News from February 2018
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan in 2018. In anticipation of large spring break crowds, the route will begin service on Thursday, March 1. The Tusayan Route will run at 20- minute intervals between 8 am and 9:30 pm daily.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued a statement in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to allow insurance companies to offer short-term health insurance plans that aren’t subject to protections included in the Affordable Care Act.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State of the Nation’s Energy Infrastructure."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Hurricane man pled guilty today to federal gun and drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Malcolm Hodges, 25, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the West Virginia State Police, and the Dunbar Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man caught with heroin in January 2015 was sentenced today to two years and a month in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Daniel Justin Watts, 32, previously pled guilty to a single-count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute heroin. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Huntington FBI Drug Task Force.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C.-U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on National Labor Relations Board Inspector General’s ongoing investigation into Board Member William Emanuel’s participation in actions...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 20, 2018 - Puerto Rico residents continuing to recover from the impacts of recent hurricanes could be eligible for increased nutrition assistance, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This temporary assistance will be distributed through the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP), beginning March 1. NAP is administered by the USDA and is operated by the Puerto Rico Department of the Family.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Cedarhurst, New York, man today admitted his role in a long-running market manipulation scheme that netted millions in illegal profits between 2014 and 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 20, 2018 - Antonio Eugene Boyd, aka Tony T, 37, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced last week to nine years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today demanding answers on outrageous reports of Pruitt’s luxury travel at taxpayer expense. According to multiple press reports, Pruitt has repeatedly traveled in first-class at taxpayer...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Jeremy W. Gough, 41, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced the unsealing of a 69-count indictment charging a total of 12 individuals with operating a “pill mill." The indictment charges the owners, managers and physicians associated with HOPE Clinic, which operated as a purported pain management clinic in Beckley...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Fulton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography after his lost cell phone, which contained images of child pornography, was turned in to law enforcement.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State of the Nation’s Energy Infrastructure."
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week approved President Trump’s nominees to lead the Office of Personnel Management. McCaskill-who serves as the top-ranking Democrat on the Committee-voted to support both nominees, Dr. Jeff Tien Han Pon and Michael Rigas.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State of the Nation’s Energy Infrastructure."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense with Robust Passwords.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that William C. Cosby, 33, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 15 years in federal prison and six years of supervised release, following convictions for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry are hosting an ash tree bark peeling workshop to search for an invasive forest insect pest, the emerald ash borer (EAB), on Wednesday, February 28 from 9 am until mid-afternoon. The workshop will be held in the “fire cache," a heated garage at park headquarters, Acadia National Park, (20 McFarland Hill Drive), Bar Harbor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Charles Davis, III, age 46, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Feb. 16, 2018, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, to conspiring with others to distribute heroin in Luzerne County during February through November 2014.
