News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men who participated in a heroin conspiracy between 2012 and 2015 were the latest defendants sentenced today in federal court in Huntington, West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Sean L. Gist, 22, of Detroit, was sentenced to five years and three months...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: 34 Individuals Facing Federal and Tribal Charges Relating to Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a streamlined and user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approx. 25 kilograms) including payloads such as on-board cameras.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, December 20 at 7:00 a.m. join Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Park Rangers, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife biologists and an Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation biologist for the 2015 Christmas Bird Count. Meet at the Washita Battlefield...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison for bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park invites volunteers to participate in the nationwide Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. The event is free.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: As part of its efforts to support coastal communities looking to build more resilient futures, NOAA today announced the funding of a $23.7 million award for the construction of the Oyster Bayou Marsh Restoration project.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: As recently as a few months ago, somebody who needed an internationally recognized calibration for a flow meter that operates with very low-temperature fluids such as liquefied natural gas had exactly one place on Earth to go: NIST's Cryogenic Flow Measurement Facility (CFMF) in Boulder, CO, which had been in continuous operation for 50 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Aseel Al-Saber, 24, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to structure cash transactions, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles sentenced Angela M. Blythe, age 52, of Oakland, Maryland, today to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit bank fraud, bank fraud and two counts of making a false statement to a bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A convicted felon from Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Semaj Markes Leondre Figg, 24, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Huntington to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Monday, Dec. 14, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Barbara Phillips, 66, of Franklin, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to two years of probation and fined $3,000 for theft of public money. She was also ordered to pay $31,496.37 in restitution to the Social Security Administration.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced the seven winners of the second round of the Catalyst Energy Innovation Prize Demo Day, which were chosen out of 19 finalist startups. Each of the contestants faced a diverse panel of judges and an audience of nearly 100 local and regional innovators, entrepreneurs...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: The Scorpion Pier on Santa Cruz Island is closed temporarily until damages caused by the high surf last Friday are fully assessed and repaired. The island will remain open to visitation. Landings at Scorpion Anchorage will be beach landings via skiff until the pier reopens.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last month, the Bureau of Reclamation invited states, tribes, irrigation districts, water districts and other organizations with water or power delivery authority to participate in its latest WaterSMART grant opportunity. A total of $21 million in cost-shared funding is available for water conservation and energy efficiency projects that help move the West towards resilience in the face of drought and ongoing imbalances between water supply and demand.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative field hearing in Idaho Springs, Colorado on H.R. 3734, the “Mining Schools Enhancement Act," introduced by Rep. Cresent Hardy (R-NV). This bill, in combination with H.R. 3843 (Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)), the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Clarence Joseph Jackson, 48, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was convicted of financial fraud in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at approximately 9 a.m. The closure is needed to meet the National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion criteria. The gates will remain closed until further notice. Please be advised that the decision to open or close the gates can be made on short notice based on requirements.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Fifty miles of roads in Death Valley National Park reopened to the public last weekend that had been closed due to flash floods since October. The National Park Service also made progress in recovering from flood damage at Scotty's Castle. Significant work remains to be done in several areas of Death Valley National Park.
