News from May 2015
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public scoping comments on an Invasive Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) for 15 national parks in the greater Washington DC region. The plan/EA will identify long-term strategies to reduce impacts and threats from invasive...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Washington -The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public scoping comments on an Invasive Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) for 15 national parks in the greater Washington DC region. The plan/EA will identify long-term strategies to reduce impacts and threats from invasive...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Micky Gibb, 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Court Judge David R. Herndon to 120 months in federal prison for committing four felonies in July 2013:...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: VALLEY FORGE, PA - The forest at Valley Forge National Historical Park is continuing to recover from decades of over-browsing by white-tailed deer. Following five years of implementation of the park's White-tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, monitoring by National Park Service...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - Groundswell, New York City's leading organization dedicated to community public art, and the National Park Service, which cares for more than 400 national site of national and international importance, will unveil on Sunday, May 17, a six-part mural panel series celebrating the rich history...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Earlier today, Damion Hardy, also known as “World," and Aaron Granton, also known as “E-Bay," were each sentenced to six terms of life imprisonment following their April 29, 2015 conviction after trial on charges of murder in-aid-of racketeering and related offenses. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Frederic Block.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Rana J. Clarizio, 46, of Oak Brook, Illinois, and formerly of Kittery, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to bankruptcy fraud.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service, in partnership with the Leeward Haleakalā Watershed Restoration Partnership and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, proposes to protect and restore either 1,300 or 2,100 acres of habitat for native species in the upper elevations of Nu‘u on the leeward slope of Haleakalā.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Staff from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution prepare ESP 1, environmental sample processor, for deployment in Gulf of Maine. These devices will aid in future red tide forecasts. (Credit WHOI)
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation released two funding opportunity announcements today under its new Drought Response Program, to help water users develop drought contingency plans and build long-term drought resiliency. Funding opportunities are allocated through a competitive process.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Samuel J. Johnson, 42, of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, with production, receipt, and possession of child pornography, and transfer of obscene matter to a minor. The indictment was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE-Malik S. Williams, 32, of Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 105 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his cocaine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE-Gabriel Chavez, 32, a non-Indian residing in Isleta Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release. Chavez was also ordered to pay $1,050.00 in restitution. Chavez will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today sentenced Ronald L. Collins, 56, a sex offender, to a term of 300 months (25 years) in federal prison for receiving images of child pornography. Judge Myerscough further ordered that Collins, of Lincoln, Ill., pay a fine of $5,000., and upon completion of his 25-year sentence, to remain on supervised release for life.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: MINERAL, CA -On June 1, 2015 Lassen Volcanic National Park and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will simultaneously implement an increase for entrance and camping fees. "I want to extend my sincere thanks to the public that voiced their opinion on the proposed fee increase," stated Superintendent Steve Gibbons. "We carefully considered all comments and as a result, the proposed increases at Lassen have been reduced.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that on Sept. 26, 2012, a search warrant was executed at the defendant's residence. Items seized from Newman’s residence that contained child pornography included a Toshiba laptop computer. A forensic analysis uncovered approximately...
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - A rubber-hose manufacturer in Ohio continues to put workers at risk of amputations and serious injuries by ignoring safety rules for industrial machines, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found after an October 2104 inspection.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Since 1992, Acadia National Park has repaired the steps and railings at Thunder Hole five times. The masonry mortar from which the steps were constructed was easily shaken apart by the ocean waves and the vibration caused by the extremely powerful ocean water, causing the loosened stones to fall into...
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) report on TSA entitled: "The Transportation Security Administration Does Not Properly Manage Its Airport Screening Equipment Maintenance Program" (OIG-15-86).
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) applauded the announcement by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell that the Administration will release guidance clarifying consumers’ rights on contraception coverage and other essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act following reports of violations, including in Washington state.
