News from July 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: On July 30, 2014, from 9 am to 12 pm, join Kimberly Ridley and Rebekah Raye, author and illustrator respectively of the award-winning picture book The Secret Pool, for a fun morning of nature journaling. Create your own unique memento of your family's visit to Acadia National Park. The morning begins...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: July 16, 2014 - Sedro Woolley, WA - North Cascades National Park will hold public meetings on July 22nd, 2014 in Stehekin and July 24th, 2014 in Newhalem, for review and public comment on clean up of two firearm shooting ranges at Newhalem and Stehekin. The Stehekin public meeting will be held at the Community Building in Stehekin from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. The Newhalem public meeting will be held at Currier Hall in Newhalem from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Channel Islands National Park invites youth to become Junior Ranger Underwater Explorers and to take a virtual dive in the kelp forest via Channel Islands Live.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that United States Attorney General Eric Holder visited the Buffalo Office of the Western District of New York today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - National Park Service staff from parks throughout the region arrived at Cape Lookout National Seashore last week in the continuing efforts to recover from Hurricane Arthur. Superintendent Pat Kenney is pleased with the progress being made; "having the additional staff arrive has really helped us move closer to getting the park fully operational again." Repairs and clean up continue in other areas of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DARRELL EDWARD LYNCH, JR., age 44, of Kingston, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 35 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(l), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On July 17, 2014, Delbert Lorenzo Sykes, Jr., age 34, and Darross Tyrese Sykes, age 30, both of Davenport, Iowa, were sentenced by United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, cocaine, and marijuana announced United States Attorney Nicholas...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated $137,472 during its quarterly oil and gas competitive lease sale held in Reno on July 17, selling 27 parcels that comprised 38,070.81 acres. The sale high bid of $5,120 for a 2,560 acre parcel at $2 per acre was made by American General Energy Exploration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Hogsett continues aggressive fight against child exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- On July 18, 2014, Adrien Jamaal Cole, a 25 year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert Pratt to 120 months in prison for sex trafficking, to be followed by 10 years of Supervised Release, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Three residents of Las Cruces, N.M., have pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in federal court. Jennifer Sanders, 42, entered a guilty plea this morning and Jose Luis Niño, 40, pleaded guilty on July 16, 2014. Their co-defendant, Aubrey Savage, 34, entered her guilty plea on June 11, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Visitors to Buffalo National River probably expect to meet a park ranger in a visitor center, on a hiking trail, or maybe even floating the river. But one Buffalo River ranger is putting a new spin on "rangering" by reaching out to area seniors, many of whom grew up on the Buffalo but are no longer physically...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: A man who was convicted of possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun was sentenced Thursday to more than 6 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Buffalo National River received an Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. "The National Park Foundation's Active Trail program provides vital funding that supports our national parks as centers of healthy outdoor activity for families and communities across the nation," said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two defendants were sentenced today for participating in a violent armed robbery crew that operated in northern Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: Two Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members have pleaded guilty to racketeering charges related to their membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) commended the Obama Administration’s progress toward implementing the Freeze the Footprint policy directive to improve federal property management. Freeze the Footprint calls on federal agencies to...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee will continue its efforts on 21st Century Cures with a roundtable next Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Members and participants will discuss how the rise of personalized medicine and advances in...
