News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for the 2018 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards. These awards recognize those initiatives to foster sustainable development, which encourages environmental health, social responsibility and economic security.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, today submitted comments to the Department of Labor (DOL) calling on the administration to consider provisions included in the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 1101) as DOL works to expand access to association health plans (AHPs) to benefit American workers and families.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join members from several regional astronomical societies as they share their telescopes and introduce visitors to the night sky on Saturday, March 10, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Central Time at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Kemil Beach parking lot. Stargazing programs will be offered throughout 2018 starting shortly after sunset on the second Saturday of each month.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on March 17, 2018, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: JILA scientists have invented a new imaging technique that produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock in the form of near-instant visual art.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: On March 2, 2018, Summer B. Kirby, 28, of Johnston City, Illinois, was sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine and firearm offenses, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Mohamed Abdo Elbarati, of Winchester, Virginia, was sentenced in federal court today to 36 months incarceration for unlawful cigarette smuggling, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor was sentenced on March 2, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: Former Employee of U.S. Government Contractor in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks From Subcontractor.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - An Irish national was recently charged in Ireland following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, HSI Attaché London and HSI Boston, working jointly with An Garda Síochána (Garda), the national police service of Ireland.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 105 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: Biloxi Physician Convicted for Role in $3 Million Compounding Pharmacy Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man was charged today with conspiracy to distribute cocaine after law enforcement conducted a wiretap of his phone and found 2.5 kilograms of cocaine in his apartment, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of Craig A. Morgenstern, age 49, of Nine Mile Falls, Washington, that resulted in 12 life terms of imprisonment. In 2016, a federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JUAN CARLOS MOSQUERA-AMARI, age 46, of New Orleans, ALEXANDER MURIEL-DIAZ, age 52, of Houston, Texas, LUIS RAMOS GRAVEDEPERALTA, age 60, of Kenner, CARLOS ALBERTO GONZALEZ VALENCIA, age 36, of Houston, Texas, STEVEN DUNCAN, age 45, of Metairie, and JOSE ANTONIO...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced that Summer Kirby, 28, of Johnston City, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois, after having previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the City of Tracy Central Valley Project interim renewal contract.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa recently obtained several convictions against defendants committing offenses against minor children, as part of the United States Department of Justice Project Safe Childhood Initiative, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee will hold a hearing this week to examine the implementation of Coast Guard programs, and to examine a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report investigating commercial fishing vessel safety and vessel construction standards. This hearing builds upon the Subcommittee’s previous oversight hearings focused on the Service’s mission performance and long-term planning for the acquisition of major systems.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2018
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Two Pakistani national pleaded guilty Monday to federal money laundering charges following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Haven, Connecticut, and other federal law enforcement agencies.
