News from April 2013
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Washington - As part of USDA's Earth Day celebration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced support for projects that will improve water and wastewater services for rural Americans and benefit the environment across the country. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today's announcement is one part of the Department's efforts to strengthen the rural economy.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - One year after releasing a strategic plan - and a shared vision - for sustainable operations within our nation's parks, the National Park Service is going even greener. In the year since the Green Parks Plan, released on Earth Day 2012, focused the bureau on sustainable management of national...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - KENTON BINKHOLDER, St. Louis, admitted with his plea to producing checks of a phony company and passing them in the St. Louis area in July of 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Guzman Formerly Operated Maryville Pain Clinic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Extra effort by the spring road opening crew and other maintenance employees to clear the snow from recent storms has made it possible for the National Park Service to provide access farther west into the park. Park visitors can now drive as far as the Teklanika River Rest Area at Mile 30.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska -Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve wildland fire staff will burn piles of debris consisting of trees and brush beginning April 23 through May 3. The piles are located in the McCarthy and Kennecott vicinity with additional burn piles near the Chokosna River off the McCarthy...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Detroit, Michigan - United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade, Detroit Police Chief Chester Logan, along with several law enforcement agencies and community members of Detroit One as well as the mother of a crime victim will hold an observance in memory of crime victims. The observance will take place on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 2:30 pm at Lafayette Green Park, located on the corner of W. Lafayette Blvd and Shelby in the downtown area of Detroit.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FL: Everglades National Park's nationally award winning volunteer program is hosting an event in recognition of Arbor Day, on Sunday, April 28, 2013. The event is being held at the Chekika Day Use Area to protect native trees and their habitat from exotic species of plants. Volunteers will pull up by hand an exotic plant called Syngonium and use loppers to cut back a larger exotic plant, Brazilian pepper.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: The Southeast Coast Saltwater Paddling Trail (SECT) officially launches its website on Friday, April 19, 2013.www.secoastpaddlingtrail.com.The East Coast Paddlesports & Outdoor Festival at James Island County Park in Charleston, SC is the site of the kick-off for the SECT website.The partners of the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: National Park Service News Release. - APRIL 22, 2013. Karen Hughes, Acting CHIEF RANGER, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 X223. 2013 Summer Junior Ranger Camps to be Held at Montezuma Well. This summer, Montezuma Castle National Monument will be holding the 5th annual FREE Summer Junior Ranger Camps at Montezuma...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on April 18, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, ERIC DUFRESNE, a 39-year-old resident of Stevensville, appeared for sentencing. DUFRESNE was sentenced to a term of.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for three members and four alternates for the Hass Avocado Board. The board is composed of 12 members and alternates, including seven producers and five importers.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Mr. President, I rise today to urge the Senate not to move forward on the Marketplace Fairness Act. This bill forces small businesses across the country to spend time and resources they should be using to create jobs, jumping through new bureaucratic hoops.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to the chemical fertilizer facility explosion that occurred in West, Texas last week...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is accepting applications for 2014 funding for five export market development programs administered by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kenneth W. Smith, Jr., 26, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today, in federal court, to 15 months in prison for calling in a hoax regarding explosives on a commercial aircraft on September 6, 2012. Smith was targeting a male passenger on a flight from Philadelphia to Dallas, Texas when...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Northampton County man was sentenced today in Harrisburg before U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for attempting to entice a minor to produce child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: Montrose, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office is planning to begin a prescribed burn for the Nucla/Cahone fuels treatment project as early as Tuesday, April 23 or as conditions allow through the end of spring 2013. The project area is approximately 5 miles south of Naturita...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: For Fred Hattman, a natural storyteller and people-person, volunteering at Wright Brothers National Memorial is a good fit. So much so that he has donated almost 5,000 hours of his time to the National Park Service!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Houston, Texas, has been sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison followed by six years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
