News from January 2016
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A 22-year-old MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador on extortion charges was removed Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Philadelphia.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO:Ozark National Scenic Riverways is one of 113 national parks selected to receive a 2015-2016 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Grant funds will be used to help fund the Riverways' annual Junior Ranger Day and to pay for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Beaumont woman has been sentenced for bringing prohibited drugs into a federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: St. Augustine, FL -Fort Matanzas National Monument will host a special free day event on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. During this event reenactors dressed as Spanish colonial women will describe the life of a typical woman in Saint Augustine during the Spanish period. Reenactors...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Nearly 300,000 owners have registered their small unmanned aircraft in the first 30 days after the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) online registration system went live. Owners who registered in the first month received a refund for the $5 application fee.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s announcement regarding changes to how the federal government performs background checks of its employees and contractors...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced the postponement of three previously scheduled hearings:
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO:Following the heavy rains that fell across the region in late December, many facilities, roads, trails, and river accesses at Ozark National Scenic Riverways were impacted by severe flooding.Since that time the park staff has been working tirelessly to assess damage and clean or repair facilities, structures, and roadways throughout the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: St. George, UT - Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing on issues surrounding the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Draft Resource Management Plans (RMPs) for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas in Washington County, Utah. The panel received testimony from the Mayor of St. George, the Chairman of the Washington County Commission, local stakeholders and a representative from the BLM.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: OTSEGO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl, and Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. announce the arrest of an Oneonta man on drug and weapon charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- On January 8, 2016, the Everglades Coalition presented Brian Carlstrom, the former Superintendent of Biscayne National Park, with the Brian James D. Webb Public Service Award. Mr. Carlstrom was presented with the award for demonstrating exemplary leadership and a clear commitment to protecting the resources and wildlife of Biscayne National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christopher Graham, also known as “Ugg," 28, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of assault in aid of racketeering and one count of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Park officials plan to burn piles of dead vegetation in various locations within Arches and Canyonlands national parks in late January and February as weather conditions allow.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Employer name: BZ Plumbing, Inc., a residential plumbing and sewage installation contractor based in Jerome, Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Park officials plan to burn piles of dead vegetation in various locations within Arches and Canyonlands national parks in late January and February as weather conditions allow.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: As part of the Interior Department’s reform agenda for a cleaner, more secure energy future, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today proposed to update 30 year-old regulations in order to reduce the wasteful release of natural gas into the atmosphere from oil and gas operations on public and...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The Lake Mead Institute is hosting an Energy Innovation Day at the Lake Mead Visitor Center Jan. 30. Rangers and local experts will be available 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for programs and activities that explore the ever-changing energy needs at Lake Mead.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A jury on Thursday convicted Stacie Demers, age 53, of Constable, New York, of a drug conspiracy involving 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) methane venting rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The leader of a jewelry heist ring that robbed two Chicago jewelers and attempted to rob another in Lake Forest was sentenced today to more than 31 years in federal prison.
