News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Florissant, CO -A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 69,131 visitors to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in 2015 spent $3.96 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 61 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $5.74 million.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Cantua Creek Stream Group Improvement Project.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS -A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,359,648 visitors to National Park Service units in 2015 spent $194 million in communities in Mississippi. That spending supported 2,795 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $205 million.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing that producers of raisins from grapes grown in California have voted to amend their federal marketing order.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee are commemorating Earth Day by renewing their pledge to ensure all Americans have access to clear air, clean water, and public lands, today and for generations to come. Democrats on the Committee take a strong stand every day in favor of legislation that protects our planet.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT - The National Park Service announced today that Many Glacier and Chief Mountain Roads on the east side of the Park are now open to vehicles for the season. Visitors are welcome to drive the 8-mile Many Glacier Road as far as the Many Glacier Campground. The Swiftcurrent Nature Trail loop on the valley floor is open in its entirety with parking available at Grinnell Picnic area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Anthony Keslinke, 48, of Danville, was sentenced to four years in prison today for his leadership role in a large-scale bank fraud conspiracy and a separate money laundering conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Cassie Davis, Kevin Freeman Submitted False Timesheets, Lied About Services Provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 19 indictments charging 23 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: By Tom Beall, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced today that the Committee will convene a hearing entitled “America as a Pacific Power: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia." The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Andre Hairston, age 34, of Harrisburg, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on April 20, 2016, on charges of being a convicted felon illegally in possession of a four firearms which were also stolen, selling one of the stolen firearms, possession with the intent to distribute synthetic marijuana and criminal conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Releases Investigative Findings on University of New Mexico’s Response to Sexual Assault Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A National Institute of Justice survey revealed that between 60 and 75 percent of ex-offenders are jobless up to a year after release yet many employers can’t find qualified employees to fill their jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Defendant Convicted at Trial for Lying to FBI Special Agents During Public Corruption Investigation Involving Dallas County Commissioner.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) has scheduled a hearing for Friday, April 29, 2016 at 9:45 a.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “The Pet Medication Industry: Issues and Perspectives."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a substantial number of bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Tuesday and reconvene Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 10 a.m. and Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges yesterday sentenced Robert Toole (51, Ocala) to 20 years in federal prison for the online receipt of child pornography. Toole pleaded guilty on November 6, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: A two-count criminal information was filed against James W. Wallace, of North Canton, charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio,and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
