News from August 2015
By DOT News Wire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced $9.5 million in grants to 19 projects in 13 states selected to help train a new generation of skilled workers and support long-term careers in the public transportation industry. The announcement was made at the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC), and the grants are provided through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development program.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Back to School Safety Advisory: NHTSA Encourages Everyone to Be Responsible for Getting Children To and From School Safely
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement after the White House announced it will clarify that state energy financing institutions are eligible for the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program. This announcement mirrors a provision that Murkowski authored and successfully included in the broad, bipartisan energy bill recently reported by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Reclamation’s latest announcement to flush Trinity River water towards non-listed fish species.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Border Patrol supervisor has entered a guilty plea to stealing his deceased grandmother’s Social Security benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. James J. Doran, 54, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Aiela Salvador, 28, a member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a misdemeanor child abuse charge.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Moose, WY -Teton Interagency fire managers have elevated the fire danger rating to High for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, and Teton Interagency Dispatch Area. The potential for fire activity has increased due to drying vegetation combined with higher temperatures, low humidity and brisk afternoon winds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Rentboy.com CEO and Six Current and Former Employees Arrested.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: “This case - like so many before it - demonstrates the success of using federal tools to combat violent gang activity," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “We will continue to be engaged in such investigations when appropriate situations arise.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Instead of Securing Unlocked Buildings During Non-Business Hours, Police Officer Stole Approximately $35,000 Worth of Government Items.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - The last day to access Logan Pass by vehicle from the east side of Glacier National Park will be Sunday, October 4th. Vehicle traffic will be restricted on the east side near the St. Mary Campground beginning Monday, October 5th to allow for fall season rehabilitation on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Vehicle access to Logan Pass will be available from the west side of the park through the 3rd weekend in October, weather permitting.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, from 11am to 2pm, the park will unveil a new Junior Ranger Activity Book through a “Meet the Authors" event with Eliot Carter, the book’s 6-year-old author and primary field tester, and his parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Part Used in Satellites and Spacecraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Carnegie Mellon University student pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Springfield, Ill., man, Andrew Miles Ross, waived indictment and pled guilty to defrauding more than 6,500 small businesses in more than 32 states in a telemarketing advertising scam. Ross, 32, of the 3100 block of S. Woodward St., owned and operated a telemarketing company that...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Faces Up to Five Years in Federal Prison and Must Forfeit Nearly $200,000 in Funds Seized by Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: On Aug. 20, 2015, Martell L. Brown-Wright, a/k/a "Low Key," 29, of Murphysboro, was sentenced in federal court in Benton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: This afternoon, San Antonio businesswoman Lea Ann Blystone was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for orchestrating an estimated $1.4 million wire fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher H. Combs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man who possessed heroin and cocaine in his home and a rented storage unit was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Dustin Keith Jarvis, 34, of Parkersburg, West Virginia previously pleaded guilty in April to possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2015
News Release: Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Lightning from recent thunderstorms has started a fire on the Promontory Peninsula between the south and southeast arms of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park. Named for a nearby backcountry campsite, the 5L4 fire was reported on Monday...
