News from February 2017
By DOE Gazette | Feb 15, 2017
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The recent snow melt and rain has damaged roads within the BLM Elko District. Visitors driving on public land should use caution and be aware of road conditions. Report road damage and washouts on BLM managed public land to the BLM District office or call the front desk at 775-753-0200.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: MIAMI - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced today that that he will step down from his post on March 3, 2017. Mr. Ferrer tendered his resignation to President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Matthew Moretz, 31, of Taylorsville, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today and pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Brian Davis has sentenced Robert Lee Lanier (57, Jacksonville) to 18 months in federal prison for theft of more than $236,000 in government property. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) adding the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) oversight of offshore oil and gas extraction activities to...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Beginning in mid-February the National Park Service will rehabilitate the pump houses at Indian Garden and the Black Bridge near Phantom Ranch. Completion of both projects is anticipated in mid-April. These projects may temporarily disrupt backcountry users.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, Heath Eugene Solomon, 50, of Drain, Oregon, was sentenced to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for being a felon in possession of a loaded 12-gauge shotgun. Solomon was arrested by a Douglas County Sheriff deputy following a neighbor’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: FEB. 15, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released for December 2016. This report provides important information and insights on the current state of the retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors of the economy. One of the key estimates in the MTIS report is total business inventories, which is...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - How would you like to help Yellowstone while you work, learn, play, and serve in the world’s first national park? Yellowstone National Park is currently recruiting for the 2017 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program, a residential work-based education program for young men and...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement today on the withdrawal of CEO Andrew Puzder from consideration for the role of Secretary of Labor under President Trump.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Two Cleveland residents were charged with defrauding banks out of at least $76,000 by using fake identities, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 25-year-old Jasper, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Dear Attorney General Sessions and Director Comey...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Keystone, South Dakota - Friday, February 17th, members of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Preservation Team and engineers from RESPEC Engineering from Rapid City, South Dakota, will be performing monitor maintenance on the face of the sculpture. The National Park Service is in the middle of an up to 5 year contract with RESPEC engineering. The local company is providing rock block monitoring technical assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON GALANIS was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for manipulating the market for Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. (“Gerova"), a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and to defrauding...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal grand jury has charged three men with conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine in central Illinois, specifically in the Beardstown area, and related drug charges. Those charged are Hector Lopez-Herrera, of the 12000 block of Ill. Route 125, Beardstown; Modesto Favela-Chaidez, Chicago, and Jose Rolando Acosta-Hernandez, of the 1000 block of Garm Ave., Beardstown.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that the building commissioner for the City of Muncie, Indiana, has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, theft, and money laundering. The arrest is part of a year-long and on-going investigation by the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Steven Matthew Chambers, 33, of Eugene, to 132 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Following his prison sentence, Chambers will be on supervised release for 5 years.
