News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Patrick Roy Wandahsega, 40, of Wilson, Michigan, was sentenced to 288 months (24 years) imprisonment for engaging in sexual contact with a child under 12 years of age, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - As stewards, the BLM is responsible for managing wildlife habitat while keeping public landscapes healthy and productive. Beginning March 1, 2018, three climbing walls: Reservoir Wall, Cat Wall, and The Wall, will be temporarily closed to the public during peregrine falcon nesting season. All other walls, cliffs and climbing routes will remain open.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a funding opportunity through its Desalination and Water Purification Research Program for fiscal year 2018. This funding opportunity invites private industry, universities, water utilities, and other research sponsors to submit proposals to cost share laboratory scale and pilot scale projects that address DWPR program goals and objectives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Fentanyl Sold by Defendant Linked to Two Fatal Overdoses; a Third Victim Revived with Narcan.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis requesting information about “extremely...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - An exhibition of works from the 2017 Marine Art Contest sponsored by Massachusetts Marine Educators (MME) will be on display at Cape Cod National Seashore’s Salt Pond Visitor Center throughout March. The artwork, created by students from schools across Massachusetts, as well as entries...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining the state of America’s infrastructure and what we can do to further modernize our energy infrastructure and improve workforce training and development in the energy sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Michael Wayne Brown, age 40, of Landover, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for firearm possession and firearm possession in a school zone.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: An interagency investigation by the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and other investigators has resulted in a man being sentenced to prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Timothy Keith Igou, age 31, will serve 37 months behind bars followed by 3 years probation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources examined the role of the U.S. in liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets and benefits of natural gas production, transmission and exportation for America and its allies.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Election Security, House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-PA), released the below joint statement on the need for election...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 22-year-old Texas man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of importing more than 56 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Amado Flores-Casas Jr., of Elgin, pleaded guilty Sept. 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Drug Users’ Illegal Possession of Guns Leads to Four Shootings in Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bruce King, 48, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a short-barrel rifle which was not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, was sentenced to 97 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A Las Cruces man pleaded guilty Monday to child pornography charges requiring at least a 15-year sentence in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: There’s something special about Wilmington, North Carolina. The city of approximately 120,000 is a stone’s throw away from two of the most well-known beach destinations in the Tarheel State - Carolina to the south and Wrightsville to the east.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Rashad Nashid, 38, of Burlington, VT, made his initial appearance today in the United States District Court in Burlington, following his arrest for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy detained Nashid pending trial.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 30 members to serve three-year terms on the National Potato Promotion Board beginning March 1, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: New Step Increases Transparency in Development of Dietary Guidelines WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new step in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) development process. For the first ...
