News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the 996,694 visitors to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in 2014 spent $61,523,800in communities near the park.That spending supported 959 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $75,337,400.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S Attorney Mary Catherine Baumgarten, who handled the case, stated that between October 2013 and January 9, 2014, Mitchell committed six bank robberies and aided another individual in committing a seventh robbery in the Buffalo and Rochester, NY areas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Eastern National, a partner to the National Park Service, would like to invite you to meet author Robert Carter Saturday, May 2, 2015. Carter will lead a tour at Snodgrass Hill beginning at 9:30 a.m. Immediately following, Carter will be available inside the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center to sign his books, "Fight for Snodgrass Hill and the Rock of Chickamauga" and "Longstreet's Breakthrough at Chickamauga.".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that over 4.7 million visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2014 spent $509 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,846 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $711 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: FACT: Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) has nothing to do with U.S. immigration law and everything to do with equipping Congress to lead on trade...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on April 23, 2015, Jakota Allen Wolfname, a 24 year old Northern Arapaho Tribal Member, was sentenced for forcibly resisting and interfering with a federal officer in connection with an incident on Feb. 10, 2014...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward H. White, who is handling the case, stated that, between 2002 and April 2010, the defendant conspired with Edward C. Lynch, Bonnie R. Gordon, David G. Davis, and others to possess and distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. Woodean and others arranged for bulk quantities...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2014 shows that over 2.8 million visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial spent more than $170 million in communities in and around the parks.This spending supported approximately 2,683 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of more than $212 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Today in San Antonio, Andrea Nicole Brooks, age 30, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for a scheme to fraudulently collect unemployment benefits announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and opioid abuse from professional and academic perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts about treatment options currently available and best practices for those suffering from addiction and abuse as part of the committee’s ongoing effort to confront this problem.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal jury convicted 44-year-old Eduardo Rocha, Sr. (aka “Lalo"), for his leadership role in an undocumented alien smuggling ring operating in Carrizo Springs, TX, that tortured victims while waiting for ransom payments announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero and Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Six of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River trails are showcased in this year's Mountain Laurel Walks Celebration. These trails generally have excellent views of the beautiful, native mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) shrub that is usually in bloom in later May and early June as well as many wildflowers and are excellent hikes for bird watching.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 30, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will continue the committee’s work on its Architecture of Abundance energy legislation with a review of “Strategic Petroleum Reserve Discussion Draft and Title IV Energy Efficiency."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler requesting information about his proposal to close 16 of the commission’s 24 field offices across the country. During testimony before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: The American Chemical Society will designate the Keeling Curve - a long-term record of rising carbon dioxide in the planet’s atmosphere - as a National Historic Chemical Landmark offsite link in a ceremony April 30 at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch, currently the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, to be the next U.S. Attorney General of the Department of Justice by 56 - 43 vote...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that EUGENE JESUS MENO SUNEGA, age 33, of Sinajana, Guam pled guilty on April 23, 2015, in the U.S. District Court, before Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, to one count of Providing...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Salem, MA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 403,758 visitors to Salem Maritime National Historic Site in 2014 spent $22.6 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 336 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $31.8 million. 11,181...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The architect of a fraudulent investment scheme pleaded guilty today to federal wire fraud and false statement charges related to a Ponzi scheme that bilked victims out of millions of dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: MINERAL, CA -A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 432,977 visitors to Lassen Volcanic National Park in 2014 spent $25.1 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 374 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $28.6 million.
