News from June 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Senate approved reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo: The 4th of July holiday is right around the corner, and the BLM, our friend Smokey Bear and our wildland firefighters would like to remind everyone to be safe and responsible when enjoying public lands. When you practice wildfire safety, you help keep Wyoming public lands healthy and productive.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate yesterday passed five Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting our nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Juan Garcia, 34, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that former Fort Peck Tribal Officer Mikkel Derrik Shields was sentenced to one year in prison, one year of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,149.06 in restitution. The sentencing occurred on June 28, 2018, before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris, in Great Falls, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Shingaidzo Nhekairo, 49, of Arnold, Maryland, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of alien harboring for financial gain and one count of unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents. The indictment was returned on June 20, 2018, and unsealed today upon the arrest of Nhekairo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: (CINCINNATI) - Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Lamont Pugh III, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG); Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate yesterday passed five Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting our nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Six Months Later, Real Gains for the American People.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Vernal, Utah, man will spend 180 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on June 27, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Dustin Allen Hughes, 26, of Cutler Bay, Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Southern District of Florida to one count of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs through the threatened use of a dangerous weapon and explosive, in connection with making a phone call in which he threatened to detonate a bomb at a mosque in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned a third superseding indictment charging twenty-four alleged members and associates of the gang MS-13. The indictment was returned on June 27, 2018 and unsealed yesterday.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced $100 million in funding for 42 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to strengthen U.S. economic leadership and energy security.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Jimmy Stewart, the regional structural fire manager for the Southeast Region of the National Park Service (NPS) since February 2017, is the new structural fire prevention manager for the NPS. Stewart replaces Brian Johnson, who became chief of the structural fire program in December 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of ALEX REAVES LUNDIN, 26, to 24 months in prison for her role in a $1.1 million Ponzi scheme orchestrated by her husband, Jeremy Lundin. LUNDIN, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 15, 2018, was sentenced yesterday before Judge Wilhelmina...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Dustin Allen Hughes, 26, of Cutler Bay, Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Southern District of Florida to one count of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs through the threatened use of a dangerous weapon and explosive, in connection with making a phone call in which he threatened to detonate a bomb at a mosque in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, July 14, visitors are invited to come and experience the power of Civil War artillery, as Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park rangers and living historians tell its story on the Chickamauga battlefield. These programs will take place at the Wilder Brigade Monument (Tour Stop 6), in Chickamauga Battlefield, at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: South Florida Doctor Convicted Of Participating in a Conspiracy to Illegally Dispense Opioids and Other Drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for 158 of the 159 parcels offered at the sale.
