News from February 2015
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Congressman James E. Clyburn and Columbia Mayor Stephen Benjamin today at Owen Steel Company to highlight the need for increased funding to improve freight systems and port facilities and ensure U.S. manufacturers ...
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, S.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Congressman Mark Sanders, and state and local officials today at the Wando Welch Terminal Project in Charleston to highlight how South Carolina’s investments in transportation have created jobs and new ...
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared an Aurora, Colorado-based trucking company, Sorbon Transport, Inc., USDOT No. 2536669, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered that it immediately shut down. A recent federal investigation revealed numerous widespread violations of critical safety regulations.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: Funds will be used to address widespread flood damage in 26 states and Puerto Rico
By DOT News Wire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared an Aurora, Colorado-based trucking company, Sorbon Transport, Inc., USDOT No. 2536669, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered that it immediately shut down. A recent federal investigation revealed numerous widespread violations of critical safety regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jesse “Babe" Amaral, Jr., owner of the now-defunct Petaluma slaughterhouse Rancho Feeding Corporation, pleaded guilty on Feb. 18, 2015 to conspiracy to distribute adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Lori Chan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Inspector General, Investigations, Western Region.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MICHAEL O'HARA, O'HARA LANDSCAPE/LAWN CARE and PRO CARE ENVIRONMENTAL were indicted on visa fraud charges by setting up a shell company to double up on the number of H-2B visa workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man and his mother have been indicted by the federal grand jury on charges that they destroyed the mini-mart store they owned in North Las Vegas in order to collect the insurance proceeds, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz released the following statement today regarding the appointment of Joseph Clancy as the new U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Director...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that, Lakeshia W. White, 24, of Cahokia, IL, was sentenced on a one-count indictment...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in March. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Faviano Lopez, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 72 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for receipt of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Lopez will also be required to register as...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: Grand County, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office is planning to burn slash piles of lodgepole pine Thursday, Feb. 18, 2015, if weather and air quality conditions are favorable.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of 17 defendants in the Laredo and Dallas areas on charges related to a long-term investigation into a drug and money laundering conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: In Strangulation of Girlfriend. -Defendant Fled Apartment After Murder, Was Arrested the Following Day-. WASHINGTON - Kevin McDarrin Johnson, 52, of Landover, Md., pled guilty today to a charge of second-degree murder for killing his girlfriend last year at the apartment they shared in Southeast Washington...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2015
News Release: A new report by the Institute for Regional Conservation (IRC) on the status of the rare plants of Everglades National Park will be released March 2. This comprehensive report, 10 years in the making, documents the status of rare plants in the park and provides park managers recommendations on habitat management in the face of potential impacts of sea level rise, invasive exotic species and other threats to the health of this ecosystem.The.
