News from January 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Court-ordered plan amendment will address recreational target shooting impacts.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from state cattle associations or state general farm organizations that want to be certified as eligible to nominate beef, dairy or veal producers or importers to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Applications are due by Feb. 22, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Id.-The Twin Falls District Bureau of Land Management is hosting an open house on Jan. 27 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the new office building at 2878 Addison Ave. E., Twin Falls.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s proposed rule on methane and gas flaring from energy production on public and American Indian lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Due to an anticipated snowstorm with blizzard conditions and winds expected up to 30 mph, NIST Gaithersburg will open on time on Friday, Jan. 22, but will close at 12 noon.
By State Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Israel Garcia-Villanueva has been sentenced to over 17 years in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to traffic over 400 kilograms of methamphetamine. He received shipments of methamphetamine and coordinated its delivery in Atlanta, Georgia, and throughout the Southeast.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: CHALLIS, ID - Due to high accumulations of snow and ice along the Salmon River and access road, the BLM is implementing a temporary closure at the Cottonwood Recreation Site until conditions improve. “Out of concern for public safety, we think it is best to close this area until conditions improve," said Todd Kuck, Challis Field Manager.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Today, during ground and aerial search efforts, Ronald Webber's body was located at the base of a broken cliff band at Peacock Pool. This is roughly 1/2 mile east of Chasm Lake. Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members were flown to an area near Peacock Pool where they could more safely...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Pedro Juan Rivera Reyes, 31, Jean Carlos Alvarez Dejesus, 29, both of Rochester, NY, and Edwin Montanez, 27, of the Bronx, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci to conspiracy to distribute heroin. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, a fine of $5,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today 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: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA -National Park Service rangers will lead Discovery Hikes to backcountry pueblos at Wupatki National Monument each Saturday through March 16. Discovery Hikes allow visitors to see parts of the monument that are normally off-limits to the public. Rangers and volunteers guide hikers through areas showing off the park's rich cultural, geological, plant and animal resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - An Arlington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for selling heroin mixed with fentanyl which creates a toxic mixture substantially more potent, and more dangerous, than heroin alone.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, held its first hearing this Congress on the challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. Postal Service, “Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service." The two panels of witnesses, which included...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016, and continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public in February.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE Join members from various local astronomical societies, including the Chicago Astronomical Society, with their telescopes to get a closer look at the night skies over Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This month's program takes place onSaturday, February 6at the national...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Statement on BLM's Methane Rule
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jun Mou Peng, 42, and Shihong Chen, 50, both of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to manufacturing marijuana inside homes in Elk Grove and Sacramento, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2016
News Release: Tumacácori National Historical Park is one of 113 national parks selected to receive a 2015 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. These funds will be used to support field trips by subsidizing transportation costs -often cited by schools as the leading barrier to getting students outside.
