News from July 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) is excited to announce a mule packing demonstration conducted by members of the Back Country Horsemen Association (BCHA). On Saturday July 7, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., visitors will have the opportunity to learn about various pack saddles as well as animal packing techniques. The Back Country Horsemen will have mules on-site for the live packing demonstration.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public scoping comments on offering approximately 236,010 acres of federal oil and gas leases on public lands managed by the Colorado River Valley, Grand Junction, Kremmling, Little Snake, Royal Gorge, Uncompahgre and White River field offices in the upcoming December 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office and the Mono County Public Works Department will be conducting road maintenance on the Wild Willy’s Hot Spring Road in Long Valley from July 10-13. Motorists should expect temporary road closures between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: For Transporting Child Pornography. SOUTH BEND - Christopher M. Bangs, age 25, of LaPorte, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for transporting child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Bangs was sentenced to 88 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On July 3, 2018, a defendant in Collingdale, Pennsylvania was found guilty by a federal jury of immigration fraud and perjury charges, following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led investigation, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts State Trooper pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - With hurricane season underway, emergency crews around the world are ready to respond should a storm strike.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: Fort Union National Monument announces its next Star Party of the year, weather permitting, on Saturday night July 14, 2018. New Mexico is renowned for its enchanting landscape and open skies. Throughout history, mankind has turned their eyes to the celestial bodies of the night sky in awe and wonder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: Samuel Elliott, who Sexually Abused Three Young Children to Produce Child Pornography, was Prosecuted under Project Safe Childhood.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has added an additional meeting to the previously announced schedule of public meetings for the Draft Resource Management Plan for the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant Brought Rifle and Pistol to Trump International Hotel.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced a delay in enforcing certain requirements of the final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium in general industry. These requirements will not be enforced until Aug. 9, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: By Jennette Barnes. Standard Times. NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford Historical Society has been selected by the Toni Morrison Society to participate in the Bench by the Road Project, which places benches to recognize sites and people important to the history of the African diaspora. Lee Blake, president...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: Colleagues-. Two-hundred forty-two years ago today, the Second Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain. Thirteen colonies became “one people" with “separate and equal station" to the nations of the world. It was a bold experiment whose outcome was uncertain. But today we see that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announces that a guilty plea was entered on July 3, 2018, in front of United States District Judge Clay D. Land by 64 year old Darlene Corbett of Phenix City, Alabama, to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: Four defendants implicated thus far in investigation of overtime abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Brent E. Clark, M.D., a former family practice doctor in Pittsburgh, agreed to pay $360,000 to the United States to settle claims that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing to be submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary and unreasonable services, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant Obtained 24 Loans on Two D.C. Properties, Then Defaulted.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt seeking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Deadwood, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
