News from September 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – Since Hurricane Maria impacted the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners continue to work in support of the Islands.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – Thousands of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel and partners continue to provide life-sustaining resources to Puerto Rico while aggressively working 24-hours to restore power and return daily routine.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2017 – Puerto Rico families struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria have started receiving assistance in the form of food boxes packed with nutritious, 100 percent American grown and produced USDA Foods from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricanes Irma and Maria damage and response. Homestead, Fla. - The National Park Service Eastern Incident Management Team (EIMT) has established base operations in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At this time, all six national parks in the Caribbean remain closed. All employees...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 30, 2017 - Puerto Rico families struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria have started receiving assistance in the form of food boxes packed with nutritious, 100 percent American grown and produced USDA Foods from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: STONEWALL, TEXAS - Make plans to put on your dancing boots and head over to the LBJ Ranch on Saturday, Oct. 28, for the annual “Barbecue on the Pedernales." Co-hosted by the National Park Service and Friends of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, this event will carry on a Johnson family tradition of Texas hospitality.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricane Irma damage and response. Homestead, Fla. - Biscayne National Park and Fort Pulaski National Monument employees were joined by nearly 200 volunteers who helped with hurricane cleanup in honor of National Public Lands Day. Volunteers removed storm debris and...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Sept. 30, 2017 - Missing hiker Edward “Hall" Newbegin has been located in Sequoia National Park. The parks’ helicopter spotted Mr. Newbegin hiking towards Mineral King on the Franklin Lakes Trail, approximately 2.5 miles east of the trailhead. Park rangers made contact with Mr. Newbegin, confirmed that he was uninjured, and provided an escort out of the wilderness to reunite with his family.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump’s abhorrent tweets attacking Puerto Rico...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev. - Lund community members Saturday worked alongside local Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and National Park Service employees to complete cleanup of an illegal dumpsite for National Public Lands Day and support town Boy Scout Skyler Carter’s Eagle Scout Service Project.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) and the National Park Service (NPS) recently renewed their agreement addressing maintenance on the three airstrips in Death Valley National Park. Volunteers will perform maintenance on public airstrips at Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, and Saline Valley.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: When: Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Sept. 30, 2017 - Park officials are seeking leads to aid in the search for a missing hiker. 49-year-old Edward “Hall" Newbegin was last seen on Wednesday, Sept. 27, in the lower Big Arroyo area of Sequoia National Park, when he separated from his hiking party. His party reported Mr. Newbegin missing the following day, after he failed to arrive at their rendezvous point.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke traveled to Puerto Rico to observe Hurricane Maria response and recovery efforts, and to meet with Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló and other local officials.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2017 -- Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today pledged all resources and flexibilities at USDA's disposal as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands recover from the devastation of recent hurricanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officer Richard Scavone pleaded guilty today in federal court to assaulting a handcuffed woman in his custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Senior law enforcement officials from the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras announced here today criminal charges against more than 3,800 MS-13 and 18th Street gang members in the United States and Central America in a coordinated law enforcement action known as Operation Regional Shield. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that the Kansas City, Kansas, Housing Authority (KCKHA) and three of its former employees have agreed to pay $365,000 to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the department in 2015. So far this year, the Justice Department has filed or settled four cases ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Michael Hegarty, 40, an Irish national, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami to fraudulently facilitating the transportation and concealment of a Libation Cup carved from an endangered rhinoceros horn, that was illegally smuggled from the United States to Great Britain.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: A former executive of a Tenet Healthcare Corporation-owned hospital and the owner and operator of an Atlanta-area chain of pre-natal clinics were charged in a superseding indictment that also added additional charges against another former Tenet executive for their alleged roles in an over $400 million ...
