News from July 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (OK-03), and 11 Members of Congress recently sent a to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking for a copy of a report, as required by law, on the cost and effectiveness of the Department’s conservation measures for the lesser prairie chicken.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Miguel Antonio Ruiz Jaramillo, 67, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to one year in federal prison and was ordered to pay $91,527 in unpaid federal taxes, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Jaramillo was also ordered to perform 600 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A resident of Quail Valley who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges - and admitted forcing a 14-year-old girl to work as a prostitute - was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Enrique Reynosa, 37, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: Big Bend National Park has been selected as number five in a recent USA Today 10 Best Readers' Choice contest of national parks to visit.The 10 Best Readers' Choice Award contest launches one new category each Monday at noon, revealing its 20 nominees. After four weeks of voting, the contest closes on the 28th day at noon. Winners are revealed on Day 30. Rules allow the public the right to vote online for one nominee per category, per day.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: Experience the Ozark’s musical heritage with bluegrass music on Saturday, July 26th.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: The Outdoor Foundation and Outdoor Nation recently awarded Missouri State University’s Outdoor Recreation Department a Paddle Nation grant to increase paddle sport recreation among outdoor recreation students and enhance safety and education for visitors floating the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U. S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 24, 2014, Isaiah Standing Crow, 18, Fort Yates, N.D., pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to a charge of sexual abuse of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Wednesday, July 16 sometime between 2:30-3 p.m., MST, a bat landed on a visitor while she was standing in front of the Tusayan Museum, just west of the Desert View Visitors' Center within Grand Canyon National Park. The bat crawled on the visitor's shorts, shirt, and leg for...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2014
News Release: Trail Exploring: Native Plant Gardening. Date: Sunday, July 27th. Time: 8:30 am - 10:00 am. Location: Mound City Group Visitor Center. Length & Difficulty of Hike/Walk: 1/4 mile, Easy. Fees: No Fees. Walk the nature trail at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park to seek out what attracts wildlife to...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special living history day at Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, July 26. Come experience the power of Civil War artillery as park rangers and living historians tell the story of artillery on the battlefield. These thirty-minute programs will be presented near the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Andrej Gecik, 54, a citizen of the Czech Republic with legal permanent resident status in the United States who resides in San Diego, Calif., entered a guilty plea yesterday afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to a misdemeanor charge of impeding a federal officer.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the 905,984 visitors to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in 2013 spent $54,961,300 in communities near the park. That spending supported 771 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2014
News Release: Search operations for missing hiker Edwin Birch of Tacoma, WA, continue with a reduced number of searchers on the ground Friday. These efforts represented the sixth full operational period of the SAR, and the focus was on high probability locations near the Wonderland Trail, within the Boulder Creak...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2014
News Release: July 19, 2014 08:30 am. Marblemount, WA-The Lone Mountain Fire burned actively east up Boulder Creek yesterday and grew to around 1000 acres. This is a very remote area with difficult access but is still moving away from the Stehekin community.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I am very pleased that, including my own in December, there have been eight Senate-confirmed presidential appointments to senior-level positions within the Department of Homeland Security. I am now very pleased that President Obama has announced ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Natural Resources Chief Joins House Ag Chairman to Highlight Projects that will Protect Lives, Provide Jobs PERRY, Oklahoma, July 18, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that communities across the nation will benefit from a $262 million investment to rehabilitate dams that provide ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: FARMERSVILLE, Calif., July 18, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA is providing $9.7 million in emergency water assistance to 73,000 residents in 11 California counties experiencing the driest year on record.
