News from September 2014
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding a June 3, 2014, request for information on state-run health exchanges. The committee leaders write, “Despite the committee’s extensive efforts to accommodate...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Anthony Hatton, James L. Harris, and Jekwan Smith, all members of a crew that operated in and near 21st Street and Maryland Avenue in Northeast Washington, pled guilty today to charges stemming from a series of murders that took place in the area, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U. S. attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 8, 2014, George Thunderhawk, 63, Fort Yates, N.D., was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 41 months in prison for abusive sexual contact.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: All Roads and Visitor Facilities in Yosemite National Park Remain Open.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -September 8, 2014. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Special Program at Montezuma Castle Honors National Anthem's Bicentennial. CAMP VERDE, Ariz. -A special commemorative program observing 200 years of America's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 8, 2014, Renata Rochelle Galvan, 52, of Mission, Tex., was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Judge Reeves further ordered Galvan to pay $1,031,070.09 in restitution to the victim, Telecheck, and imposed a term of supervised release of three years upon her release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Todd Alexander Pell has been sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for producing pornographic images of young boys.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Troy Lake Simonds, 26, of Westerly, was released on unsecured bond following an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Providence on a federal criminal complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm. Simonds is charged in connection with an alleged stabbing incident that occurred on Tribal land on August 9, 2014, during the Tribe’s annual Powwow celebration.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Marina del Rey man was sentenced today to more than three years in prison for providing sensitive information about a network used to control and communicate with military satellites to an individual he believed was a foreign intelligence officer working for the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. September 8, 2014 14-071. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Presenters Sought For 12th Annual Fall Photo Festival...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: DenaliNational Park and Preserve is seeking applications from accomplished artists.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that Alaska-based TDX Power is one of seven utilities nationally to be awarded funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) under a program supporting the enhancement of small utility systems, or microgrids, of less than 10 megawatts.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: In celebration of National Estuaries Day and National Public Lands Day, several local organizations are organizing a community-wide clean-up of the lands and waters in and around Beaufort on Saturday, Sept. 27 (Rain date: Oct. 18).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Shannon Johnson, age 51, of Laytonsville, Maryland, today to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release in connection with a fraudulent advance fee scheme and tax evasion. Chief Judge Chasanow also entered...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposal to develop a comprehensive non-motorized trail network near Meeker.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U. S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 8, 2014, Christopher Juaquin Russell, 34, Tacoma, Wash., was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 20 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) announced the appointment of Naveen C. Rao as counsel on the Aviation Subcommittee.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Dear Colleagues: We understand that a number of senators have asked that you include language in appropriations legislation this fall that would prevent the U. S. Postal Service from closing or consolidating any mail processing facilities in 2015. We strongly disagree with that request and urge you...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Sayonara Heath, 33, and her sister, Sade Heath, 28, both of Buffalo, NY, who were convicted of bank fraud, were sentenced to time served plus two years supervised release by Chief District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2014
News Release: Approximately 100 hikers evacuated from park's backcountry.
