News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park’s Education Specialist, Barbara Sanders, has been awarded the Freeman Tilden award by the National Park Service Northeast Region. The award recognizes Sanders for her creativity, advancement and ingenuity in the field of interpretation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - On Saturday, Oct. 27, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the new Humboldt River Artwork Exhibit will open at the Humboldt Museum in Winnemucca. The exhibit is a cooperative effort between the Humboldt Museum, the BLM Humboldt Field Office and the Southern Nevada Conservancy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Stefan Ramirez, 34, of Fresno, today to 12 years and seven months in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Riverside, California, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport more than five kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: During a lecture on Thursday, November 8, 2018, Dr. Jonathan Hoffman with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBNMH) will discuss the research plans for a significant sea cow fossil discovered on Santa Rosa Island in 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the three House Democratic leaders of the committees with jurisdiction over health care, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), released...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a saddle and halter-trained wild horse adoption event on October 20 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada. All 16 animals showcased at the event were subsequently adopted.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 40 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a stolen gun, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with participating in a romance fraud scheme that bilked victims across the United States and overseas of nearly $900,000.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) will host an open house on Thursday, November 8, 2018, to share early-stage information about a feasibility study for increasing water storage capacity within the Boise River system, particularly at Anderson Ranch Dam.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter with 43 House Democratic colleagues to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Deputy Director Brian Steed today urging him to rescind a policy memorandum on oil and gas leasing that a federal judge has already partially enjoined. The lawmakers also ask Steed to delay lease sales planned for December that impermissibly limit public input based on the controversial memo’s language.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking input regarding the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a proposal by Barrick Cortez Inc. to expand its Cortez Hills Project. This is an open pit and underground gold mine located south of Crescent Valley, in Lander and Eureka Counties, Nevada. The public comment period ends December 5, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will offer a free, public tour of its Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site on Oct. 25, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. Bluewater was a uranium-ore-processing site addressed by Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA). It is located in Cibola County, approximately 9 miles northwest of Grants, New Mexico, and covers 3,300 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment on Oct. 18, 2018, against Vance Franklin Myers, 31, of Ahwannee, charging him with three counts of unauthorized excavation and removal of archeological resources, and one count of possession of stolen government property, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Senior United States District Judge Callie V.S. Granade sentenced Christopher Scott Carey, 30, a resident of Portland, Maine, to imprisonment for twelve months and one day for making interstate threatening...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Eight New Orleans-area defendants have pleaded guilty for their participation in a conspiracy to obtain oxycodone through fraud by using fictitious prescriptions. Six of the eight defendants have also pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone on the black market.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - A York County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) Friday, Oct. 19, when they detected a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag. The York Haven, Pennsylvania, resident was caught at the checkpoint with the gun, a.380 caliber firearm, which was loaded with six bullets.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eight New Orleans, Louisiana-area defendants have pleaded guilty for their participation in a conspiracy to obtain oxycodone through fraud by using fictitious prescriptions. Six of the eight defendants have also pleaded guilty for the roles in a scheme to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone on the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jarrod M. Langford, 27, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three years and six months in prison for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
