News from February 2019
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Katmai has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the construction of an overlook platform at the Research Bay Overlook along the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Road in Katmai National Park and Preserve. The project includes the following objectives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Trafficker and codefendant arrested with over 150 grams of heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, held a public hearing today to conduct oversight of the Trump administration’s actions during the 35-day partial government shutdown. Chair McCollum released the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Roy Blunt, R-Mo., today introduced legislation to help ensure the continued growth of America’s craft beverage industry. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act would permanently establish reduced taxes and modernized regulations for brewers, cider makers, vintners and distillers to further promote job creation in each industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On February 5, 2019, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Christian Moylan, age 38, of Eden, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for his conviction on attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexually...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Marstons Mills man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Cuban Citizen Arrested on Charge of Making False Statements on an Application for Lawful Permanent Residence.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: McLean, Va. - The National Park Service (NPS) is reopening the comment period on the Environmental Assessment (EA) about safety in Memorial Circle. The comment period will reopen from Wednesday, February 6 to Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 to make sure commenters who may have missed the opportunity to share their thoughts during the recent partial government shutdown have the chance to do so.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Poplar man was sentenced today to six years and eight months in prison and to three years of supervised release after he admitted beating to death a man during a quarrel in July 2017, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Victim Was Hit So Hard That the Lug Wrench Broke In Two Pieces.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Willie Peterson, also known as “Chill," 50, previously pled guilty to an indictment that charged him with conspiracy to distribute 100...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announced today that Point Reyes National Seashore is seeking applications for this summer's Youth Conservation Corps Program (YCC).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces an Indictment charging SHEILA RUFFIN, 50, of Rocky Mount, with 15 counts of Disaster Fraud related to the Hurricane Matthew recovery effort conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: HAGATNA, GU - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Benson Guam Enterprises Inc. - based in Hagatna, Guam - for exposing employees to struck-by hazards after an employee suffered fatal injuries when several doors fell on him as he unloaded a shipping container.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 4, 2019, Clayton Begay, 43, of Kayenta, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Tuchi 14 years’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to one count of second degree murder on August 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Charles A. "Chuck" Jones, the part owner of two now-dissolved technology companies, Technology Associates, Inc. and Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., and Mark J. Whitaker of Murray, Kentucky, were indicted on federal criminal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced their intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute: Cybersecurity in Energy Efficient Manufacturing.".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), held the first hearing today of a monthlong series on climate change impacts to communities and the need for strong new federal policies. The hearing, titled Climate Change: Impacts and the Need to Act, was the first on climate change in this Committee since June of 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Elena Lupuleasa, 34, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 39 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Judge Lodge also ordered Lupuleasa to pay restitution in an amount to be determined at a later date and imposed three years of supervised release following her release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: FBI Richmond Hosts Third Youth Academy.
