News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced that Big Bend National Park will modify its entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, 2018, the entrance fees to the park will be $30 per verhicle or $25 per motorcycle.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2018
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management, in conjunction with the Cibola National Forest, is temporarily closing public lands in Cibola County within the area of the Bluewater Fire to all unauthorized entry, effective immediately. This closure will remain in effect until the Bluewater Fire is...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 14, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s selection of James Hubbard to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment. Following the announcement, Secretary Perdue ...
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
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 precision strikes in Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: FBI Oklahoma City Investigating Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: Email: Karen_sloat-olsen@nps.gov. Thomas Edison National Historical Park Changes Entrance Fee to Address Infrastructure Needs & Improve Visitor Experience. WEST ORANGE, NJ - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today Thomas Edison National Historical Park will modify its entrance fees to provide...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 11, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Eddie Ruiz-Vélez, a state correctional officer, and Yissette Burgos-Santiago, for interference with commerce by robbery, and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. Ruiz-Vélez is...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla - Everglades National Park is the space where two worlds collide-tropical and temperate. Here, tropical and temperate species flourish side by side in a unique environment that is part Caribbean and part North American. On Sunday April 15, the Park will offer a free, Spanish language Ranger-led...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: Pinnacles National Park Changes Entrance Fee to Address Infrastructure Needs & Improve Visitor Experience.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: Devils Tower, WY. Devils Tower National Monument and the Devils Tower Natural History Association have partnered with Kids In Parks to create the first TRACK trail in the Wyoming Black Hills, the Red Beds Trail. The dedication for the TRACK Trail and ribbon cutting ceremony will be held Saturday, April...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spurred further action from the company, this time with the removal of nine Facebook pages created by foreign entities that imitate veterans organizations. BuzzFeed News first reported on the fake pages and their consequent removal.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spurred further action from the company, this time with the removal of nine Facebook pages created by foreign entities that imitate veterans organizations. BuzzFeed News first reported on the fake pages and their consequent removal.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: EIGHT SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS. April 13 and 14, 2018. Lima, Peru. OEA/Ser.E. CA-VIII/doc.1/18. 14 April 2018. Original: Spanish. LIMA COMMITMENT. “DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AGAINST CORRUPTION". Lima, April 14, 2018. We, the Heads of State and of Government of the Hemisphere, meeting in Lima, Peru at the VIII Summit...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spurred further action from the company, this time with the removal of nine Facebook pages created by foreign entities that imitate veterans organizations. BuzzFeed News first reported on the fake pages and their consequent removal.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 13, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today announced the government of Argentina has finalized technical requirements that will allow U.S. pork to be imported into Argentina for the first time since 1992.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against the owners, builder, and designer of the Ashlynn Estates, a three-building dormitory-style property near Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Keith and Tamra Riexinger own the property, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that Phil Keith will serve as the Director of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The COPS Office is the division of the Justice Department responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Miami, Florida, returned an indictment on Tuesday, April 10 charging a Miami, Florida, certified public accountant with tax evasion, failing to file tax returns and failing to pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tax return preparers pleaded guilty today to aiding in the preparation of a false tax return for an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) undercover agent, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G. T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice honored 12 individuals and programs for their exceptional service to victims of crime during the annual National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C.
