News from February 2015
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Enjoy the spring weather in your backyard national park, with free admission into Saguaro National Park this holiday weekend.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that rural agricultural producers and small business owners can now apply for resources to purchase and install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements. These efforts help farmers, ranchers and other small business...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: The public is invited to attend a community meeting hosted by Haleakalā National Park on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in the Old Hana School Cafeteria. The meeting is scheduled from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Find out how NextGen is delivering for FedEx during Valentine's Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced MACK CHARLES WELLS, JR., age 49, of Zachary, Louisiana, to a year of incarceration, with six months to be served in prison and six months to be served in a half-way house facility. The defendant must also serve a two year term of supervised release following his incarceration and pay $136, 215 in restitution to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: MEMPHIS, Tennessee. - En el día de hoy, el Juez Superior del Distrito Jon Phipps McCalla condenó a Laron Matlock, de 33 años de edad, de Memphis, TN, a 15 años de prisión por tráfico sexual de un menor de edad, anunció Edward L. Stanton III, Fiscal Federal para el Distrito Oeste de Tennessee; Leslie R. Caldwell, Fiscal Federal Auxiliar de la División Criminal del Departamento de Justicia; y Todd McCall, Agente Especial a Cargo de la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced her sponsorship of bipartisan legislation that would lift the more than 50-year-long Cuban trade embargo. In January, Stabenow went to Cuba as part of a congressional delegation seeking to normalize trade relations between the countries. That visit marked Stabenow’s second visit to the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHANIE ELLIOTT, 42, of West Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Edwin Hernandez, 46, of Wilmington, Del., and Hector Hernandez, 36, of New Castle, Del., were indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges relating to the distribution of a half-kilogram of cocaine in Wilmington, Del., announced Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mario Flores, 28, of Artesia, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 63 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. February 17: Live Webinar on Material Handling Fuel Cells for Building Electric Peak Shaving Applications. Webinar Sponsor: Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “Material Handling Fuel Cells for Building Electric Peak Shaving Applications"...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Today, during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law hearing consumer protection and mortgage lending settlements, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. issued the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Michelle Theus, 40, of LaVergne, Tenn. was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Nashville on charges related to preparing and filing false federal income tax returns, announced David Rivera, U. S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee and Larry J. Wszalek, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: On Feb. 17, 2015, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah will offer 17 parcels covering 12,834 acres in the Moab and Monticello Field Offices at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. After thorough review and consideration, the BLM Utah decided to defer 42,263 acres from the sale to provide additional...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A North Adams man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of South Carolina. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 ##.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 22 parcels totaling 15,424 acres for $318,455 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for a 481-acre parcel in Moffatt County, sold to Williams Fork Land Company in Craig, Colorado, for $120 per acre.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced six bipartisan bills to help patients and local communities, increase efficiency at the FCC, and help protect drinking water from harmful algae blooms known as cyanotoxins. H.R. 471, H.R. 639 H.R. 648, H.R. 647, H.R. 734, and H.R. 212 all passed the committee by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal grand Jury in Laredo has returned an indictment against Jesus Roldan Rubio for attempting to smuggle more than $100,000, a pistol and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BRANDON ANDREW DUNCAN, age 24, formerly of Smithville, Oklahoma, was sentenced in federal court today for POST OFFICE BURGLARY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2115. DUNCAN...
