News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Frederick A. McShan, 37, and David McShan, 42, both of Steubenville, Ohio, of running a heroin-trafficking organization.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
Release: BOISE, Idaho - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Boise Airport (BOI) discovered two guns at the security checkpoint within a five-hour period Sunday during routine screening of carry-on baggage. This comes on the heels of two other firearm discoveries in the past week at Idaho airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - The United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, Florence T. Nakakuni, retired from federal service effective Saturday, March 11, after receiving a request for her resignation as part of the transition in administrations in Washington, D.C. Appointed by President Obama in 2009, she became...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the House Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burns on several projects within Owyhee County and the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area throughout the spring. Objectives of these projects include reducing hazardous fuels, assisting with watershed research, and reducing the encroachment of western juniper in the sage-steppe ecosystem.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the launch of a busy Spring schedule of in-school presentations and community forums to address the growing epidemic of opioid and heroin addiction in Rhode Island, and the availability of prevention and treatment resources across the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that on Friday the President of the United States requested the resignation of U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II. Pursuant to the Vacancies Reform Act, Richard W. Murphy, previously the First Assistant U.S. Attorney (“FAUSA") is now the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) today sent a letter to President Trump urging him to assure that the United States will not default on its obligations, and outline his plan to work with Congress to raise the debt limit. Last year, Congress suspended the debt limit until March 16, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois since 2013, today announced his resignation from the Office, effective immediately. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel R. Levin has assumed the position of United States Attorney on an acting basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former manager of a Wells Fargo branch in Glendale, California, was convicted on Friday of money laundering and false bank entry charges in connection with laundering the proceeds of a trademark scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Green, 33, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in passion of a loaded firearm, was sentenced to 42 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Request for Public Assistance to Identify Man with Cane Attempting to Rob Chula Vista Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final environmental documents for the execution of an Interim Renewal Contract (IRC) for Central Valley Project (CVP) water with the City of Roseville (Roseville).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: HAGATNA, GUAM - War in the Pacific National Historical Park recorded 488,988 visits in 2016, the National Park Service’s centennial year. "War in the Pacific National Historical Park welcomes visitors from across the country and around the world," said Superintendent Jim Richardson. “We had a six percent...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark A. Simmons, 46, of Wheeling Island, West Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court to 15 months incarceration for illegally possessing firearms, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Manuel Herrera, 50, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Just an hour ago, the official score came out from the non-partisan experts at CBO - number crunchers who’ve been unfairly attacked over the last few weeks. There is no sugar-coating these numbers.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
Release: FAS is soliciting proposals for projects to be funded in fiscal year 2017 through the Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Program (LRP). Through the LRP, FAS partners with private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, and the World Food Program to implement field-based projects that provide development...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Hagerstown, MD - Fifty volunteers at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) qualified for the National Park Service’s Centennial Challenge Coin. Each of these dedicated volunteers contributed at least 201.6 hours to support the Park in 2016. Park staff have been awarding the...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Sedro Woolley, Wash. - The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will extend the public comment period regarding the proposed alternatives for the restoration of grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem by 45 days, through April 28, 2017. The agencies received several requests for an extension to the comment period from members of the public and local elected officials.
