News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Texas man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in an elaborate, multi-million-dollar fraud scheme in which conspirators impersonated North Kansas City-based Cerner Corporation in a series of business and legal activities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) announced that they sent a letter to Mylan CEO Heather Bresch requesting information related to the company’s EpiPen profit margins. The letter also outlines other documents Bresch agreed to provide the Committee during a September 21st hearing.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, in recent weeks has requested the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to deal with the humanitarian crisis at the border as it worsens.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Kathleen Schneider Named as First Superintendent of Pullman National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Plaugher, 26, of Clarksburg, West Virginia pled guilty to providing a false statement while attempting to purchase a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By State Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding a stampede at a religious festival in Ethiopia...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Wildland fire officials will lift seasonal fire restrictions on public lands in Southern Nevada managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service on Oct. 2, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2016
News Release: A 61 year old man from Greeley, Colorado died yesterday, Saturday, Oct. 1, on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. He fell approximately 100 to 150 feet, apparently slipping on ice, along The Narrows section on the Keyhole Route. Park rangers were notified of the incident around 10 a.m. via cell phone by visitors who were in the area when the fall occurred.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2016
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY - Sagamore Hill National Historic Site will be presenting a variety of special events to celebrate the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt. All programs are free of charge and all ages are welcome. Please note the locations of each event.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I thank Speaker Ryan, Leader Pelosi, and Senators McConnell and Reid for their public letter to the National Association of State Election Directors. This letter, from our congressional leadership, is a strong bipartisan statement endorsing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch will launch National Community Policing Week by traveling to Dallas on MONDAY, OCT. 3, to hold a 21st Century Community Policing Youth Forum with students, officer cadets, and Jason Witten and Barry Church of the Dallas Cowboys known for their work to bring communities and law enforcement together. The forum will also be featured on the Department of Justice Facebook Live page.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2016
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation announces the permanent closure of 1,200 feet of public road between County Road 48 and Lake Fork Creek below Sugar Loaf Dam, Lake County, Colorado to all types of motorized vehicles. Sugar Loaf Dam is 5-miles west of Leadville, Colorado. After the 30-day...
