News from February 2015
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River continues to host a preschool story time event every Friday morning, beginning at 10:30 a.m. (ET). Story time should last for about 30 minutes. The event takes place at the Obed visitor center, located at 208 North Maiden Street in downtown Wartburg. All preschool children...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: ARPA-E Announces Start-up Companies, Strategic Partnerships and Private Sector Funding at 2015 Innovation SummitSummit Highlights Technical and Market Traction of Transformational Energy Technologies WASHINGTON - The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today highlighted...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings release the following statement today following news that A.T. Smith is stepping down as U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River will be observing President's Day Weekend from Saturday, February 14 to Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 by authorizing one night of free camping at Alum Ford and Rock Creek Campgrounds as well as free backcountry permits. Take this opportunity to experience the unique serenity of camping during the winter as well as behold the magnificent landscapes of our parks while the foliage is absent.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Effective for the 2015 summer season, the cost of obtaining a permit for backcountry camping in Rocky Mountain National Park will increase from $20 to $26 per trip. This administrative permit fee, established in 1995 and last increased to $20 in 2004, is necessary to recover the administrative costs associated with managing the program, including costs of a computerized permit and reservation system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Sought out images of child pornography via the Internet and Molested Multiple Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Lawrence man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzling from his company and his business partners, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. He was ordered to pay $619,000 in restitution.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding American policy toward the situation in Ukraine...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging a former court officer for the 36th District Court in Detroit with extortion, mail fraud and theft, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Virgin, UT- The portions of the Kolob Terrace Road that run through Zion National Park are undergoing major reconstruction to improve public safety and remedy structural problems. Survey work on the two stretches, totaling less than 10 miles in length, will start immediately and three-hour blocks of closures will begin March 2, 2015. The project should be completed by Oct. 31, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Christine Rose Caraway, 34, of Modesto, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Donald W. Lamoureaux, age 68 of Ash Flat, Arkansas, appeared today in Fort Smith before United States Magistrate Judge Mark E. Ford on a complaint for charges of Attempted Coercion and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced David Kelley, age 46, of Richmond, Texas today to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for the unlawful export of arms and munitions, specifically, night vision devices.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: LONDON, Ohio - Employees at Reynolds Nationwide risked potentially lethal suffocation caused by dangerous fumes as the company did not test the atmosphere and properly ventilate the air in food transport tankers before allowing workers to enter. After receiving an employee complaint, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation on Aug. 6, 2014, at the London tank-cleaning facility.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service's upcoming centennial in 2016, the Obed Wild and Scenic River announces another healthy hike for Valentine's Day. Be heart healthy and join a hike with a ranger. Participants should meet at 10 a.m. EST in the Rock Creek Campground parking area on Feb. 14...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A man who re-entered the United States following an aggravated felony conviction was sentenced on February 5, 2015, to 18 months’ in prison. Cesar Toledo-Aguilar, age 33, from Mexico, received the prison term after a November 6, 2014, guilty plea to one count of illegal re-entry...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Sekou Howard, a/k/a Kou, 41, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 147 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Howard was also ordered to forfeit two rounds of ammunition seized during the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An attorney has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Republican resolution of disapproval regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s new representation rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal mail from postal boxes and cash counterfeit checks, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
