News from September 2018
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2018
News Release: Weekend efforts from fire crews and air operations have resulted in good progress on the two fires burning in Rocky Mountain National Park. It is believed that both fires started on Thursday, Aug. 30, when a storm with lightning activity moved through the park. Fire managers made the decision to suppress...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2018
News Release: Jens “Jay" Yambert’s body was recovered this morning by helicopter from Rocky Mountain National Park. His body was transferred to the Boulder County Coroner’s Office. Boulder County Coroner’s office will not release positive identification until completion of an autopsy. However, it is believed that the body is that of Jens Yambert, 60, of Urbana, Illinois.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2018
Release: DULLES, Va. - A Transportation Security Administration officer stopped a Fairfax County, Virginia, man from bringing two loaded semi-automatic handguns onto an airplane at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Saturday, Sept. 1.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2018
Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Chester County, Pennsylvania, woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) Sept. 1, when they detected a handgun in the woman’s carry-on bag.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT -. Weather: The weather pattern remains active, with weak, upper level disturbances moving through the area over the next few days. These systems are expected to be dry and cool with gusty conditions between 20-25 miles per hour, especially for ridge tops. In between systems, the wind...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS - To commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Natchez Trace Parkway will host a living history encampment representing the expedition of Hernando de Soto on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. The encampment will be set up outside of the Parkway Visitor Center from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Malik Nasir, age 37, of Dover, Delaware, was sentenced on Aug. 24, 2018 to 17 ½ years in federal prison for illegally possessing five (5) firearms after a prior federal and state drug and gun felony convictions.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Tuesday, Sept. 18, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, invites the public to attend a free, 45-minute program at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37403.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2018
News Release: Whiskeytown, Calif. - The National Park Service will reopen the Whiskey Creek and East Beach areas of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area on Saturday, September 1 at 6:05 a.m. All other areas of the park, including trails, campgrounds, and facilities, remain closed due to hazardous conditions following the devastating Carr Fire.
