News published on Federal Newswire in March 2016

News from March 2016


Roanoke Man Sentenced on Gun Charge

News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a Roanoke man who previously pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to a federal gun charge.


Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center Opens for the Season

News Release: MOOSE, WY -The Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center at Moose in Grand Teton National Park will open on Friday, March 4, with operating hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The center is closed from late fall to early spring each year.


Chairman Royce Welcomes GCC Action Against Hezbollah

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on the Gulf Cooperation Council’s move to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization earlier today...


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


Chairman Johnson Opening Statement:  “Dogs of DHS: How Canine Programs Contribute to Homeland Security”

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Thursday to discuss how homeland security canine programs contribute to America’s national security. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...


News Release: BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Andrew Grivois, 34, of Presque Isle, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute bath salts.


News Release: A Centralia man, who pled guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison on March 2, 2016, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Darryll W. Kaufman, 25, of Centralia, Illinois, ...


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Charles Mack, 51, of Clearwater, Florida, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to stalking.


March 15 PSERC Webinar: Synthetic Power Grid Models: What are They. How They're Made, and Why They Matter

News Release: The DOE-funded Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) is offering a free public webinar that will address the problems with obtaining data from power grid models, and the inadequacies of the power system model data that is available. This presentation will address this problem by discussing...


Open House for USFS and BLM 2016 Off-Highway Vehicle Grants Scheduled for March 16

News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Inyo National Forest (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office (BLM) have submitted preliminary applications for grant funds from the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division to enhance and manage motorized recreation. The agencies invite your comments on the preliminary grant applications.


Sen. Murkowski: DOE’s Budget Presents Opportunity to Work Together

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today identified opportunities in the Department of Energy’s $32.5 billion FY 2017 budget request to work with the agency to promote energy innovation, but cautioned Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz against provisions that would increase mandatory spending at a time of significant budgetary limitations.


News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that two men from Monroe were each sentenced Tuesday to 151 months in prison for their roles in a methamphetamine conspiracy.


U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Arrest MichiganWoman Attempting to Smuggle Marijuana to the Virgin Islands

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Deangelia D. Quintana, 30, made her initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in a complaint with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Virgin Islands Area Port Director Louis Harrigan announced. Quintana was detained pending preliminary and detention hearings set for Friday, March 4, 2016.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The federal grand jury in Nevada has charged 14 more defendants in connection with the armed assault against federal law enforcement officers that occurred in the Bunkerville, Nev. area on April 12, 2014, over the removal of Cliven Bundy’s cows from public lands, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Laura Bucheit for the FBI in Nevada.


News Release: A Cleveland man was charged in federal court with making threats against the President, said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.


News Release: Contact: Kate Kuykendall, National Park Serivce, (805) 370-2343.


News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Thirteen individuals, most from the Wichita Falls, Texas, area, charged in a federal indictment with offenses stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, remain in federal custody after making their initial appearances in federal court in Fort ...


Sen. Murkowski Releases Third CRS Analysis of Obama’s Oil Tax

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a new analysis by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Obama administration’s proposed tax on oil. The report outlines a list of significant unanswered questions and ambiguities in the proposal.


News Release: Step back in time and make pie the 1860 way! On Saturday, March 26th, 2016, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will offer a 3-hour baking workshop, where participants will have the chance to bake and enjoy a slice of fresh fruit pie baked the 19th century way.


News Release: Fourteen Additional Defendants Charged for Felony Crimes Related to 2014 Standoff in Nevada.