News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2018
News Release: Tumacácori celebrates Día de los Muertos on November 2 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with an evening of family fun including an outdoor screening of the new holiday favorite, “Coco." The Disney-Pixar movie, which won the Academy Award in 2017 for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, features many cultural traditions of el Día de los Muertos. Admission to the park during the celebration and participation in all activities, including the movie, is free of charge.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, TX - El Paso Zoo (zoo) will be piloting a Zoo-Park partnership with Big Bend National Park to coordinate efforts to conserve wildlife.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2018
News Release: Contact: Park Information, (970) 586-1206. Search efforts continue today for Ryan Albert, 30, of Marlton, New Jersey. Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team assisted by Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and Larimer County Search and Rescue are searching both low elevation and technical terrain...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2018
News Release: “The Department of Homeland Security is aware of the media reports of a technology supply chain compromise. Like our partners in the UK, the National Cyber Security Centre, at this time we have no reason to doubt the statements from the companies named in the story. Information and communications technology ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2018
News Release: Jaron N. Purham was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder for his role in the kidnapping, torture, and execution of gender-fluid high school student Kedarie Johnson, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Des Moines County Attorney ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA AND ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Winnemucca and Elko District Offices have concluded an emergency wild horse gather within the Owyhee Complex located in Humboldt and Elko Counties, Nevada. The BLM gathered 1,178 wild horses and removed 873 excess wild horses. In addition, the BLM treated 127 mares with the fertility control drug PZP-22 and returned 129 mares and 151 studs back to the range.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has reopened US 89 between Cameron and US 160 on the Navajo Nation. Traffic has been restored in both directions following damage caused by heavy rains.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2018
News Release: Yesterday afternoon, Friday, October 5, Rocky Mountain National Park rangers were contacted by the Denver Police Department, who had been notified by a family member that Ryan Albert, 30, of Marlton, New Jersey was overdue. It was believed he was attempting Longs Peak on Thursday, October 4. Albert’s rental car was found at the Longs Peak trailhead Friday afternoon. It is unknown what Albert’s planned destination or route was.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2018
News Release: Oregon Caves ranger-guided tours are still available. The Oregon Caves Chateau will be closed throughout 2019 for repairs and rehabilitation, but ranger-led tours of the cave will continue as usual.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement today on President Trump’s National Counterterrorism Strategy: “Since 9/11, the threats to our homeland—and our enemies—continue to evolve. It’s time for our counterterrorism posture to do the same. President Trump’s National Counterterrorism Strategy is the bold framework we need to confront a new age of terror, in which the ‘away game’ and ‘home game’ are now one in the same.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Alexandria, Virginia man pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography today in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Television personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino was sentenced to eight months in prison, and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for violating federal tax laws. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito for District of New Jersey, and IRS Special Agent in Charge John R. Tafur made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: A federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah, ordered R. Gregory Shepard and Neldon Johnson and Utah companies RaPower-3 LLC, and International Automated Systems, Inc., to disgorge over $50 million in gross receipts from facilitating and promoting an abusive tax scheme involving false tax deductions and solar energy credits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced Matt M. Dummermuth as the head of the Office of Justice Programs. Mr. Dummermuth replaces Laura L. Rogers, who now serves as Director of the Department’s Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Manufacturing is booming again in America. Production lines are rolling, smelters are aglow, and Made in America products are spreading around the globe. On this Manufacturing Day, Americans around the country can celebrate the growing manufacturing revival due to the tireless efforts of President Donald J. Trump and those in his Administration. We are focused on leveling the playing field and unleashing innovation to create more jobs in the United States.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ELKHART, IN – Recreational vehicle parts manufacturer Lippert Components – based in Elkhart, Indiana – will pay $338,151 in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 1,199 current and former employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) that found violations of the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at 53 plants nationwide.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: MENASHA, WI – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Wisconsin in Green Bay has awarded a machine operator $100,000 in back wages and compensatory damages after his employer Dura-Fibre LLC – based in Menasha, Wisconsin – terminated him for reporting injuries he and a co-worker sustained.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and organizations representing many of Ohio's craft brewers have established a two-year alliance to help improve workplace safety in the industry.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: HOWELL, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hamiltime Herb Co. LLC after inspectors found employees exposed to safety and health hazards in a follow-up investigation at its Howell, New Jersey, facility in May 2018. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $152,829.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: SCHNECKSVILLE, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited KidsPeace Inc. for exposing employees to workplace violence hazards at two behavioral and mental health facilities in Orefield, Pennsylvania. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $29,010.
