News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Capture and translocation operations are now complete for 2019 with 101 mountain goats moved from Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest to the northern Cascade Mountains. Since September 2018, a total of 275 mountain goats have been translocated. An additional two-week capture and translocation period is planned for summer 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - For 23 years, EM at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has been using the nation’s only operating vitrification plant to help reduce the single greatest environmental risk to South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Five men have been charged in federal court in Boston as a result of a federal investigation targeting offenders of document and benefit fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - Next month, the most significant milestone in the Portsmouth Site’s decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) project so far is set to be realized as the X-326 Uranium Enrichment Process Building is poised to be declared “criticality incredible.".
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: POINT MARION,Pa. The Friendship Hill Association and the National Park Service celebrate the life and times of Albert Gallatin at FestiFall 2019 Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Friendship Hill National Historic Site. With music, food, crafts and games...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day federal jury trial, Herbert Graham, 32, was found guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in a school zone. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will help the Wichita Police Department set up a gun crime center, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Beginning later this year, pipes will no longer be sold at the Pipestone National Monument (Monument) Visitor Center. The National Park Service and the Pipestone Indian Shrine Association (Shrine) have reached this decision in consultation with federally recognized Tribes associated with the Monument.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Throughout its 30-year history, EM has focused on a particular environmental issue at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in western Kentucky: addressing contamination of groundwater.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department/Folsom Dam Security Bureau, City of Folsom Police and Fire Departments, and California State Parks will conduct a full-scale training exercise at Folsom Dam on September 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Desmond Logan, 38, formerly an officer with the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD), pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of Tennessee to two counts of violating the civil rights of victims while performing his duties as a law enforcement officer. Specifically, the defendant sexually assaulted one woman and, in a separate incident, entered the car of another victim and refused to let her out, causing her to fear for her physical safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former Assistant Director of Real Estate working for the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with accepting $50,000 in bribes.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: JILA physicists have demonstrated a novel atomic clock design that combines near-continuous operation with strong signals and high stability, features not previously found together in a single type of next-generation atomic clock. The new clock, which uses laser “tweezers" to trap, control and isolate the atoms, also offers unique possibilities for enhancing clock performance using the tricks of quantum physics.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) today commended President Trump for his administration’s action to repeal the Obama Administration’s WOTUS rule and massive expansion of federal control over the rights of farmers, small businesses, communities, and private citizens across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 53-year-old Houston man has admitted he possessed 2.57 lbs of synthetic cannabinoids aka “kush" and to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Adam Fuller, 33, of Sacramento, charging him with assault on a federal employee or officer, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled How the Tax Code Subsidizes Hate. The hearing will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 12, 2019, Tedmund Blankschein, 51, plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding the Internal Revenue Service in connection with his and Albert Golant’s luxury...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Bellefonte, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Peter Hingston, 59, of Amherst, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, sexual exploitation of a child, and possession of material that contained an image of child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.
