News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park is pleased to announce the selection of Lisa Walsh as the October Artist-in-Residence. Lisa does metalwork, including jewelry designs in etched copper and enamel representing elevation contours. Her interest in topography is grounded in a lifelong fascination of geology and fire science.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2018
News Release: Staff continues clean up of roads and facilities at the park caused by heavy rains Friday night and in the early hours of Saturday morning. Pinto Basin Road is closed and probably will be for the next couple of days. Cottonwood Campground and Visitor Center are closed as well as access in and out of...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2018
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ- Explore the wonders of the night with Tonto National Monument at the "Park After Dark" 2018-2019 Event Series. Night sky events will include star gazing, interpretive astronomy programs, telescope viewing with astronomers from the Phoenix Astronomical Society, and Junior Ranger Night Explorer activities. Night hike events will include a guided interpretive hike to the Lower Cliff Dwelling after dark.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2018
News Release: New Temporary Exhibition about the Danish Immigrants, Ellis Island, New York.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2018
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ- Join Tonto National Monument to celebrate the festive season at the 3rd Annual Luminary Event on Dec. 15, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Hike to the Lower Cliff Dwelling Trail with glimmering luminaries to light your way. The trail will close to uphill hiking at 8:00 p.m. Bring water, a flashlight or headlamp, warm clothing, and closed-toed shoes. This event is free and open to the public.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: “Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Pete Gaynor to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). With the 2018 hurricane season fully underway, Pete’s confirmation could not have come at a more critical time. His experience as both a state and local emergency manager, combined ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Today, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen hosted the second day of the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, which focused on improving citizen security and safety in Central America. As part of the conference, Secretary Nielsen and Mexican Foreign Secretary ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Total Exceeds $4.8 Billion WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to invest in rural America with more than $4.8 billion in payments being made, starting this month, to agricultural producers through ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2018 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 25 members of the recently reestablished Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC). The newly appointed members will serve terms of up to two years beginning immediately and ending in 2020. ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2018) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $9.4 million in grants to provide enhanced training, outreach, and technical assistance to underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers. This funding ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant forced victims struggling with opioid addictions to prostitute for his profit Xaver M. Boston, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of six counts of sex trafficking and one count of using an interstate facility to promote a prostitution enterprise. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Three former commodities traders of a New York-based financial services firm (“Trading Firm A”) were charged yesterday for their alleged participation in an over $60 million commodities fraud and spoofing conspiracy that was perpetrated through the U.S. commodities markets. Two of these traders have ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: A Yeadon, Pennsylvania man was convicted by a federal jury today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania of one count of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns and preparing false tax returns that generated inflated refunds for his clients and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: A Reisterstown, Maryland man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison and ordered to pay $125,000 in restitution, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for traveling from the United States to the Philippines and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and to producing child pornography with the intent to transport the child pornography to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Following an order from President Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced that he is providing more resources for law enforcement in Chicago and filing a brief opposing a proposed consent decree on Chicago police.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the applications, under section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act, by Security Trust & Savings Bank, Storm Lake, Iowa, to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume substantially all ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross released the following statement after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) announcement of a pilot program implementing new requirements for foreign investment set forth in the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA): ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of a new antidumping duty (AD) investigation to determine whether mattresses from the People’s Republic of China are being sold in the United States at less than fair value. The alleged dumping margins range from 258.74 to 1,731.75 percent.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether aluminum wire and cable from China are being dumped in the United States and to determine if producers in China are receiving unfair subsidies. ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges response crews and residents in the areas affected by Hurricane Michael to be aware of hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees, and storm debris.
