News from October 2012
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2012
News Release: Tumacácori National Historical Park will host a commemorative Mass inside the mission church on Saturday, October 20 at 10:00 a.m., in conjunction with Tubac Presidio State Historic Park's annual Anza Day celebration. Admission to the park is free during the service.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2012
News Release: On Saturday, Nov. 10, 2011, Fort Moultrie will present Sol¬diers Through Time, a living history event from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Re-en¬actors will portray soldiers of the major periods of Fort Moultrie's history from the Revolution¬ary War through World War II. Additionally, the normal entrance fee will be waived from November 10-12.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today praised President Obama and the Department of Interior for reaching the president’s goal of permitting 10,000 new megawatts of clean energy on America’s public lands with the announcement of a massive new wind project in Wyoming. Along with strong private sector...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 LYON, France—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate Rand Beers and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin today traveled to Lyon, France to meet ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service is accepting applications through Nov. 15, 2012 for Rocky Mountain National Park's summer 2013 Artist-in-Residence Program. Selected artists are provided with a creative, contemplative environment in which to generate artistic works and share their works with the public.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2012
News Release: Jessica Rose Garcia, Employed by DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc., Last Seen in Wawona Area.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2012
News Release: On Monday, Oct. 15, work is scheduled to take place on the surface of the Roaring River Bridge near the Alluvial Fan in Rocky Mountain National Park. Access will be allowed to the east Alluvial Fan parking lot but the road will be closed beyond that point. Visitors can walk on the Alluvial Fan trail...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2012
News Release: WATERFOWL MIGRATION APPARENT CAUSE OF HEALTH NUISANCE AT BOULDER BEACH.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., October 8, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement to use presidential powers granted under the 1906 Antiquities Act to acquire new property to establish the César E. Chávez National Monument.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2012
News Release: Homestead, FL - Responding to an overwhelming need for transportation and educational programming funding from parks and schools nationwide, the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, created the Ticket To Ride program. With support from Disney, Ticket to Ride provides...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2012
News Release: NINETY SIX, South Carolina: On October 13 Ninety Six National Historic Site will illuminate the past. The history of the backcountry will come to life during the 31st Autumn Candlelight Tour. Reenactors will present scenes from colonial life and the Revolution along the one-mile interpretive trail lit...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2012
News Release: Beginning on Tuesday, October 9, park staff will conduct hazard tree mitigation by removing select hazard trees along the Bear Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Weather permitting, this work should continue through October 18. The work will not take place on Fridays or weekends.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2012
News Release: National Park Service fire crews plan to conduct two prescribed fires on the American camp prairie between now and mid-October, weather permitting, announced Superintendent Lee Taylor.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 BISBEE, Ariz. - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Arizona where she was joined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Commissioner David V. Aguilar and CBP Commander of Arizona Joint Field Command Jeffrey Self to express their condolences to the family of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas J. Ivie.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: Failure to Pass Food, Farm and Jobs Bill Puts Enrollments in Jeopardy LEWIS, Iowa, Oct. 8, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today underscored the Obama Administration's commitment to partnerships in conservation by announcing the allocation of 400,000 acres to support conservation and restoration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a settlement to resolve allegations that the city of Selma, Texas, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by engaging in retaliation against a firefighter for filing a complaint against a superior for using ethnic slurs in the workplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Arizona State Representative Paul Ben Arredondo pleaded guilty today in Phoenix federal court, admitting that he solicited and took a bribe in exchange for promises of official action both as a city councilmember and a state representative. Arredondo also pleaded guilty to mail fraud, admitting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Louis Fazzini, 45, of Caldwell, N.J., pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving illegal gambling and theft from an employee benefit plan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Los Angeles medical equipment supplier, who submitted almost $1 million in false claims to Medicare for expensive, high-end power wheelchairs, was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer, his girlfriend and an associate have been charged in Brownsville, Texas, for engaging in a multi-year bribery and alien smuggling operation along the U.S./Mexico border, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
