News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, May 1, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALAN MISKUNAS, 52, of Hebron, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to...
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to fix the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) to expand tribal self-governance and streamline the contract and compact process.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is advising the public to avoid the basalt cliffs above the Boise River Diversion Dam due to a rock slide that occurred over the weekend. The impacted area is located on the south side of the Boise River, 7 miles southeast of Boise.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: BOGOTA, Colombia - Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted the Colombian Attorney General's Office in the arrest Friday of two individuals who were at the center of a U.S. visa fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management announced today that Rosie Barr of Anchorage has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewel, to the BLM-Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC). Ms. Barr represents Alaska Native organizations and is currently Senior Director of Lands for NANA...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -U.S. Attorney Walt Green announced that U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced CHRIS E. WILLIAMS, age 28, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday to 270 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release following imprisonment for his role in a home invasion conspiracy aimed at stealing 12 kilograms of cocaine and killing anyone that stood in the way.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Roberto Veliz, 34, a U.S. citizen from Mission, has been convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury in Corpus Christi convicted Veliz this morning following a two-day trial and less than three hours of deliberation.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Visitors urged to take safety precautions while traveling on road.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), U.S. Postal Service & The Census Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-TX), released the following statements on the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General’s report on the Census Bureau’s Philadelphia Regional Office...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) "Celebrating Wildflowers" week is May 18 through 24. To mark this occasion, botanists on the Hiawatha National Forest and interpreters from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will lead wildflower walks along Miners Castle Road.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Burglary and Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on April 22, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park would like to invite parents and guardians of Orchard Knob Elementary School's 4th graders and Spring Creek Elementary School's 5th graders, as well as the general public, to participate in a special program and unveiling ceremony of the park's "Freedom Quilt" on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at 9:30 am, at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Craig Lee Workman, age 42, a Florida man, was sentenced to five years in federal prison today by the Honorable J. Garvan Murtha in U.S. District Court in Brattleboro, Vermont.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: FAIRBANKS -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominations for Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) as part of its Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (RMP), now under development. The BLM will accept ACEC nominations until Aug. 29, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: “Are you ready?" the Captain asks the fifth-graders gripping the tiller.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - Campers willing to brave seasonally heavy insect populations may camp for free in Biscayne National Park campgrounds on Boca Chita Key and Elliott Key. The park waives docking and camping fees annually from May 1 through September 30. During this time there is insufficient revenue to support the cost of collecting and processing fees.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: The Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center will be open 8:00 am to 6:00 pm daily starting Sunday May 4, 2014. Enjoy the exhibits, park movie, and the Capitol Reef Natural History Association bookstore.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - The former manager of a Massachusetts electronics company was re-sentenced yesterday for illegally exporting electronics components to China.
