News from January 2012
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: Two parties expected off the mountain over the last two days are overdue according to their original plans. A party of two planning to winter camp on the Muir Snowfield over the weekend was due out on Sunday, January 15. A second party of two climbers on a summit attempt was due back yesterday, January...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA -- For the first time ever, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site features an entire afternoon of hands-on activities centered on the power of connection through the written word.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 17, 2012 - Today during the White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney attempted to defend the Obama Administration’s dismal energy record when asked about the President’s Jobs Council report that recommends increased energy production on federal lands as a way to create new American jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: The Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park will close at 7:00 p.m. this evening, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. A series of wet weather systems, with the possibility of heavy snow at the higher elevations, are predicated over the next several days. This possible precipitation, coupled with cold temperatures, will result in hazardous driving conditions on the road.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 17, 2012 - President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness released their “" report on ideas for job creation. The report cited a number of “all-in" energy policy recommendations in order to create American jobs that bear a striking resemblance to the “all-of-the-above"...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to request information about how you plan to proceed with the Committee’s investigation of Members of Congress who received mortgage loans from Countrywide Financial Corporation under its VIP loan program, also known as the “Friends of Angelo" program after the company’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: Park officials will begin burning piles of dead vegetation in several locations throughout Arches and Canyonlands National Parks over the next several weeks as conditions allow.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: Park officials will begin burning piles of dead vegetation in several locations throughout Arches and Canyonlands National Parks over the next several weeks as conditions allow.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2012
News Release: Download the Farm to Fly Report CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today led a business roundtable meeting and discussed the growing role American-produced biofuels is playing in the civilian aircraft and airline industry, and in the military. Today's roundtable was held at Chicago-based Boeing Corporation and attended by representatives of United Continental Holdings and Honeywell.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2012
News Release: A massive search for a snowshoer missing since Saturday in Mount Rainier National Park culminated in a successful rescue Monday night. A team of three searchers led by Park Ranger Jordan Mammel located missing snowshoer Yong Chun Kim at approximately 2:00 Monday afternoon in the Stevens Creek drainage...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2012
News Release: On behalf of the Kim and An families, I would like to sincerely thank the entire collaborative team involved in the tremendous effort to save my father. Through selfless, extraordinary acts, the search and rescue teams beat incredible odds to successfully find my lost father.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2012
News Release: The search for a snowshoer missing since Saturday afternoon continues today on Mount Rainier, with more than 90 people from a variety of organizations involved in the search effort. Yong Chun Kim, 66, of Tacoma, was leading 16 members of a hiking club on a snowshoe hike in the Paradise area Saturday...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park, Flathead County Search and Rescue Mountain Rescue Team and Kalispell Regional Medical Center's A.L.E.R.T. Air Ambulance responded to and rescued a couple of cross-country skiers that were lost and stranded overnight in the North Fork area of Glacier National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2012
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce that it will show the PBS Ken Burns documentary Thomas Jefferson this Friday and Saturday, January 20 and 21, at 12:00 noon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced that a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, which was to examine the impact of Domain Name Service (DNS) and search engine blocking on the Internet, has been postponed following assurances that anti-piracy legislation will not move to the House floor this Congress without a consensus.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2012
News Release: $10 Million Available for Projects Nationally WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a funding opportunity that will bring states, USDA and other stakeholders together to enhance the effectiveness of water quality credit trading. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2012– The Obama Administration released a National Ocean Policy action plan this week to address the most pressing challenges facing ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources. The draft requests comments on actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies on ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former research scientist was sentenced late yesterday to 60 months in prison for stealing trade secrets from Dow Chemical Company and selling them to companies in the People’s Republic of China, as well as committing perjury, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Baton Rouge, La., residents have pleaded guilty for their role in a Medicare fraud scheme, which allegedly involved more than $21 million, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the Louisiana State Attorney General’s Office. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced that it has resolved its investigation of the city of Warren, Ohio, Police Department (WPD) through a settlement agreement filed with the U.S. District Court.
