News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Bureau of Reclamation construction crews are working to realign a portion of the Rio Grande around a sediment plug that has formed within the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. This construction work will ensure that water is effectively delivered to Elephant Butte Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Two Kentucky Men Convicted for Concealing Corporate Contributions to U.S. Senate Campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jeremie Markell Torrey, 29, of Clinton, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Tom Lee to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - David Allen Boileau (58, Holiday) today pleaded guilty to criminal interference with a right to fair housing. He faces up to one year in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Kristopher “Flip" Anderson, 43, of Pontiac, was sentenced in United States District Court by the Hon. Robert H. Cleland to 36 years in prison for his role in a multi-year heroin and fentanyl distribution conspiracy that operated from Pontiac and distributed drugs in Oakland and Macomb Counties between 2008 and 2017, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Western WY-The fire danger rating for Grand Teton National Park, National Elk Refuge, and Bridger-Teton National Forest lands has decreased to moderate following recent rainfall and cooler temperatures.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, September 19 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “Protecting Unaccompanied Children: The Ongoing Impacts of the Trump Administration’s Cruel Policies."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An inmate at a Massachusetts correctional facility was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held an emergency hearing entitled “The Administration’s Apparent Revocation of Medical Deferred Action for Critically Ill Children" focused on the Trump Administration’s decision to end consideration of requests to defer deportation, including for children with critical illnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: A Lorain man was indicted for an armed robbery of a gas station this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Fayette County man was sentenced on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, and oxycodone. Greg Coleman, 43, of Scarbro, was sentenced to 300 months, or 25 years, in federal prison. Stuart commended...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 113,036 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Grand Canyon National Park has received confirmation that two bats collected along the Colorado River in the park last month tested positive for rabies. The rabies-positive bats, both Canyon Bats, were deceased at the time of collection and did not come in contact with any visitors or staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore to open most Hatteras Island visitor areas at noon on Sept. 12, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, September 19 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “Protecting Unaccompanied Children: The Ongoing Impacts of the Trump Administration’s Cruel Policies."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Nicholas Messina, 28, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
Release: CAIRO, EGYPT - Today, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette launched the U.S.-Egypt Strategic Energy Dialogue, which will facilitate closer government and private sector cooperation on energy between the United States and Egypt.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: The Old Fashioned Spelling Bee at Homestead National Monument of America was a hit once again! More than twenty spellers competed at the Freeman School on Labor Day Monday, across five categories - under 7, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, and 16 to adult. Each age category awarded a first and second place trophy, courtesy of generous support from the Beatrice Daily Sun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Ronald Hardy, a manager at Power Traders Press, My Street Research and predecessor companies located in Melville, New York (the “boiler room"), and Dennis Verderosa, a cold-caller and account executive at the boiler room, were sentenced by United States...
