News from September 2017
By State Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The co-owner of a trash company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $463,000 in disposal fees.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Monday, Sept. 18, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, will present a free, 45 minute program on the experiences of African Americans who participated in the Battle of Chickamauga. This program will take place at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37403. The doors open at 5 pm, and the formal program begins at 5:30 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dennis Lee Artis, of Youngstown, Ohio admitted today to distributing cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Brookings, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Coos Bay District is issuing a temporary emergency closure of public lands in Curry County, Oregon. This closure affects public lands within and adjacent to the Chetco Bar Fire, currently burning on approximately 4,000 acres of BLM administered lands.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Fire status in Glacier National Park continues to evolve as the season progresses. This is a summary update of current visitor services, fire related closures, and a brief snapshot of each fire.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Bluefield drug dealer was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for selling pain pills, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Timothy Jordan, 48, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of hydromorphone.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, Sep. 2, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Michael Ronayne was featured in a documentary that aired on CNN.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID KEITH, a/k/a “David Wright," a/k/a “David Lee Keith," a/k/a “David Lee," a/k/a “Lee David," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 168 years in prison on five counts stemming from his...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced today that Dental Dreams, LLC, a national dental chain with locations in Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $1.375 million to resolve allegations that it improperly billed the Massachusetts Medicaid program (MassHealth) for unnecessary and unjustifiable dental procedures.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park is looking for public comment on an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) that was prepared to consider alternatives for removal actions for the Former Firing Range (Site) used by Lassen Volcanic National Park in Shasta County, California under the Comprehensive...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, September 6, at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing to examine the sharing economy and policies relating to this emerging workforce. The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Gardnerville, Nevada man pleaded guilty today to child sexual exploitation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that two residents of New Ipswich, New Hampshire have pleaded guilty to charges that they conspired to distribute misbranded drugs that they obtained from India.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: In 2012, federal, state and local officials combined to launch an innovative anti-violence initiative in New Haven. We called it Project Longevity in recognition of our goal to provide longevity to the lives of urban black males - who too often are cut down by gun violence - and because we aspired to instill the program’s core concepts in our police departments as an enduring way of “doing business." Within the year, Bridgeport and Hartford were also up and running.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Little Falls, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for robbing a TD Bank in Hawthorne, New Jersey, in February 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s plan to offer employee buyouts and early retirement incentives.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) has granted silver-tier International Dark Sky Park status to Craters of the Moon National Monument. More….
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: A St. Louis man will serve 27 years in federal prison for robbing two convenience stores and shooting a customer in 2010. Derek Marshall, 24, was sentenced on Aug. 31, 2017, in the U.S. District Court to 27 years in prison for his role in the June 17, 2010 armed robbery and shooting that occurred at...
