News from May 2011
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Dear Chairman Landrieu and Ranking Member Coats...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - As the spring transitions into the summer season, Glacier National Park announces more openings of roads, campgrounds, and concessions. Although the park has more snow than usual at this time of year, there are opportunities for hiking, biking, camping, and viewing wildlife and scenery.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) reintroduced the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act, legislation that builds on the work of Mrs. Shriver by reauthorizing the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act, whose programs support people with disabilities through health, education, and initiatives around the world. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) joined Harkin in sponsoring the bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: OWENSBORO, KY - David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky announced today that the last two defendants in a Henderson County drug conspiracy have been sentenced in United States District Court. The sentencing of Lewis Smithhart and William Coomes, both of Henderson, Kentucky, brings to conclusion the successful prosecution of a methamphetamine distribution and money laundering organization in Henderson, Kentucky.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers and a university colleague have found several factors involved in blueberry splitting, a significant problem that can cause losses of $300 to $500 per acre.
By State Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee, released the following joint statement today on the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander who has been indicted for the Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities during the Bosnian war.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: BEAUMONT, TX - Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that five members of a major drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas have been sentenced to federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark.Lambert Ray Myers, Jr., 33, of Winnie, ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding announcement of the Administration’s efforts to make administrative changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Natural Resources Committee has jurisdiction over the ESA.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - 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 GARY EICHENSEHR, 29, of Seymour, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...
By State Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement today after the announcement by President Tadic of Serbia that Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb General accused of overseeing the massacre at Srebrenica and other atrocities, had been captured and would be turned over to the international war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague:
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today introduced legislation to prohibit federal agencies from collecting or using information about political contributions made by small, family-owned businesses or larger companies that wish to do business with the federal government.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled their Plan for America’s Job Creators -a blueprint for pro-growth American job creation.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2011 - Today, House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and 20 bipartisan cosponsors introduced, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2011. As part of the...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore's lifeguarded beaches will open on Saturday, May 28 for the 2011 season. Lifeguard services will be available at Coquina Beach (Nags Head), Buxton Beach (Buxton) and Ocracoke Beach Day Use area from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. six days a week from Memorial Day through Labor...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon fire managers are making plans to initiate the Walla Valley Prescribed Fire (Walla Valley Rx) within the next few weeks on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: New York, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) recently published an Amendment to the Hamilton Grange National Memorial General Management Plan. The Amendment focuses on alternatives for development that will guide the long-term management of the NPS property at 287 Convent Avenue in Harlem, former site of Hamilton Grange. The Amendment is available for review at local libraries and at.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) began steps to advance Senate consideration of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) today at a Finance Committee hearing. Baucus, who recently secured a crucial commitment from the Obama Administration to take important steps...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Due to the recent outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus Type 1 (EHV-1) in northern Utah, the State Veterinarian advises that precautions should be taken to control the spread of the disease. Therefore restrictions to the use of private horses and mules in the park, first implemented on May 20th, will be extended:...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Attention aspiring anglers and fishermen interested in passing on the proud tradition of fishing in the Ozark waterways, come to the Annual Fishing Clinic at Buffalo Point on Buffalo National River on June 11th, 2011. In conjunction with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Free Fishing Weekend, National...
