News from December 2013
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2014 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jarrod Charles Gauna, 23, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced, by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to 10 years in federal prison on a federal firearm conviction stemming from his shooting and injuring an individual during a drug transaction at a convenience store in Lubbock this past spring. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2014 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2014 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the Western District of New York Office secured the highest amount of money for a given year in the Office’s history. Specifically, in Fiscal Year 2013, the Office recovered $94,220,047 as a result of wide-ranging efforts in criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Mary Joyner, 25, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Information with theft of public funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA"), announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. It is alleged that the defendant submitted fraudulent time sheets while she was assigned...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced 41 appointments to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. All appointees will serve 3-year terms.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2014 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tyrone Nance, 32, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted following a jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also sentenced to another 18 months in prison for a violation of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Joel Santana-Pierna and Abel Santana-Pierna, citizens of the Dominican Republic residing in Alaska, were sentenced to 135 months and 72 months imprisonment, respectively, for their roles in masterminding and perpetrating large drug trafficking and tax fraud conspiracies.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Recent storms have brought additional snow to the park, and the Superintendent has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the areas of the 1980 park and preserve additions to Denali National Park and Preserve north and south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - The Adventures in Nature program will be offered this winter and spring at Wind Cave National Park beginning January 14. These programs are designed to provide children ages 3 to 13 with knowledge and skills that will encourage them to explore the natural world around them.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i -Fireworks are always prohibited in national parks, including New Year's Eve, according to federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, AL-- United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announced that Jason Spellen, an Atlanta, Georgia area resident, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge William Steele for conspiracy to commit a RICO violation. Spellen received a sentence of 84 months and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,691,509.51. The Court also ordered the forfeiture of assets seized from Spellen’s residence and storage unit.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: Seven arrested during round-up; three remain fugitives
By DOL Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Complete Liquidations, doing business as The Furniture Exchange, with four repeat and 13 serious violations at the company's warehouse in New Brunswick. OSHA's July investigation began in response to a complaint, and resulted in proposed penalties totaling $71,280.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: Recent storms have brought additional snow to the park, and the Superintendent has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the areas of the 1980 park and preserve additions to Denali National Park and Preserve north and south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: Defendant William Richmond charged as part of Charleston’s West Side Drug Market Intervention initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement on Michelle Snyder’s departure from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) where she was the Chief Operating Officer...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Thomas Jefferson on Friday, Jan. 10, and Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014.
