News from March 2014
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 681,404 visitors to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in 2012 spent $36.7 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 559 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: DENVER -- Stevie Marie Anne Vigil, of Commerce City, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 27 months in federal prison for knowingly transferring a firearm to a convicted felon. Following her prison term, Vigil was ordered to serve 3 years on supervised...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 60, 550 visitors to Dry Tortugas National Park in 2012 spent approximately $3.2 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 33 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Grand Teton National Park is recruiting participants for the 2014 Youth Conservation Program (YCP). Funding for this youth employment opportunity comes from the Grand Teton National Park Foundation through generous contributions by their donors. Applications must be postmarked by March 14, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: A new National Park Service report shows that more than 600,000 visitors to the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in 2012 spent almost $17 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 213 jobs in the local area in addition to the jobs held by park employees.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON, TEXAS - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released a report detailing the history of past executive actions lifting restrictions on crude oil exports. The report contains 40 pages of presidential findings and U.S. Commerce Department decisions from multiple administrations representing both political parties.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 5,162 jobs in local economy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, CALIFORNIA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the more than 2.4 million visitors in 2012 spent nearly $98 million in communities near the park. That spending supported more than 1,100 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 886,341 visitors to Fort Sumter National Monument and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in 2012 spent nearly $48 million in communities near the parks. That spending supported 684 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,824,908 visitors to Olympic in 2012 spent $220 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,708 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― A chiropractor and a physician with offices in Buffalo Grove, their billing manager, and three purported patients were indicted on federal charges for their alleged roles in a $2.98 million health care fraud scheme. Five of the six defendants were also charged with hindering the investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gordon Chavez, 36, a former probation officer with the New Mexico Corrections Department’s Division of Probation and Parole, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on charges related to the sexual assault of a probationer whom he...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The United States filed a civil complaint against Sprint Communications, Inc., formerly Sprint Nextel Corporation, under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General, Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar. 3, 2014, Tyler James Schaeffer, 22, of Seymour, Tenn., was sentenced to serve a total of 100 years in prison by the Honorable Thomas Varlan, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Rome, NY - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 195,057 visitors to Fort Stanwix National Monument in 2012 spent $9.84 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 117 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Louisiana man appeared in Newark federal court today to face a charge that he sexually touched a sleeping woman who did not know him aboard a flight from Houston to Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Monday, March 3, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - A criminal complaint charging Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 43, of Moores Hill, Indiana with possession of unregistered destructive devices has been filed...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: SOUTH WELLFLEET, MA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that more than 4.4 million visitors in 2012 spent over $179 million at Cape Cod National Seashore and in communities near the park. That spending supported approximately 2,170 jobs in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former San Luis Obispo real estate broker pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a property “flipping" scheme in which he purchased houses in short sales at artificially low prices and immediately resold the properties at their true market value.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: South Bend, IN-The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on Feb. 13, 2014.
