News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Following a successful concert in honor of the National Park Service centennial in 2016, Cape Cod National Seashore is pleased to welcome back the Cape Symphony for a free outdoor concert at 6:30 pm on Friday, August 25 at the recently renovated outdoor amphitheater at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman who worked as a laboratory technician at a local pediatric medical practice was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for unlawfully obtaining the personal identifying information of a patient’s parent and using it to apply for personal credit cards, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. United States District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey also sentenced her to one year of supervised release.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the below statement after Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas announced that they will halt construction on two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer power plant in Columbia, South Carolina and seek to pull out of the 9-year, multi-billion dollar project.


Queens Resident Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Trafficking Ecstasy

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PHILLIP STEWART, 46, a citizen of Jamaica last residing in Queens, N.Y., was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 14 months of imprisonment for distributing ecstasy.


Secretary Perry and Secretary Ross Hail New Coal Deal With Ukraine

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross welcomed the announcement from the Government of Ukraine that Ukrainian state-owned power generation company Centrenergo PJSC will purchase American thermal coal ahead of the upcoming winter season.


Latta on 2028 Olympic Games Coming to U.S.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement following the announcement that the 2028 Olympic Games will be coming to Los Angeles, California.


Orlando Men Plead Guilty To Armed Robbery

News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Julis Denson (Orlando, 30), Marquis Denson (Orlando, 31), Capree Patterson (Orlando, 26), Alvin Kendrick (Orlando, 42), and Isaac Tolbert (Orlando, 38) have pleaded guilty to robbery and brandishing a firearm in relation...


Secretary Perry and Secretary Ross Hail New Coal Deal With Ukraine

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross welcomed the announcement from the Government of Ukraine that Ukrainian state-owned power generation company Centrenergo PJSC will purchase American thermal coal ahead of the upcoming winter season.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican man has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for his role in importing cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.


News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- Darries Leon Jackson, a.k.a.“Darryl Jackson," 58, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced on July 31, 2017, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve life in federal prison for his conviction of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement following the announcement that the 2028 Olympic Games will be coming to Los Angeles, California.


News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Learn about mail order brides and an American Indian perspective on the settlement of the West at the California Trail Interpretive Center. The Trail Center is presenting a variety of programs throughout August. The following programs are free and open to everyone:.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Colombia

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 150,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Colombia during the 2017/2018 marketing year.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement following the announcement that the 2028 Olympic Games will be coming to Los Angeles, California.



Feast Day at Pecos Pueblo

News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park will host the annual Feast Day celebration at Pecos Pueblo this Sunday, August 6th. Parishioners from St. Anthony’s will process to the entrance of Pecos National Historical Park where they will be met by representatives from the Pueblo of Jemez. Many local...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) along with the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment donated the breast meat from 116 resident Canada geese to D.C. Central Kitchen last week. The meat will be used in the healthy meals D.C. Central Kitchen prepares daily for multiple nonprofit partners, including homeless shelters, rehabilitation clinics and afterschool programs.


News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A two-count criminal complaint was filed against Matthew Paul Gumz, 39, of Barstow, charging him with taking a California condor in violation of both the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Gumz made his initial appearance Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston and pleaded not guilty to both charges.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $185.8 million in airport infrastructure grants to 62 airports in 32 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).


Wild Horses and Burros Find Good Homes During BLM Adoption at the 2017 Cheyenne Frontier Days

News Release: (CHEYENNE, Wyo.) - Last week at Cheyenne Frontier Days, the Bureau of Land Management, the Mantle Ranch Wild Horse Adoption and Training Facility, the Mustang Heritage Foundation, and Madison “Mustang Maddy" Shambaugh worked to show visitors from around the world the potential in every wild horse and burro.