News from April 2011
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Niki S. Nicholas has announced the temporary closure of Big Creek Road to vehicular traffic within the boundaries of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. This closure will restrict all motorized vehicles from using the road.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Washington -The National Organic Program (NOP) is seeking comments to a proposed rule requiring that certifying agents conduct periodic residue testing of organically produced agricultural products.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: MEDFORD, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that William Mejia-Cruz, of Medford, Massachusetts, was sentenced by United States District Judge George Z. Singal to 14 years in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin. Mejia-Cruz pleaded guilty to the offense on Aug. 26, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: An avalanche claimed the life of a climber near the Ruth Gorge during the early morning hours of Thursday, April 28. Two climbing parties were camped overnight on the ‘Root Canal’, a glacier landing strip and camping area that lies directly south of the commonly climbed 10,300-foot peak known as the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park 2012 Annual Pass Photo Contest.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) sent a joint letter with Subcommittee Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) to the Chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America today seeking information about the company’s recent data breach, which compromised the personal information of up to 77 million account holders.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Dr. Milton Love, a popular and entertaining speaker as well as a leading researcher, will provide intriguing information on rockfish natural history and habitats in the Santa Barbara Channel during the May “From Shore to Sea" lecture.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement after President Obama issued an Executive Order imposing tough economic sanctions against Syrian officials and others responsible for human rights abuses in that country:
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) sent a joint letter with Subcommittee Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) to the Chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America today seeking information about the company’s recent data breach, which compromised the personal information of up to 77 million account holders.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA - More than 1,300 law enforcement officers this morning fanned out across the San Pedro area, arresting 80 alleged members and associates of the Rancho San Pedro gang, otherwise known as “RSP." Over 230 individuals are named in both federal and state court documents that allege a host...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Andersonville National Historic Site is pleased to announce the installation of Remember the Pueblo, a new temporary exhibit at the National Prisoner of War Museum. This exhibit features photographs, textiles, and other three-dimensional items.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 29, 2011 - As Americans continue to experience pain at the pump from skyrocketing gasoline prices, House Republicans are preparing to vote next week on two bills to expand offshore energy production. As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, H.R. 1230, the Restarting...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) sent a joint letter with Subcommittee Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) to the Chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America today seeking information about the company’s recent data breach, which compromised the personal information of up to 77 million account holders.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: DALLAS, TX - Today, Special Agent in Charge James L. Capra, of the Dallas Field Division’s Drug Enforcement (DEA), announces the local component of the 2 nd nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back" initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. The DEA, along with its law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: MANHATTAN, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor BRIDGET G. (“SNC") and Passaic County Prosecutor CAMELIA M. VALDES announced today the arrests of 10 members of a narcotics trafficking ring at a heroin packaging mill in Fort Lee, NJ.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: NEW YORK, NY. - New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and John P. Gilbride, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the indictment and arrest of 12 narcotics traffickers who operated in the vicinity of Park Slope, Brooklyn.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Fort Union National Monument Announces Summer.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Project Title: Construct Traditional Pohaku (Rock) Lo'i for Cultural Displays.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: GREENBELT, MD -. - U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg sentenced Luis Reyes-Torres, age 26, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to 115 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute, and distributing, morphine and methadone, the use of which resulted in the death of Brandon Sgaggero.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: Historic Preservation Work. Sinking Spring and Plaza Basin at Lincoln Birthplace. Beginning May 3, 2011, a crew from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) located in Frederick, Maryland, will conduct masonry preservation work at the Sinking Spring site and Plaza Basin...
