News from November 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today condemned a proposed rule by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allow sweeping taxpayer-funded discrimination nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Judge David J. Hale has sentenced Elijah Eubanks to 119 months in federal prison to run concurrent with Jefferson County Circuit Court Case No 18-CR-1201, and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news President Trump appointed Chad Wolf as Acting Homeland Security Secretary, the fifth person in this role since 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Troy Andrew Lujan, age 37, of Lakewood, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 105 months (nearly 9 years) in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and heroin. He will then serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Scott Patterson, 43, of Lily, Kentucky, was sentenced Friday to 140 months in federal prison, by United States District Court Judge Robert E. Wier, for conspiracy to traffic drugs and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Snails collected from Kabetogama Lake in September 2019 were recently confirmed to be Chinese Mysterysnail, an aquatic invasive species that is widespread in the United States. These snails can outcompete native species in lakes and streams and can become a host in the life cycle...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Oklahoma Field Office, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office and Southern Plains Regional Office, has released the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas (OKT) Final Joint Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the effects of approving a lease modification on a federal coal lease in LeFlore County, Okla. (lease # OKNM 091190). This notice announces the availability of the EA and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for public review and comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LUIS FERNANDEZ was sentenced to 151 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute carfentanil, fentanyl, and a fentanyl analogue over the “dark web," and for possessing a firearm...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Devils Tower, WY - Superintendent Amnesty Kochanowski announced the selection of Nickolos (Nick) Myers as Chief of Interpretation of Devils Tower National Monument. He started work on Oct. 17, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for possession of a firearm while being a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Ahern Painting Contractors Agrees to Pay $3 Million and Admits Conduct Alleged in the Complaint.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct pile burns north of Buena Vista, near Mt. Harvard Estates this fall and winter. The burns will be located 5.5 miles north of Buena Vista, Colo., ½ mile east of U.S. Highway 24, and immediately northeast of the Mt. Harvard Estates subdivision.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Montgomery County physician Spiro Y. Kassis, M.D., of Plymouth Township, PA, has agreed to pay $1.4 million, has committed to never obtaining a controlled substance registration, and has consented to a 15-year exclusion from Medicare and...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Christmas tree permits are available now from the Bureau of Land Management in Elko. The BLM tree permits are $4.00 each with a limit of 10 per individual. Permits for tree cutting on BLM administered lands can be obtained at the Elko BLM Office, 3900 Idaho Street, during regular office hours, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Donald K. Novy, 35, of Dittmer, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Brenda K. Harmon, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In addition to her prison term, Harmon will serve 5 years of supervised release following her release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Reno, Nev.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a multi-day competitive oil and gas lease sale beginning on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The agency will offer 272 parcels for lease totaling approximately 468,815 acres in Lincoln, Nye and White Pine Counties in Nevada. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement this morning arrested a Los Angeles man on child sexual exploitation charges alleging that he met at least eight teenage girls on the internet and pressured them - sometimes by threatening suicide - into sending him sexually explicit images of themselves.
