News from April 2017
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Join us for programs and special events as we kick off National Park Week and celebrate Junior Ranger Day and Earth Day. During National Park Week, no entrance fees will be charged during the weekends of April 15-16 and April 22-23. In addition, a 15% discount is offered by Western National Parks Association on Saturday, April 15 and April 22 on all bookstore items at the Visitor Center.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Axtell, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Axtell Contract Off-Range Corrals have issued a voluntary quarantine of wild horses at the facility due to an outbreak of upper respiratory tract infection. Individual infected animals are being tested for the exact cause, but early diagnosis indicates “strangles" or equine distemper (Streptococcus equi).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier National Park is preparing for the summer visitor season. Plowing operations will begin along the Going-to-the-Sun Road the first week of April starting at Lake McDonald Lodge on the west side of the park, and the second week of April beginning at St. Mary on the east side of the park.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement on FCC Chairman Pai’s decision to reverse the conditions imposed on Charter Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Luis Osorio, 27, of Rochester, NY, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to 63 months in prison for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jonathan Leigh Wienke, 46, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for unlawfully making firearms, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will meet this week to mark up H.R. 1808, the Improving Support for Missing and Exploited Children Act, and H.R. 1809, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017. Additionally, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a legislative hearing to discuss H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. Both the markup and hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud and filing a false tax return, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Four Energy and Commerce Committee democratic leaders sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today urging Committee Republicans to work with Democrats to carry out oversight and investigate the Trump Administration’s decision to allow the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos despite overwhelming scientific...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ramiro Catano, 51, and his brother Tereso Catano Casas, 49, both of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to felonies involving the failure to file IRS forms required for cash transactions over $10,000, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Who: Bureau of Reclamation. What: Annual Stakeholder Meeting on Pecos River Operations. When: Monday, April 10, 2017, at 2 p.m. Where: Bureau of Land Management Carlsbad Field Office, 620 East Green St. Carlsbad, N.M. Why: To learn more about the process used for determining this year’s operating plan, ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Four Energy and Commerce Committee democratic leaders sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today urging Committee Republicans to work with Democrats to carry out oversight and investigate the Trump Administration’s decision to allow the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos despite overwhelming scientific...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: ST. GEORGE - Federal prosecutors working in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. George have filed 15 firearms cases since the beginning of 2017. Partnering with local police officers, task forces, and federal agents, their efforts are targeting individuals prohibited under federal laws from possessing firearms or ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that STEVEN F. ANGLE, age 61, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick to three counts of filing false tax returns, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1)...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Montana students, ages 15-17, are encouraged to apply for the Glacier Youth Corps program working in Glacier National Park this summer. The program provides a hands-on conservation opportunity with duties such as fencing, trail maintenance, habitat restoration and revegetation, while living and learning in the park.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement on FCC Chairman Pai’s decision to reverse the conditions imposed on Charter Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JULIAN CINTRON, also known as “Papi" and Jay," 37, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his leadership role in a scheme to distribute oxycodone that was obtained through fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Curtis Williams, Jr. (34, Tampa) to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: Gunnison, CO: As the weather warms and snow recedes, the National Park Service is beginning to open some of the facilities and services in Curecanti National Recreation Area and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to two years and three months in federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Steven Bailey, 53, of Charlotte, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
