News from March 2015
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: As part of preparing for the 2016 centennial anniversary of the National Park Service, visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial websites will soon see changes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Intended Victims Included A 3-Month-Old Child.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: On Monday, March 2, NIST Gaithersburg will have a delayed opening due to ice/snow. The site is closed for business until 11 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: A mother and her son who were convicted of selling synthetic cannabinoids (commonly known as “K2") and synthetic cathinones (commonly known as “bath salts") from two eastern Iowa businesses were sentenced today in federal court in Cedar Rapids to [several years in] federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service is still accepting proposals for three of its export market development programs. Applications for the Emerging Markets Program, the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program and the Quality Samples Program will be accepted until Fiscal Year 2015 funds are exhausted.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: In mid-February, I had the opportunity to attend the Alaska Forum on the Environment in Anchorage, Alaska. The conference was attended by over 1,500 people and included a film festival, poster sessions, keynote speeches, and dozens of presentations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Huntington, W. Va.- United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Teresa Lewis, 60, of South Point, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington to two felony offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Rebecca Lynn Biglow, age 42, of Gaithersburg, Maryland today to 44 months in prison followed by four years and 10 months of supervised release for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a fraud scheme to obtain...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will host the first annual Blue Heron Decoration Day event. This event will be held at the Blue Heron Interpretive Center on Saturday, May 16, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (ET). This is an opportunity for park visitors and families that once lived...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River announces two programs on Saturday, March 7. First, the public is encouraged to bring any questions and join National Park Service rangers for a free cup of coffee at Lilly Bridge from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (ET). Then, beginning at Lilly Bridge at 11 a.m., NPS rangers will be leading another Climb with a Ranger program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: As part of preparing for the 2016 centennial anniversary of the National Park Service, visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial websites will soon see changes.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: By Sens. Orrin Hatch, Lamar Alexander, and John Barrasso.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction on February 26 in Manhattan federal court of KHALED AL FAWWAZ, a citizen of Saudi Arabia, on multiple terrorism offenses relating to his participation in al Qaeda’s conspiracy to kill Americans.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park will be temporarily closed beginning March 1, 2015 in order to protect these birds which are in recovery from “endangered species" status. The closure date is based on analysis of data collected from 2001-2014 regarding the peregrines’ arrival time to their nesting cliffs in the park.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Affordable Exteriors Inc., 17118 Harney Street, Omaha, Nebraska
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: TRENTON N.J. - The owner of a Manhattan pizzeria was sentenced today to 10 months in prison for filing tax returns in which he underreported more than $500,000 that he kept for his personal benefit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties of $63,000 and $96,000 against two companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - This morning, a federal jury found Mikal X. Wilde guilty of six felonies including Using a Firearm to Commit First Degree Murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(j), Murder in the Course of a Narcotics Offense, in violation of 21 U.S.C. ' 848(e)(1)(A), Conspiracy to Commit Marijuana Offenses...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: ROBERTS, Wis. - Two years after pledging to address health and safety violations in a corporate settlement agreement after workers were exposed to serious machine, fall and respiratory hazards at its facilities around the country, U.S. Minerals Inc. employees in Roberts were faced with the same hazards, a September 2014 U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection found.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: March 2, 2015 BOS 2015-038. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Employees at a Wallingford freight shipping terminal faced dangerous chemical, fire and explosion hazards on Oct. 6, 2014, as they tried to contain a highly flammable and explosive chemical spill without proper training and personal protective equipment, ...
