News from June 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Effective Monday, June 26, the Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and the Arizona State Forestry Division will increase campfire and smoking restrictions in southeastern Arizona.
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced his intention to withhold consent for U.S. arms sales to member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) until there is a path for resolving ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Hassayampa Field Office invites the public’s comments on a Draft Mining and Reclamation Plan of Operations submitted by Kirkland Mining Company (Kirkland) to develop a high quality pozzolan mine on approximately 76 acres of public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jeffrey Whitehead and Keenan Kendall were sentenced to 149 months in federal prison for being felons in possession of firearms. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Martin Patino Jr, 25, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to five years and 11 months in prison for two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Virginia residents are named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Elkins, West Virginia on June 20, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Robert C. Stuart, announced today that several individuals and drug task forces in Central and Western Nebraska will receive Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) awards. Midwest HIDTA Director Jeffrey Stamm will be recognizing these individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marquese Kelsey, 30, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to carrying out a broad-daylight robbery of a bank in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman who was caught with heroin in 2016 was sentenced today to two and a half years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Ashley Dawn Smith, 24, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Topeka man admitted Monday that he took part in a robbery while he was wearing a monitoring device, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) released the following...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Two illegal aliens and a United States citizen who sold real identification documents belonging to United States citizens pled guilty this week in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - In anticipation of the Independence Day Holiday, the Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office is again making a temporary, local exception to the fireworks ban on public lands. The use of fireworks will be permitted at a gravel pit northwest of Worland from June 30-July 4, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Anna Delarosa, 57, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to making false statements in applications for family visas, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A crack-cocaine wholesaler for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for his involvement in racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies operating in Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), praised the Senate's vote to confirm the renomination of Kristine Svinicki to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Senate voted 88 to 9 to confirm Svinicki, with bipartisan support. Svinicki was designated as the NRC chair in January and will remain in that role.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Orlando Doctor and Infusion Clinic Owner Sentenced to 64 Months and 90 Months in Prison for Role in Medicare Fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score on the impacts of the Senate Trumpcare bill...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider legislation that modernizes our energy infrastructure, environmental laws and enhances our energy security.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor moments before the Senate voted to confirm Kristine Svinicki, current Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to be confirmed for a third term as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
