News from October 2017
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Patchogue, NY - On Friday, Sept. 29, nearly 100 students from the Woodhull School, Longwood Middle School, and Bay Shore High School participated in the first-ever “Day in the Life of Fire Island." The citizen science program, modeled after the Day in the Life of the Hudson River, was led by the National Park Service and coordinating partners including Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Portal to Discovery and the Central Pine Barrens Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., returned a verdict on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30, 2017) finding Brian Tony guilty on first-degree murder and witness tampering charges after a five-day trial, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Director Jesse Delmar of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Investigators are seeking the public’s help in determining what led to a fatal motor vehicle accident in Olympic National Park on September 25. During the early morning hours, a white Ford F350 pickup traveling westbound on Highway 101 along Lake Crescent near mile marker 224 rolled over and crashed after possibly colliding with a 19-foot log. The log may have fallen from a vehicle traveling eastbound.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: FRIDAY HARBOR, WA - San Juan Island National Historical Park plans to conduct a prescribed fire on Young Hill October 5, 2017, when weather permits. As part of post-burn operations, herbicide will be used in selected areas - less than one acre total - to minimize regeneration of non-native species. The...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the attack on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of the Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: 17-175. LOS ANGELES - A former director of South Korea’s Earthquake Research Center at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for using a Southern California bank account to launder bribes he received from two seismological companies...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Last week, U.S. District Judge Steven Logan sentenced Vestah Tikium to 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Tikium’s son, Terdell Dawes, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, while her other son, Terrell Dawes, was sentenced to 18 months in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Paul Lamont Richard Sentenced to 34 Months in Prison for Assaulting VA Employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 2582, the bipartisan “Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act." Introduced by Rep. Mia Love (R-UT), the bill resolves a longstanding legal issue and authorizes the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration’s to acquire 500 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. (“ARH") has agreed to pay the United States $150,000, to settle civil allegations that it unlawfully filled fraudulent prescriptions for stimulants and that it failed to make and maintain complete and accurate records of its controlled substances, in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: CHELAN COUNTY, WA - The Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed removal and replacement of the existing Upper Snow Lake tunnel water discharge control valve with a new valve. The water control structure is located on land owned by USFWS surrounded by the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area in Chelan County, Washington.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 2937, the “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act." Introduced by Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL), the bill authorizes partnerships between states and non-governmental entities for the purpose of expanding abandoned mine reclamation projects. The bill addresses...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Assessment for Phase II of Piping Cattleman’s Ditches
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Victims Targeted After Responding to Sales Notices on "OfferUp".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that it has filed a Complaint seeking civil forfeiture of a residence in St. Albans related to drug trafficking activity that occurred in the house from 2004 through 2006. The underlying drug trafficking case involved the 2006-07...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Federal Prosecution resulted from “Project Recoil".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Biscayne National Park is pleased to announce the reopening today of Adams Key, a popular day use area in the park. The key has been closed since Hurricane Irma swept through the area on Sept. 10, 2017. Saw crews have been working on clearing downed trees, removing stumps, and cleaning up storm debris to make the key safe for visitors.
