News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Visitors to Acadia will have the opportunity to enjoy two car-free mornings on Park Loop Road in 2016. The National Park Service (NPS) will close Park Loop Road on Mount Desert Island to private vehicles from midnight to noon on Saturday, May 14, and Saturday, September 17. The NPS will waive the park entrance fee for all visitors during the car-free mornings.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on April 26, 2016, Shane M. Wibbels, age 39 of Pleasanton, Nebraska, was sentenced for making a false statement to a financial institution. The Honorable Lyle E. Strom, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Wibbels to the custody of...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Point Reyes Station, California - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that in 2015, Point Reyes National Seashore attracted 2,501,106 visitors with $107,703,100 of visitor spending that supported 1,378 local jobs with a $135,501,400 contribution to the local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A convicted felon and member of the 92nd Street Hoover Crips gang has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm - a.22-caliber revolver that he sold.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in the past five years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA invites the public to bring their potentially...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Event will take place from 10am - 2pm on Saturday, April 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that EMIL RENSING, former chief digital officer at a premium entertainment...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: As the next step in the Department of the Interior's comprehensive review of the federal coal program, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the dates and locations for a series of public meetings in May and June to solicit public input. These meetings will provide the public with opportunities...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: If you own a small business today, you’re in danger of being ensnared in an outdated, overgrown tax code that Americans spend 6.1 billion hours and more than $100 billion complying with each year. The code is punishing to those who don’t have a team of accountants and the luxury of time to plan investments...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Johnathan Dewayne Mitchell, 38, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with one count of robbery affecting commerce. The charge is contained in an Indictment filed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Opening dates for seasonally operated facilities and roads in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway are as follows.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a new report, The Alaska Exception: Energy and the Frontier. It is the first in a series of forthcoming staff reports entitled Alaska: First in Energy.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: Everglades National Park announces the release of the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Cape Sable Plugs Restoration Phase II Project. The EA is available for review and comment at the NPS website.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Report shows visitor spending supported 77 jobs in local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 114 count indictment charging Dr. Eugene Gosy, 55, of Clarence, NY, with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, unlawful distribution of narcotics, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and health care fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years, a $1,000,000 fine or both.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are championing innovative solutions to Alaska’s energy challenges. Alaska Energy Champions is a regular feature spotlighting pioneers of Alaska’s new energy frontier.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lisa Alexis Jury, age 48, of Clarks Green, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve four years in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy in Scranton, for committing two armed bank robberies.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 4820, the so-called “Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act" - legislation that is being misleadingly sold as enhancing the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts against terrorist propaganda but actually is nothing more than a politically...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Ransomware: Latest Cyber Extortion Tool. Ransomware has become a significant threat to U.S. businesses and individuals. In 2014, over 1,800 complaints were filed regarding ransomware, resulting in a loss of more than $23 million. In 2015, that number grew to more than 2,400 complaints with a reported...