department announced today. The consent judgment, which the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Daniel Earl Danforth, 31, of Minden, La., was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release in federal court in Shreveport, La., on federal hate crime and obstruction of justice charges in connection with a cross-burning he carried out with others near the home of an interracial couple in Athens, La., the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two securities broker-dealers were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged roles in a securities fraud scheme involving several publicly traded companies, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By Fed Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between FirsTier Bancorp, Broomfield, Colorado, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. A copy of the Written Agreement is attached.
