News published on Federal Newswire in September 2015

News from September 2015


News Release: Capitol Reef National Park invites all fourth grade students and their families to visit the park for free as part of the White House's new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, 2015, 4th grade students can go to www.everykidoutdoors.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing revisions to 46 grade standards for fruits, vegetables, nuts and other specialty crops. Grade standards are voluntary guidelines or specifications that an industry may request to provide growers, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers...


News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


Ovid Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, over a period of at least two years, Everhardt downloaded and offered to trade multiple files containing photographs and videos of child pornography, some involving children as young as five years old.


News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today welcomed the latest Obama administration report showing that lifting the outdated ban on oil exports would not raise gasoline prices and could help lower them.