News from August 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
Release: JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. - The Transportation Security Administration has installed the latest checkpoint screening technology equipment at DuBois Regional Airport (DUJ).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev. - All four animals showcased at the Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries saddle-trained horse and cart-trained burro adoption event this past weekend were adopted. The event was held Saturday, Aug. 19 at the White Pine County Fairgrounds in Ely, Nev.
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on reports of increased Burmese troop levels in northern Rakhine State, which is home to a large population of Rohingya Muslims...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the news that the Department of the Interior (DOI), under Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, has ordered the National Academy of Sciences to stop its study of the human health impacts of mountaintop removal mining.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Accel Services LLC, operating out of Valley Cottage, N.Y., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: In the early morning hours of Aug. 20, 2017, law enforcement rangers at Buffalo River National Park were on foot patrol in Spring Creek Campground located near Yellville, Arkansas. While on patrol, the officers encountered an adult male subject with a handgun. The subject refused multiple commands to drop the weapon and was fired upon. The individual died as a result of his injuries. The deceased has been identified as Jonathan Bolger, age 44, of Branson, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: California Man Sentenced to Prison for Perpetrating Trademark Scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), ranking member of the House Committee on Judiciary, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: FBI Investigating Capital One Bank Robbery Located at 3540 St. Charles Avenue.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Did you know the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is one of two agencies responsible for defending America’s agriculture and food system from disaster? It’s a big responsibility for DHS and the Department of Health and Human Services when you consider that agriculture, food, and related industries contribute around 5.5% to the U.S. gross domestic product. On top of that, the agriculture and food sectors provide about 11 percent of total U.S. employment.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: This fire was started by lightning on Thursday, Aug. 10, at approximately 8:30 pm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2017
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park successfully recovered the body of a 30 year-old Washington man who, on July 3, had fallen into a hole above Pebble Creek while descending on skis from Camp Muir.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2017
News Release: A rescue effort during high tide late Friday night freed a young gray whale that had been stranded on a remote beach in Olympic National Park and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary for about three days.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 19, 2017
News Release: PHILADEPHIA - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia investigation led to the arrest of a Norristown man Aug. 19, on state charges of possession, receipt and distribution of images of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Officers from the Norristown Police Department are assisting in the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park rangers conducted a helicopter-based rescue of a climber who was seriously injured while descending the Grand Teton. The rescue effort began at 4:16 p.m. Friday, August 19 when rangers received a call from a member of the injured climber’s party.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jacqueline Jones, 47, of Fayetteville, New York, pled guilty today to Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree, a misdemeanor offense, in connection to her telephoning an anonymous bomb threat on Feb. 20, 2015 to the Children’s Beginnings Daycare in the James Hanley...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) proposal of a new method to calculate annual charges for hydropower projects on federal lands in Alaska. FERC is seeking comment on the use of a statewide average per-acre land value rather than a regional per-acre land value, which would reduce recent land use fee increases and help lower the cost of future projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jacqueline Jones, 47, of Fayetteville, New York, pled guilty today to Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree, a misdemeanor offense, in connection to her telephoning an anonymous bomb threat on Feb. 20, 2015 to the Children’s Beginnings Daycare in the James Hanley...
