News published on Federal Newswire in August 2011

News from August 2011


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Evacuations Lifted in El Portal

News Release: Significant Progress made in Motor Fire, Hwy. 140 to reopen at 6:00 a.m Tuesday, Aug. 30.


News Release: Satellite views of the Midwestern United States show that ozone levels above 50 parts per billion (ppb) along the ground could reduce soybean yields by at least 10 percent, costing more than $1 billion in lost crop production, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.


Update: North Rim Fires, August 29, 2011

News Release: GrandCanyon, AZ. --Burnout operations along the W-4 roadhave been completed, and pile burning along Highway 67 is finished.


News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Mid-morning on Sunday, Aug. 28, a ranger at the Mather Campground on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park received a report of a hiker possibly in distress on the Tanner Trail.


Reclamation Selects Projects in California and Utah to Receive WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants

News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today that two additional projects have been selected to receive a total of $1.3 million in Fiscal Year 2011 WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funding. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California was selected to receive $1 million while Payson City Corporation in Utah will receive $300,000.


Top Ten Reasons Why Repealing ObamaCare Should Be On the Table for

News Release: WASHINGTON - Despite the misleading rhetoric from the White House, report after report demonstrates that President Obama’s massive $2.6 trillion, 2,700 page health law will have a devastating effect on our struggling economy. With the national debt more than $14.5 trillion and unemployment still over nine percent, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called for the repeal of ObamaCare to be considered as a means to reduce the deficit and create jobs.


Leader Of New Castle Drug Distribution Ring Convicted By Federal Jury

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Danny Harmon, 56, of New Castle, Indiana was convicted on August 26 on drug conspiracy charges following a jury trial before United States District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Indianapolis. A cooperative effort by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division and the Henry County Indiana Drug Task Force led to the charges against Harmon.


News Release: While assessments are continuing to be made, it appears that Richmond National Battlefield Park and the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site weathered Hurricane Irene with only moderate damage to park resources.


Oxford Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Leading Marijuana Growing And Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Cheyne Mazza, 29, of Oxford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in...


News Release: It's almost the end of summer -- and that means it's time for a brand new edition of BLM Facts! The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Oregon and Washington is proud to announce the latest BLM Facts, our annual illustrated almanac answering the diverse and detailed questions one may have about public...


Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Sentenced

News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that Eduardo Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 49, of Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for conspiring to manufacture or cultivate, to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute 18,174 marijuana plants on unimproved land in Coarsegold.


NEWS: Levin Statement on GOP Jobs Plan

News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement on the House GOP "jobs" agenda...


The 2011 Lowell Photography Contest Extended to October 1st.

News Release: Lowell, MA -The submission deadline for the 2011 Lowell Photography Contest has been extended to October 1st, 2011.This extension provides participants an additional month to capture and submit images for the biennial contest.More than 460 images were submitted by photographers during the 2009 contest.


US 209 Closed in Park

News Release: U.S. Route 209 is now closed through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area from the park's south contact station (located just north of Fernwood Resort) all the way to the intersection of Route 209 and Route 206 near Milford. The road will remain closed until further notice.