News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that his office sought, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green issued last Friday and earlier today, arrest warrants for 18 separate defendants charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine in the areas...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that his office sought, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green issued last Friday and earlier today, arrest warrants for eighteen separate defendants charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
News Release: Skagway - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park has finalized a fee increase for Chilkoot Trail hiking permits from $15 to $20 for adults and $7.50 to $10 for youth ages 6-16 per trip. This change will begin on Oct. 15, 2017 for reservations of hiking permits for the 2018 season.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 4, 2017 -- Families participating in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in hurricane-stricken Texas will have an easier time finding WIC-approved foods for mothers and their children thanks to food-package flexibilities approved Sunday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
News Release: Connect pages of history to the land and trails Saturday, Sept. 9, during the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center’s Pioneer Trail Trek program, “Mormon Trail Diaries."
By State Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners’ personnel and resources are supporting state, local, and tribal efforts throughout Texas and Louisiana. More than 30,000 federal staff are deployed in support of the response to Hurricane Harvey.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump today made additional disaster assistance available to the state of Texas by authorizing an increase in federal funding for certain eligible costs.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The federal government continues to focus on the lives and safety of those affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation and all operating agencies continue to work closely with officials in Texas as well as FEMA and Department of Homeland Security to assess the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey as we begin to move from rescue to recovery process.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: The winning entries from this year’s California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest will be on display at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center from Tuesday, September 5, 2017 through Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: For the latest information on the Sprague Fire, please visit.
By State Newswire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in response to reports of a nuclear test by North Korea, the sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date.
By State Newswire | Sep 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on North Korea’s latest nuclear test...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
News Release: (Albany, NH, Sept. 2, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Friday administered the oath of office to Tony Tooke, who became the 18th Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in a ceremony at White Mountain National Forest. Tooke has worked for the Forest Service since age 18 – with 37 total years of service – and until now was the Regional Forester for the Southern Region.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2017 -- USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has issued special procedures that give all states flexibility in providing expedited Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to families who have evacuated their homes and moved outside the State of Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
News Release: Stocky Man Wearing Black Baseball Cap Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
News Release: Beginning Sept. 2, 2017, the temporary Visitor Center at Minidoka National Historic Site will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 5 PM, as weather permits. The grounds of the site will still be open seven days a week from sunrise to sunset for self-guided tours on the 1.6 mile walking trail with outdoor exhibits telling the history of the site. To schedule a guided tour of 10 or more people, please call Hanako Wakatsuki at 208-933-4125.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 2, 2017 -- USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has issued special procedures that give all states flexibility in providing expedited Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to families who have evacuated their homes and moved outside the State of Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
News Release: Hot, Smoky Conditions at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.
