News from March 2019
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 5, 2019
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today comprehensively rejected Ranking Member Rob Bishop’s (R-Utah) complaints that climate change is outside the Committee’s jurisdiction, writing in a new letter that hearings on the issue will continue. Grijalva notes that while Bishop seems to believe...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three men from Michigan were indicted by a federal grand today on drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM has published its 2018 Year in Review, summarizing the accomplishments of cleanup workers across the DOE complex over the course of the year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Join National Park Service rangers and UC-Davis entomologists for a hands-on learning adventure on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. This free, two-hour program begins at 2 PM in the Visitor Center. Come and meet live insect and arachnid friends, learn about what we have in common with these creatures and how we differ. Crafts and other fun activities await you!.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Visitation to America’s national parks in 2018 exceeded 300 million recreation visits for the fourth consecutive year. The 318.2 million recreation visits total is the third highest since record keeping began in 1904.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - This week, DOE kicked off its annual Oak Ridge facilities bus tour, which has attracted more than 40,000 people from all 50 states since it began in 1996.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Join a National Park Service ranger for a Springtime Saunter on Sunday March 24, 2019 on Mt. Wanda, part of the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. This free, two-hour program begins at 1:00 PM with a moderately strenuous hike to look for wildflowers and learn about plants and animals native to the area. The trail includes about 650 feet of elevation gain, but the reward is a beautiful 360° view from the top.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan of the FBI’s Sacramento Field Office today issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that OLUKAYODE IBRAHIM LAWAL, 36, a citizen of Nigeria last residing in Smyrna, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to approximately 10 months of imprisonment, time already served, for his role in a scheme to obtain the personal identifying information of school employees in Connecticut and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of March 4, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Ninety Six, SC - Ninety Six National Historic Site Superintendent John Slaughter announced today the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Equestrian Management Plan (EMP) and Environmental Assessment (EA). The FONSI was signed by National Park Service Southeast Regional Director Robert A. Vogel on Feb. 27, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - When Nanette Gallant stepped off a bus onto EM’s Paducah Site during a site tour last year, she was amazed by the extensiveness of the former gaseous diffusion plant operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Patricia Blank of Shell Rock, Iowa, will testify Wednesday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on protecting Americans from abuse and neglect in nursing homes. Blank’s mother, Virginia Olthoff, was allegedly left in severe pain and may not have had any water for days before her death while...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: LINCOLN, Neb. - An illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to his role in a conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens for profit.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Fulton, Missouri man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in firing shots at law enforcement officers and other motorists during a high-speed pursuit by law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of re-entry of an illegal alien, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who was convicted by a jury for using his car as a dangerous weapon as he attempted to flee from law enforcement officers was sentenced today to 92 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-To improve public safety in the communities around West Mountain, the Bureau of Land Management, Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), Utah County Sheriff’s Department, and Santaquin City Police Department remind the public to use safe target shooting practices.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is excited to join the Mount Washington Cog Railway as it celebrates 150 years of operation by welcoming Peppersass, the 153 year old steam locomotive that helped conquer New Hampshire’s rugged White Mountains. This little engine that could and did...
