News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Defendant faces at least five and up to 20 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- Travel back in time with the National Park Service for Emancipation Day on April 16, 2018, from 2 p.m to 8 p.m. at Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Four national parks in Maryland and the District of Columbia recently concluded annual operations to reduce overabundant white-tailed deer. Two Civil War battlefields, a 5,810-acre hardwood mountain forest and a national park in the heart of our nation’s capital, donated more than 14,000 pounds of venison to local non-profits that serve those in need.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 293 months in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release for receiving, possessing, and advertising more than 30,000 images and videos of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Chief District Judge James K. Bredar swore in Robert K. Hur today as the 48th United States Attorney for the District of Maryland.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - A new exhibit opens Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Tamarack in West Virginia featuring the artwork of local students who participated in the Youth Arts in the Parks 2018 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art contest. Local students used art to learn about regional ecology and to celebrate the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR HATE CRIME AND LYING TO THE FBI.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling for answers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) after a report she requested found problems with the agency’s whistleblower protection process.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jimmy Lee Barner, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon-in-possession of a firearm and violating supervised release, was sentenced to 70 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: WOOSTER, OHIO, April 9, 2018-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators have uncovered a potential weakness in the armor of fungus-farming ambrosia beetles that could lead to new possibilities for control, according to findings just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2018
News Release: Yosemite National Park Experienced Significant Impacts from Weekend Storm.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2018
News Release: With the passage of the Organic Act on Aug. 25, 1916, the newly established National Park Service would become the steward of some of the nation’s most treasured sites. More than century since its establishment, the National Park Service continues to preserve the natural and historic identity of the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2018
News Release: Yosemite Valley anticipates opening Sunday, April 8 at noon pending assessments.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2018
News Release: The Littleton Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, VI -U.S. Marshal Jim Clark for the District of the Virgin Islands announced the arrest of federal escapee Nathaniel Thomas who was wanted for Escape and Ivan James wanted for Double Homicide by the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, VI -U.S. Marshal Jim Clark for the District of the Virgin Islands announced the arrest of federal escapee Nathaniel Thomas who was wanted for Escape and Ivan James wanted for Double Homicide by the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: In 1991, Congress proclaimed the second week of April as “National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week," bringing well-deserved attention and recognition to public safety telecommunicators who are invaluable to the emergency response teams. The men and women who take emergency calls and...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: "Tonight, National Guard troops are deploying to support border security missions along the U.S. southwest border. Working closely with the border governors, the Department of Homeland Security identified security vulnerabilities that could be addressed by the National Guard. We appreciate the governors' support and are dedicated to working with them to secure the national borders.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: ‘2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program’ to Aid Recovery in Rural Communities WASHINGTON, April 6, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make disaster payments of up to $2.36 billion, as provided by Congress, to help America’s ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: “...[T]his administration remains committed to being a voice for America’s farmers, ranchers, producers, and foresters.” Trump has not Forgotten rural America’s Needs, Contributions By Secretary Sonny Perdue Lexington Herald-Leader [Kentucky] April 5, 2018 … While Congress continues its work on the Farm ...
