News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: MOAB, UTAH-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Canyon Country District is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the BLM’s proposal to offer six parcels covering 6,741 acres in the Moab and Monticello Field Offices at the February 2017 oil and gas lease sale. The EA addresses issues raised during internal and external scoping such as air quality, wildlife, and the Old Spanish Historic Trail.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Due to recent moisture and subsiding fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management is removing the full fire restrictions that were put into place in late July for Natrona, Converse, Platte and Goshen counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments remain open all year, but the monuments’ visitor center and campground operations will change this fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eugenia C. Harris, a business owner in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 90 days in a halfway house or community corrections facility and an additional 180 days of home confinement for taking part in a conspiracy to disguise the source of campaign contributions in federal and local elections, including the 2010 District of Columbia mayoral campaign, and then taking steps to conceal the illegal activities from investigators.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Today, the BLM released its decision to gather and remove wild horses within and outside of the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek, and Adobe Town Herd Management Areas.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Following a Consumer Product Safety Commission recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the FAA is issuing general guidance to airlines about the rules for carrying recalled or defective lithium devices on board aircraft as cargo or in carry-on luggage.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilbert Nick Montes, 36, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to federal methamphetamine trafficking charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue responded to a possible explosive device found on Sept. 15 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 7500 Tule Springs Road, Las Vegas, Nev. Members of the church had called 911 to report damage to the building, which included broken glass and evidence of an incendiary device. The device did not ignite and the building sustained no fire damage.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Sept. 24, be a part of the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. Throughout the country, about 200,000 people will participate in 2,500 National Public Lands Day events. As part of the celebration, national parks will waive entrance fees and host projects and programs that promote environmental stewardship.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) released the following statement regarding copyright concerns with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) set-top box proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A California resident has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months of imprisonment with credit for time served, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of cocaine and his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: In recognition of National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week (September 19-23, 2016), the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of South Dakota is hosting a screening of the film, “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict" and a panel discussion at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 22nd, 2016. The event will be held at T.F. Riggs High School Theatre, located at 1010 E. Broadway Avenue in Pierre.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Jackson, TN - A former Selmer Police Department lieutenant has pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography on a hidden website. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Studying the fractures of industrially important materials such as ceramics and glasses provides important clues on why these materials can fail and how to make them more durable. The practice of “fractography," however, has been an underutilized science. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to change that.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Criminal Information was filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging a Shavertown man with failing to pay his company's employment taxes and failing to pay his personal taxes.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Naturalist Programs at Tucson Mountain District (West District), 2700 N. Kinney Rd.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - U.S. Marshal Brian Underwood, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Richard Collodi and U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson will hold a community open house meeting Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 East Front Street. Underwood, Collodi and Olson will be in the public meeting room from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to meet and visit with persons interested in learning more about federal law enforcement in Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Embrace Citizenship - Experience America Through Your National Parks.
