News from November 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Democratic staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today issued a report detailing the Administration’s lack of information on costs or timeline for land seizure necessary for a proposed border wall and illustrating previous challenges to federal land...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Willoughby Police Department and the United States Attorney’s Office announce the arrest of two individuals responsible for the October 11 robbery of the Willoughby Eastlake Credit Union.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) encourages those interested in reviewing and commenting on a plan to help alleviate traffic and parking congestion in Arches National Park to do so by the December 4, 2017 deadline.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Defendant Threatened Officer with a Firearm During Traffic Stop on Laguna Pueblo.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is planning to burn piles of juniper and piñon cuttings in three locations in Catron County from Nov. 15, 2017 - April 1, 2018, weather permitting.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - ‘Tis the season! And for those looking for an outdoor experience as they begin celebrating the holidays, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin issuing Christmas tree permits from Nov. 15 through Dec. 24. The permits, which are specifically for Christmas trees on public lands...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Wanted by the FBI: Lorenzo Curteese Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - The DEA’s Phoenix Division has finished tallying the amount of drugs collected from those agencies who participated in the October 28th National Take Back event. Once again, Arizonans turned out in huge numbers and disposed of 11,668 pounds, nearly six tons, of prescription drugs. The total...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Last Defendant in the United States Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - James Diaz, 36, previously of Manchester, NH, was sentenced in federal court to 70 months in prison for firearms and narcotics offenses, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Today, during the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Indian Energy Program Review, Carole Plowfield, Acting Director for the Office of Indian Energy, announced a notice of intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Energy Infrastructure Deployment on Tribal Lands" later this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William Douglas Warwick, 53, of San Clemente, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating federal drug trafficking and firearms laws. Warwick entered the guilty plea under a conditional plea agreement under which he reserved the right to appeal from the court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence, and with the understanding that if he prevails on his appeal, he will be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A local man was sentenced Nov. 9 in federal court to six months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws and making false representations about having received military medals and decorations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Release Date: Nov. 14, 2017. Contact: Kelly Carroll. Phone: 671-333-4050. Holiday Closures at War in the Pacific National Historical Park Visitor Center. Park officials would like to inform the public the War in the Pacific National Historical Park’s T. Stell Newman Visitor Center will be closed in...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: (GLASGOW, Mont.) - Millions of Americans need bentonite every day, but many don’t even know it.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Ninety area students and teachers from the Lake Powell School in Bullfrog, Utah, and Bluff Elementary School in Bluff, Utah, were thrilled to visit Rainbow Bridge National Monument on November 9. The National Park Service’s Bridging the Gap Program and the generosity of Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas made the trip possible.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
Release: SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today showcased its new and expanded security checkpoint operations and checked baggage capabilities at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport’s (SBP) new terminal, which opened earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Dillon Menendez-Finch, of Spelter, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for a firearms violation, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the announcement of Alex Azar’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Nov. 13, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Luis Lorenzo-Urbina, age 31, of Bellevue, Nebraska for his conviction for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. Lorenzo-Urbina was sentenced to fifteen months of imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years.
