News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park encourages all fourth graders to visit the park this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters. Visit www.EveryKidinaPark.gov to download the pass and obtain more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: An Atkins man who committed tax evasion by not reporting all his income from the businesses he owned was sentenced earlier this week to 18 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Grand Teton National Park requests the public's assistance in locating Rene Dreiling. A missing person flyer which includes a photo and physical description is attached.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office is temporarily closing BLM Road 5969, which provides western access to the Point Barr Recreation Area located near Wellsville, Colorado. Heavy rains in summer 2015 and 2016 caused substantial damage to a retaining wall that supports the road.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Homestead, FL: The Anhinga Trail will be closed to visitors starting Wednesday, September 7, 2016 and is expected to reopen in early October, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: A $1.2 million contract was recently awarded to Bruch and Bruch Construction of Port Angeles for the next phase of improvements to the Spruce Railroad Trail (SRRT) along the north shore of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. The work will include restoration of the 450-foot long McPhee Tunnel and other trail improvements to provide universal accessibility.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Two Cedar Rapids men who worked together to sell heroin and crack cocaine were sentenced yesterday to serve terms of imprisonment in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, commented today that National Preparedness Month - observed every September - serves as a reminder that we all must prepare for emergencies and disasters that can affect all Americans where we live, work and play.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Most areas previously closed within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park due to Hurricane Lester are now open.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 30-year-old teacher has been arrested on multiple charges surrounding his travel across state lines to engage in sexaul activity with a minor male, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Drew Dillon Watson is a Physics teacher at a local school serving approximately 1,000 students in grades 6-12.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: A Greenwell Springs, Louisiana, man was sentenced today to serve 240 months in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and production of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Sean Cox of the FBI’s Springfield, Illinois, Division.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell requesting additional information regarding EpiPen’s classification and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - John Wachaga, 22, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced on Friday in United States District Court in Concord, New Hampshire, for aiding and abetting the straw purchase of a firearm, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. According to United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice, Wachaga...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Celebrate autumn with an Apples Festival at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's historic Chellberg Farm on Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18 from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Fun is the theme of the weekend interleaved with the celebration of the all American Apple. This new event is part of the national lakeshore's year-long, 50th Anniversary celebration. Admission and parking are free.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A local tax return preparer has been arrested on new charges of illegally preparing 39 false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with D. Richard Goss, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Fall, winter, and spring operating hours will begin at Homestead National Monument of America, starting on Tuesday September 6, 2016, the monument will be open daily Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Saturdays and Sundays. Along with the changing winter hours, the monument will offer a wide variety of upcoming daily programs.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Tim Rains 406-888-5838. MEDIA16-48. Hiker Identified from Fatal Fall on Jackson Peak. WEST GLACIER, MONT -. The hiker, who fell from Jackson Peak on Tuesday, Aug. 30, has been identified as Dann R. Pilipow, 56 year old male from Portage, Indiana. 09-01-16 Media-47. On Tuesday, Aug. 30, two hikers...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David E. Rhoades, 36, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of a firearm as an unlawful user of a controlled substance. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
