News from May 2016
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its controversial regulation for methane emissions. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: In El Paso, 32-year-old Vernon Dimayuga (aka “Vito") of Artesia, NM, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for sex trafficking of children announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Jenifer Engorn to Serve Two Years’ Probation, Repay More than $8,000.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,320,859 visitors to New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Area in 2015 spent $56,266,400 in communities near the three parks. That spending supported 846 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economies of $64,108,000.The parks span four counties in southern West Virginia: Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, released the following statement today after U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled in favor of the House of Representatives in House v. Burwell...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Atlantic Coffee Industrial Solutions LLC
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell and Secretary Lew...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 11, 2016, Xavier Elfonsto Buckner, age 27, of Davenport, Iowa, was found guilty after a three day jury trial presided over by Chief District Court Judge John A. Jarvey, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Patrick J. Bumatay (619) 546-8450 and Michael Wheat (619) 546-8437.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Martin James Goggles, 23, of Riverton, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 11, 2016, for assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm. Goggles was arrested in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. He received 28 months imprisonment, to be followed by three...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, Hopkins surreptitiously recorded a 13 year old child naked while she was in the bathroom on multiple occasions. The defendant used his iPod to video record the child through a hole in the bathroom wall, and then emailed the sexually explicit videos to himself.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Flagstaff, AZ-On Saturday, May 14, 2016, Wupatki National Monument will host the Plein Air Artists of Northern Arizona at the Wupatki Visitor Center from 9am-1pm to celebrate NPS Centennial and the legacy of Wupatki Pueblo. There will be 6-12 artists working along the pueblo trail. Visitors are welcome to talk and learn about what draws them to paint Wupatki Pueblo. Visitors can walk the half-mile trail and interact with the artists as they paint the 104-room pueblo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Worked With Indian Brotherhood Member From McAlester Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 22-year-old Newton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13), today applauded House passage of H.R. 5046, the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 which passed by a vote of 413-5. The Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 authorizes $103 million per year from Fiscal Year ...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Terrorism, Missiles and Corruption: The Risks of Economic Engagement with Iran." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome, today’s witnesses, to the Committee. I look forward to hearing your testimony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Charles Connor, 35, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to six years and six months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin today announced the sentencing of CHERNO NJIE, 58, ALGIE BARROW, 43, and BANKA MANNEH, 43, PAPA FAAL, 47, for their roles in planning and executing an unsuccessful coup attempt to overthrow the government of The Gambia on Dec. 30, 2014. Three other members of the conspiracy were killed.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Seward, AK-A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 296,697 visitors to Kenai Fjords National Park in 2015 spent over $59 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,092 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of over $85 million.
