News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Black bears have approached hikers in Enchanted Valley and have acquired and eaten human food, according to recent visitor reports.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former clinical care technician at Tufts New England Medical Center was charged yesterday with stealing pain medication from patients in intensive care.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Dear Dr. Ostroff: We write to express our concern over continued delays in establishing updated final advice to pregnant women on seafood consumption from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Ensuring that women have the best advice that reflects the latest nutrition science about what to eat during...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Kevin Mooneyham, 47, of Woodbury, Tennessee, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury, and charged with stealing federal program funds and wire fraud, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Mooneyham, who is the Chief of the Woodbury Police Department, was arrested this morning by TBI agents and will appear before a United States Magistrate Judge later today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Mark Anthony Carballo, 37, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm after a fully automatic AK-74 machine gun, which had been stolen from Fort Irwin, and a short-barreled shotgun were found in his vehicle, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the over 530,000 visitors who came to Denali National Park and Preserve in 2014 spent $5.24 million in communities near the park. That spending supported almost 7,000 jobs in the local area, which includes the 300+ employees of the park’s largest concessioner, and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $7.48 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Bismark, ND - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on June 19, 2014, Brian L. Sweeney, 47, Minot, N.D., was found guilty by a federal jury on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Arco, Idaho -In 2014, park visitors spent an estimated $7.2 Million in local gateway regions while visiting Craters of the Moon National Monument &Preserve. These expenditures supported a total of 112 jobs, $2.6 Million in labor income, $4.3 Million in value added, and $8.1 Million in economic output...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, chaired by U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), will hold a hearing next week to examine the federal motor carrier safety programs. The Subcommittee will receive testimony from stakeholders about innovations in the industry and new technologies to increase safety, reduce...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ANTONIO WHITESIDE of St. Louis County pled guilty this morning and admitted to starting a fire inside the Ferguson Supermarket, Inc. on Nov. 24, 2014, the date St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: President Johnson often showed first-run movies in his airplane hangar on the LBJ Ranch. He would invite the community to join him. The park continues that tradition by inviting you for showings of classic movies in the field near the hangar. Ranch gates generally open at 7pm and participants are encouraged...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Two brothers who were convicted by a federal jury in Dallas in October 2014 on multiple felony offenses stemming from their operation of a dangerous, designer synthetic drug trafficking organization, were sentenced yesterday, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As a longtime champion of expanding hydropower in the Northwest and throughout the United States, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement today after releasing a discussion draft on her legislation to update the federal regulation of non-federal hydropower, which gives certainty to those who are working through the regulatory process. Her legislation helps people utilize hydropower in Eastern Washington and across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 26 indictments charging 28 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Two women who pleaded guilty in November 2014 to federal felony offenses stemming from their conspiracy to obstruct justice to exonerate a fellow roommate, have been sentenced, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of April 27. Members will take major steps toward advancing 21st Century Cures and building the Architecture of Abundance. Members will also discuss ways to make the FCC more transparent and will continue their review of opioid abuse. Finally, the committee will advance bills to protect consumers and businesses from higher electricity rates and patent trolls.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-National Park Service (NPS) fire managers anticipate initiating prescribed fire treatment for the Shoshone Rx during the week of April 27 as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Danielle Edwards, 38, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison following her guilty plea on Jan. 21, 2015, to Transfer of a Firearm to a Previously Convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Elijah McKnight, 43, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Two women who pleaded guilty in November 2014 to federal felony offenses stemming from their conspiracy to obstruct justice to exonerate a fellow roommate, have been sentenced, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
