News from August 2017
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to construct a new boat launch facility at Stony Gorge Reservoir, 100 miles northwest of Sacramento in Glenn County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO, IL -- Gather with your family and friends this Saturday at Pullman National Monument for a Labor Day weekend celebration at Chicago’s only National Park Service site. Enjoy a short program to discover the intersection between Pullman and the federal Labor Day holiday and then relax, set up your...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host a Trail Celebration and Fall Hiking Season Kickoff on September 9 and 10. Everyone is invited to celebrate the importance of water, hiking, biking and equestrian trails in the area.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Gatlinburg, TN - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issued an independent review of the Chimney Tops 2 Fire that burned 11,410 acres in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in November 2016 and merged with other area fires, which caused 14 deaths and millions of dollars in damage in the Gatlinburg area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada returned an indictment on Wednesday charging three individuals with stealing more than $1 million in refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Frankfort, Ky., man was indicted today for charges alleging a scheme to bribe an employee of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Makimba Barry, 41, of Atlanta, Ga., pleaded guilty today before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute not less than 50 and not more than 150 kilograms of cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Sentencing is scheduled for January 4, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - EM has announced Robert F. Boehlecke as its new Nevada program manager effective Aug. 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 30, 2017, Bradley James Ries, 51, the owner of the Sure Shot Gun Shop in Clinton, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to two concurrent six-month prison terms for the transfer of a firearm without a National Instant Criminal Background...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Three hundred years of Virginia’s storied past will come alive at Rural Plains on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17, during Richmond National Battlefield Park’s first-ever Harvest Days. Offered in partnership with the Rural Plains Foundation, this weekend celebration will feature Revolutionary War and Civil War camps, kids’ games and crafts, artisans, historic weapons demonstrations, and much more. The event is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a DeKalb, Illinois, man who was arrested transporting four kilograms of heroin to Indiana pleaded guilty today in Trenton federal court, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: This closure includes dispersed backcountry camping along Redwood Creek, and the primitive campsites at Elam Creek, 44 Camp, Flint Ridge, DeMartin, and Little Bald Hills.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Thousands of spectators at four EM sites witnessed day turn to night as they stood in the path of totality of the historic solar eclipse on Aug. 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - One man was arrested and three others pleaded guilty today for their roles in an insider trading scheme that profited from yet-to-be public information concerning a pharmaceutical company that developed a drug to treat cancer, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Tuscaloosa man for illegally possessing a firearm because of several previous felony convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Makimba Barry, 41, of Atlanta, Ga., pleaded guilty today before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute not less than 50 and not more than 150 kilograms of cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Sentencing is scheduled for January 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that DORIS S. PITCHER, age 66, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641. As a result of her conviction, PITCHER faces a potential prison term of up to ten years as well as restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Customs and Border Protection announcement of awards for border wall prototypes...
