News published on Federal Newswire in December 2012

By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2012

News Release: Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park 'Adopts' School #7.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2012

News Release: TACOMA, Wash. - A Thurston County resident who shipped packages of methamphetamine and heroin to a small town in Alaska was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Nov. 30, 2012. Robert Dean Grimes, 52, was arrested on Oct. 14, 2011, when he returned to Washington State from Alaska. Grimes had attempted to retrieve packages of drugs from the post office in Soldotna, Alaska and then eluded law enforcement.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2012

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two count indictment charging Juan Venegas, 40, of Newman, with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2012

News Release: The NPS Chesapeake Bay Office and the Chesapeake Conservancy hosted a two day workshop in August 2012 for conservation practitioners in the Chesapeake watershed. Fifty-six people representing non-profit organizations and local, state, and federal agencies met to discuss large landscape conservation practices...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2012

News Release: The significant storm systems that passed through the Yosemite Area over the weekend resulted in an estimated five and a half feet of snow accumulation in Tuolumne Meadows. Due to this significant storm, the Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park are closed for the season. These roads close each fall and remain closed throughout the winter months until weather conditions permit reopening in the spring next year.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2012

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - - Earlier today, Charles Padilla, 44, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Padilla is temporarily detained pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2012

News Release: CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Aldridge Electric Inc. for one serious safety violation following the June 25 death of a 36-year-old worker who developed heat stroke at a job site in Chicago. The company was installing electrical conduit in an uncovered trench on the Chicago Transit Authority's Dan Ryan Red Line project when the worker became ill on his first day on the job.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2012

News Release: CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Aldridge Electric Inc. for one serious safety violation following the June 25 death of a 36-year-old worker who developed heat stroke at a job site in Chicago. The company was installing electrical conduit in an uncovered trench on the Chicago Transit Authority's Dan Ryan Red Line project when the worker became ill on his first day on the job.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2012

News Release: Stake your claim for gold-as in golden paintbrush -by joining park staff and volunteers in planting more than 2,000 seedlings in a section of the American Camp prairie from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, December 5, meeting at the American Camp visitor center.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2012

News Release: New Bedford, MA- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will be hosting "Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries," a free exhibit which explores the participation and contributions of African Americans as nurses, surgeons and hospital workers during the Civil War. "Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries"...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2012

News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film It's a Wonderful Life on Friday, Dec. 14, and Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2012

News Release: Blount County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a LaFollette, TN man, Brian Ivey, age 38, who was suspected of breaking into a car parked at Chimney's Tops Trailhead inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rangers turned over pursuit of Ivey to Blount County Sheriff's Office after the suspect exited that Park.

By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2012

News Release: Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the incoming Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement in reaction to North Korea’s planned multistage rocket launch in the coming weeks.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 1, 2012

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Dec. 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 370,000, a decrease of 25,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 395,000. The 4-week moving average was 408,000, an increase of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average of 405,750.

By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement in honor of World AIDS Day, recognized on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.