News from June 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2013
News Release: Free Summertime Events. At New Bedford Whaling NHP. New Bedford, Mass.- Summertime is the best time to enjoy free entertainment in your national park! On Thursday, July 11, the Youth Ambassador Program (YAP!) performs an opening set for Toe Jam Puppet Band at 5:30pm as part of Kids Rule AHA! night. YAP...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2013
News Release: Taneytown Road and Hunt Avenue: On June 30 from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m., the National Park Service will temporarily close Taneytown Road for a special event, the "Gettysburg: A New Birth of Freedom" commemorative ceremony. The road closure will be from the Museum and Visitor Center Entrance Road north to the Steinwehr Avenue intersection.Road. Hunt Avenue will also be closed during this time.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ -Grand Canyon National Park staff have completed repairs to the Trans-Canyon Water Pipeline. Crews are monitoring the re-pressurization of the pipeline, which should be completed by noon on Sunday, June 30. Xanterra South Rim LLC will resume operations Sunday; guests at Phantom Ranch are being advised that water restrictions may resume if another break occurs during re-pressurization.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2013
News Release: Berlin, Maryland - Members of the Baltimore District Army Corps of Engineers Explosive Safety Office have completed an instrument assisted visual survey of 100% of the North Ocean Beach area of the National Seashore and southernmost area of Assateague State Park beach, both previously closed to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will resume gathering excess wild horses from the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA) Sunday, July 1, and is expected to last about two weeks. The gather now moves to the northern portion of the HMA with the goal of gathering about 200 additional excess wild horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A registered sex offender has been charged with producing child pornography while he was committed to a sexual predator unit at Larned State Hospital, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2013
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park will partner with Positively Speaking Toastmasters to co-sponsor a special event in the historic Wesleyan Chapel. This special event will showcase a series of presentations describing how the speaking and writing skills of early pioneers for women's rightsand human rights contributed to the success of their efforts. These presentations will feature speakers from local area Toastmasters Clubs.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2013
News Release: National Park Service News Release. - June 29, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. The Nature Detectives Return to Homestead National Monument. Children of all ages and their families are invited to investigate nature with Park Rangers at Homestead National Monument of America on Saturdays in July and...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2013
News Release: Beaver Creek, Yukon -- Heavy rain has dampened growth and activity on the Chisana River Fire in Alaska’s Eastern Interior. As a result, the international team managing the fire from Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada is disbanding after a productive, cooperative effort. The Alaska Division of Forestry will continue to monitor the fire.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “On July 1st to July 6th, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to Alaska, Russia and the Republic of Korea, advancing strategic Homeland Security priorities and meeting with our international partners.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program has Funded 1,400 Rural Health and Education Projects WASHINGTON, June 28, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to provide access to education, training and healthcare resources in rural areas. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Peter G. Sheridan entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Med Prep Consulting Inc., a Tinton Falls, N.J., pharmacy licensed by the state of New Jersey, the Justice Department announced today. The permanent injunction was also entered against Gerald R. Tighe, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: King Pharmaceuticals LLC (King) will pay $2.2 million and take measures to comply with the Clean Air Act to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility located in Bristol, Tenn., announced the Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: The chief executive officer of a Virginia-based security contracting firm was sentenced today to serve four years in prison for serving as a figurehead owner of a front company created to obtain more than $31 million intended for disadvantaged small businesses through the Small Business Administration’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department Civil Rights Division and Los Angeles County today announced that they have reached preliminary agreements to make broad changes to policing in the Antelope Valley and to the enforcement of the Housing Choice Voucher Program (commonly known as Section 8). Together with statements ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Lawrence Garafola, a resident of Poway, Calif., pleaded guilty to tax evasion. According to documents filed with the court, Garafola owned and operated A-1 Tree & Shrub Service (ATS), a landscaping business located in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today issued the following statement regarding the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance to Federal agencies. On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in United States v. Windsor, holding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California announced that Pius Kampfen of Mill Valley, Calif., pleaded guilty today to an information charging him with willful failure to file the required reports of foreign bank accounts (FBAR) for a Swiss bank account he controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Scott N. Powers, the former CEO of Arizona-based mortgage loan originator American Mortgage Specialists Inc. (AMS), and David McMaster, a former officer of AMS, were sentenced today to serve 96 and 188 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $28 million scheme to defraud North Dakota-based ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury today convicted four individuals for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving nearly $70 million in fraudulent billings by Hollywood Pavilion (HP), a mental health care hospital.
