News from February 2017
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. After 16 hearings on SNAP last Congress the Committee is back at it, taking a look at what SNAP recipients are purchasing with their SNAP dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: FEB 16 - BOSTON - An Israeli national and his co-conspirator were indicted in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to transfer $2.5 million of cocaine from Colombia to Israel via Boston as well as money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation has closed the road across Boca Dam located near Truckee, California. Substantial precipitation has filled Boca Reservoir, necessitating the road closure to ensure the security of the facility and the safety of the public. The actual duration of the closure is not known at this time but will likely last until the fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council will meet on Feb. 22 from 3-6 p.m. in Grand Junction to discuss implementation priorities for the Approved Resource Management Plan.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Julia Washburn, associate director for interpretation and education, at the NPS headquarters, as the next superintendent of Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Sandia Distributors Inc., Nogales, Ariz., for failure to pay for produce.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Norma Torres, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, today hailed the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) for resolving, at its just-concluded Executive Council Winter Session, to...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, today introduced the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 1101). Part of a step-by-step ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gary Begay, 23, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Kirtland, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Begay will be sentenced to nine years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The first community snow shoe hike will be in Lamoille Canyon near the vicinity of Power House Picnic Area located in the Ruby Mountains at 6:00p.m., Saturday, February 25th.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: John Patrick Nordmann, 59, of Laramie, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, on Feb. 16, 2017, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nordmann was arrested in Laramie, Wyoming. He received 36 months of imprisonment, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and a $250.00 fine. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Arrest warrants were issued for eight people on federal charges of interstate transportation of stolen property and conspiracy, said FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony, Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Calvin Williams, Chief, Cleveland Division of Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A North Central Iowa man pled guilty yesterday to failing to make proper report and notification during the renovation of the former Kossuth County Home, which contained asbestos. Gary Christianson, 57, from Algona, Iowa, was convicted of one count of failing to notify and report that he was renovating a building containing asbestos to the Environmental Protection Agency or Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ERIC IAN HORNAK SPOUTZ, a/k/a “Robert Chad Smith," a/k/a “John Goodman," a/k/a “James Sinclair," was sentenced today to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan for wire fraud charges arising out of his sale of dozens of forged artworks purportedly by renowned American artists such as Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline, and Joan Mitchell.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.), Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review...
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Iran on Notice." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Forgeries Included Works Purportedly by Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline, and Joan Mitchell.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: An Ellis Grove, Illinois, man was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun, announced U.S. Attorney Donald S. Boyce for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Christopher Lee, 64, of Auburn, charging him with the production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
