News from August 2017
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today wrote to Republican Committee leaders with a list of eight additional witnesses that they say should be added for the full committee hearing...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: The first specialty license plates in Hawaiʻi are available from your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office now and feature colorful, iconic scenes from Haleakalā National Park and Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Luther Whelan, 42, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 104 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 68 of the 104 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 31 of them have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan; New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Lake Charles man was sentenced Wednesday to 130 months in prison for distributing cocaine and possessing firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a joint statement by tax reform principals in the Senate, House and administration, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today laid out the path ahead on comprehensive tax reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court, GASTON L. SAUNDERS, JR., 53, of Wanchese, North Carolina, pled guilty to federal charges regarding the illegal harvest and sale of Atlantic striped bass from federal...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac is pleased to announce that Cape Point, Frisco, and Ocracoke Campgrounds will reopen at 12:00 pm on Friday, August 4, 2017. The three Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) campgrounds were temporarily closed after Dare County and Hyde County issued mandatory...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: VERNAL, Utah-In keeping with the Administration’s goals of America’s Energy Independence by reviewing and streamlining business processes to better serve customers and the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah is hosting an Oil and Gas Operator Outreach Event. This event will take place Aug. 8-9, 2017, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Uintah Conference Center, 313 East 200 South, Vernal, Utah.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate today passed H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, by a vote of 94-1, following the House’s passage of the bill last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: A ten-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging William Nelson, former Director of Procurement at the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office (RCDA), with one count of theft of funds and nine counts of mail fraud. The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge James Orenstein at the Brooklyn federal courthouse this afternoon.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today wrote to Republican Committee leaders with a list of eight additional witnesses that they say should be added for the full committee hearing...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed two of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Timothy Alan Overcash, 52, of Gold Hill, N.C. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 150 months in prison for enticement of a minor using a means and facility of interstate commerce, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Conrad also ordered Overcash to register as a sex offender and to serve the rest of his life under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed two of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sold 63.75 acres in 13 parcels for $15,397,200 during a competitive public land sale. The agency offered 81.25 acres, in 17 parcels, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). Parcels offered for sale varied in size from 1.25 to 17.5 acres and were located in the Las Vegas Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Karl Edward Hahn, 44, of Manchester, Connecticut and formerly of New Castle, New Hampshire pleaded guilty on Tuesday to participating in a wire fraud scheme that defrauded a victim of approximately $2 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA OIG) today released the results of its review of the circumstances of veteran Brandon Ketchum’s suicide and whether Ketchum received adequate mental health treatment at the Iowa City VA Health Care System. Ketchum was a native of Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Sens. Ron Johnson, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, sought the review in August 2016. The senators made the following comment...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Omar Felix-Corrales, 38, and Valeria Silvas Villarreal, 23, both of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, and Felix-Corrales alone with possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
