News from August 2018
By DOE Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Testing is underway on the next phase to remove a reactor fuel storage basin near the Columbia River on the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant admits having received over $1 million as a result of her participation in the scheme to defraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is seeking public input on the potential environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing during oil and gas production on new leases on public lands and Federal mineral estate. The 30-day scoping period starts Wednesday, Aug. 8.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the Commission to investigate reports that Sinclair Broadcasting illegally exercised control over the advertising activities of Tribune Media Company.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The uncontained brushfire that originated in Keauhou Ranch on Sunday has been exacerbated by dry, windy conditions and grew to 1,495 acres overnight.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Separate Superseding Indictment Charges Former County Manager with Multiple Tax Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant is pleased to announce the appointment of Beth C. Boswell as Chief of the Criminal Division for the Western District of Tennessee. This position was vacated when Joseph "Joe" Murphy was appointed as First Assistant United States Attorney.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the Commission to investigate reports that Sinclair Broadcasting illegally exercised control over the advertising activities of Tribune Media Company.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Dear Dr. Collins: We write to express deep concern regarding harassment in the workplace and to obtain information on how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working to address the issue both within the agency and in research facilities that receive NIH funding. Federal funding should not support...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 65-year-old Mineola, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for possessing thousands of images of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Overbilled Navy by “Renting" Equipment that was Actually Owned by Executives of the Parent Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Juan Ramon Vasquez, a citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty today to illegal reentry after deportation. In May 2009, the defendant was deported from the United States. Thereafter, in March 2014, the defendant was found back in the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Marcus Shanord Reddix, 35, of Vancleave, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 210 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine in Vancleave, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, a federal grand jury in Asheville returned a criminal bill of indictment, charging three former top Buncombe County officials, Wanda Skillington Greene, 67, Jon Eugene Creighton, 66, and Amanda (Mandy) Louise Stone, 59, all of Buncombe County, with wire fraud and aiding and abetting;...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On August 7, 2018, Bradley Gene Romero, 32, of Newport, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to serve 228 months in federal prison for his role in a significant methamphetamine (meth) conspiracy and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Cadillac Mountain Star Party will take place from 8 to 11 pm on Saturday, September 8. Participants must reserve parking at Mount Desert Island High School for the event and ride a shuttle to Cadillac Mountain.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: New Exhibits Along Timpanogos Cave Trail Focus on Geologic History, Wildlife, Plants, Safety, Fitness and Health.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement on the announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) that the agencies will work to empower additional states and tribes to issue dredge-and-fill permits.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the Commission to investigate reports that Sinclair Broadcasting illegally exercised control over the advertising activities of Tribune Media Company.
