News from October 2012
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: Warm sunny days, mild temperatures and cool nights are ushering in the Fall colors at Mount Rainier to enjoy. For the Mount Rainier staff that means it is time to begin the annual winterization of seasonal areas (Sunrise, White River, Ohanapecosh, Box Canyon) before the winter snows begin. With the upcoming Columbus Day holiday on October 8, that process is getting underway.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: SALEM, MA- Between June 10 and Sept. 22, 1692, a panel of judges, sitting in Salem, ordered 20 innocent people put to death for the crime of witchcraft. To commemorate this somber occasion, Salem resident and historian Timothy Kendall will present a free illustrated public lecture at 7pm on October 18th at the National Park Visitor Center (2 New Liberty St.).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - A Lafayette b usinessman, along with eight others and Curios Goods, LLC were charged in a 16 count indictment with conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs, conspiracy to introduce misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and various money laundering...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 10, private vehicles will again be allowed throughout the day to travel along Bear Lake Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. Since late May, visitors could only access the Bear Lake area prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. and through park shuttles during the day. Road...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Volunteers from the Friends of Wind Cave National Park recently helped park staff remove over 3,300 feet of barbed wire fence on National Public Lands Day. Three sections of interior fencing on the former Sanson Ranch were removed as part of the country's largest single-day volunteer event for public lands held Saturday, September 29.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will be closed to vehicles for the season on Oct. 10, for park staff to complete maintenance on the road. Road maintenance is scheduled to take place on Oct. 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17. In the event of good weather, clear road conditions, and the absence of road maintenance; bicycles and pets on leashes may be permitted as indicated by signs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service will be renaming two areas of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore to better represent the natural resources of the park. The area now known as Inland Marsh will be renamed Tolleston Dunes. The area now known as the Ly-Co-Ki-We Trail will be renamed the Glenwood Dune Trail.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Wednesday reacted critically to a subcommittee report on fusion centers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
Release: An innovative Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)-funded program in Pakistan is not only improving local diets, but is creating jobs, training workers and helping create a thriving aquaculture industry.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement applauding the service of Viji Rangaswami, the Chief Trade Counsel on the Democratic staff of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade whose last day with the subcommittee is today. Ms. Rangaswami has worked for the Trade subcommittee since 2007 and previously worked for the subcommittee from 1999-2005...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following considerable public outcry over the implementation of new nutrition guidelines for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today sent a letter to USDA requesting justification of the new policies and further analysis of their effects ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an interview with ABC News on Oct. 3, 2011, President Obama made his first public comments on the Solyndra bankruptcy, launching the administration’s China defense in attempting to explain away the failed $535 million loan guarantee to the California solar manufacturer. He said, ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an interview with ABC News on Oct. 3, 2011, President Obama made his first public comments on the Solyndra bankruptcy, launching the administration’s China defense in attempting to explain away the failed $535 million loan guarantee to the California solar manufacturer. He said, ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: President Obama issued a presidential proclamation this week declaring October 2012 “National Energy Action Month." He stated, “I call upon the citizens of the United States to recognize this month by working together to achieve greater energy security, a more robust economy, and a healthier environment...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: Brookline, MA -John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (NHS) will close for the season following a special Halloween event on Wednesday, October 31. The site will be closed from Nov. 1, 2012 until May 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment regarding the start of simultaneous preliminary work by Shell at the company’s Arctic leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: President Obama issued a presidential proclamation this week declaring October 2012 “National Energy Action Month." He stated, “I call upon the citizens of the United States to recognize this month by working together to achieve greater energy security, a more robust economy, and a healthier environment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. sentenced Celin Javier Puerto-(43, Honduras) to 24 years...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: The Half Dome Cables will be taken down for the season on Tuesday, October 9, 2012. The cables are taken down each October for the fall and winter season. The cables are proposed to be put back in place in the spring of 2013, as conditions permit.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an interview with ABC News on Oct. 3, 2011, President Obama made his first public comments on the Solyndra bankruptcy, launching the administration’s China defense in attempting to explain away the failed $535 million loan guarantee to the California solar manufacturer. He said, ...
