News from December 2017
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Rio Puerco Field Office plans to conduct an approximately 300 acre prescribed fire within the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas from January to March, weather permitting. This is a continuation of a project in the area known as Mesa Chivato, located west...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: JOSAR is recruiting new volunteer members. No prior training or experience is required. Joshua Tree National Park provides extensive training in land searching, tracking, incident management and high-angle rope rescue techniques. You may participate as a rescue member, field searcher or in a support capacity for team operations and logistics.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Environmental documents are complete for a new groundwater recharge project to bank up to 45,000 acre-feet of water annually in California’s agricultural-rich San Joaquin Valley. The project, part of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, will expand Pixley and Delano-Earlimart irrigation districts’ groundwater recharge efforts and improve area groundwater levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A defendant charged in a major drug distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and elsewhere was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 188 months in federal prison for his role in that conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Roberto Ramirez, 21, of Tucson, Ariz., was arrested on Dec. 24, 2017 and subsequently charged by complaint with multiple offenses, including transportation of illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury, high-speed flight from a border patrol checkpoint, assault on a federal officer, and use of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of six members to serve three-year terms on the National Mango Board.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office will be offering free, five-mile guided hikes to look for wintering bald eagles in the Cache Creek Natural Area in Lake County. The hikes will begin at 10 a.m. every Saturday from Jan. 6 through Feb. 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two men who admitted breaking into pharmacies and stealing controlled substances, Nicholas Evans, aka “Nico," and Darrien Jefferson, aka “Smoke," were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Night programs featuring free music concerts, story slams and fireside chats take place from January 6 to April 28, 2018, in Biscayne National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: National Park Service. Homestead National Monument of America. 8523 W. State Hwy 4. Beatrice, NE 68310. 402-223-3514 phone. 402-228-4231 fax. www.nps.gov/home. National Park Service News Release. - Dec. 27, 2017. Susan Cook 402-223-3514. Register for the Interactive SNOWCATCHER Children’s Blizzard...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: TUSCON, Ariz. - A southern Arizona man was charged in U.S. District Court Wednesday with the transportation of illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury, high-speed flight from a Border Patrol checkpoint, assault on a federal officer, and use of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two men who admitted breaking into pharmacies and stealing controlled substances, Nicholas Evans, aka “Nico," and Darrien Jefferson, aka “Smoke," were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a three-time convicted felon was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms in Fairbanks, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: Florida Resident Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: A federal court today unsealed charges against a fourth defendant for participating in a labor-trafficking scheme that forced minors to work at egg farms in central Ohio. The defendant, Pablo Duran Ramirez, was apprehended Saturday by Border Patrol while attempting to cross the border between Mexico and the United States. Three other defendants have previously been convicted for participating in the scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - As stewards, the BLM manages public lands for the benefit of current and future generations, supporting conservation as we pursue our multiple-use mission. Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, the Pacific Northwest Recreation Series maps will increase from $10 to $14. Produced by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, the Pacific Northwest Recreation Series maps include the following:.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Oratorical Contest at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a three-time convicted felon was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms in Fairbanks, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael E. Stradwick, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 84 months incarceration for distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
