News from January 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and Discover Your Northwest are sponsoring an art and photography contest in honor of the Monument’s 40th anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Anastasia, 48, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Scottie Austin Smuggled Tobacco Products And Cellular Telephones Into United States Penitentiary Lee County, Virginia In Exchange For More Than $10,000.00 In Bribes.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: ST. MARYS, Ohio - Three employees were exposed to dangerous levels of lead, arsenic, iron oxide and copper particles and fumes while torch-cutting steel at a scrapyard operated by OmniSource St. Marys. Their employer, CS Metals Inc., did not provide required personal protective equipment or health monitoring, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former secretary-treasurer of a railroad union was sentenced Monday to time served and two years on supervised release for embezzling union funds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. He also was ordered to pay more than $17,000 in restitution to the union.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this Friday on legislation authored by incoming Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, marking the 10th House vote to advance the job-creating project. Cramer will officially introduce the bill when the 114th Congress convenes on Tuesday. The Senate is also expected to expedite consideration of Keystone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Bastrop tax preparer was sentenced to 39 months in prison for filing fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities and false information.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service's upcoming centennial in 2016, the Obed Wild and Scenic River announces it's first in a series of healthy hikes starting on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. The Obed Healthy Hikes will provide the public with ranger-led activities that will allow park visitors the opportunity to further discover our national parks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: “NOAA is America’s environmental intelligence agency; we provide the information, data, and services communities need to become resilient to significant and severe weather, water, and climate events," said Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., NOAA’s Administrator. “These supercomputing upgrades will significantly improve our ability to translate data into actionable information, which in turn will lead to more timely, accurate, and reliable forecasts."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A man who stole a firearm during the burglary was sentenced today to five years in federal prison. Tanner Williams, age 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. In a plea agreement, Williams...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is starting a public scoping period on a proposal to add new non-motorized trails to the Arkansas Hills and Methodist Mountain Trail Systems outside of Salida.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this Friday on legislation authored by incoming Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, marking the 10th House vote to advance the job-creating project. Cramer will officially introduce the bill when the 114th Congress convenes on Tuesday. The Senate is also expected to expedite consideration of Keystone.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is joining national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2015 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: EDGERTON, Wis. - Diaz Roofing LLC allowed four employees to reshingle a residential rooftop without required fall protection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. As a result, OSHA cited the roofing company for one willful and one serious safety violation with proposed penalties of $73,080. The company has been cited previously 11 times for lack of fall protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka woman was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison for aiding and abetting an armed robbery at a Red Robin restaurant, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom. The sentence also includes a $1,000 fine in connection with her plea in a separate count to unlawfully accessing state motor vehicle records while she worked for the Kansas Department of Revenue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former Rockaway Township superintendent of schools today admitted instructing a witness to lie to the FBI about $4,000 that the witness had previously given to him, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: PIASA, Ill. - A 33-year-old worker fell to his death because his employer, Mid-State Construction & Roofing Inc., failed to provide fall protection. The employee was installing roofing materials at Southwest High School in Piasa on Aug. 4, 2014, when he fell 27 feet to the ground and suffered blunt force trauma. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the roofing company for one willful and four serious safety violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former banker from Great Bend appeared in federal court in Wichita Monday on charges including embezzlement, money laundering and making false entries in bank records, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Images were exchanged via email from a friend’s computer.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office wants your input on a proposed project to implement elements of the Colorado Bark Beetle Strategic Plan. The purpose of the project is to reduce the threat to public safety and infrastructure posed by beetle-killed trees in travel corridors and other high-risk areas; provide for resilient forests; and reduce fire and erosion risk.
