News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 31-year-old man has entered a guilty plea for his role in a felon in possession of firearms conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Glacier National Park has announced the date of a public meeting for the Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor Management Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: FBI Washington Field Office Art Crime Team Returns Ukrainian Painting Stolen During Nazi Rule.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is pleased to celebrate the tenth year of the Youth Ranger Program. Over the last decade, 435 students from 10 island high schools in Puna, Ka’u, and West Hawaiʻi have trained in conservation and environmental education disciplines. Many past participants are now enjoying careers with the National Park Service or in the field of conservation.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 9, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019, including Hurricane Dorian, can apply for assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+). Signup for this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program will begin Sept. 11, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: The prison sentence for one inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, just got a lot.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding, was sentenced on September 9, 2019, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking input on a proposed plan to provide housing in the Worland area for seasonal firefighters from the BLM’s Devil's Canyon Hand Crew. This plan is in line with the BLM’s commitment to job creation and supporting veterans in the BLM workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Two men have been indicted on federal firearm charges for conspiring to straw purchase 19 handguns in Wisconsin and re-sell them in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: MILWAUKEE-The Bureau of Land Management- Eastern States (BLM-ES) Northeastern States District will hold a wild horse and burro event providing wild horses and possibly a few yearling and burros, September 13 - 14, 2019, at Wild Horse and Burro Off-Range Corral, 22295 Sheep Farm Road, Ewing, Illinois.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today on the passage of H.R. 1768, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) released the following statement today after the House passed three energy bills to improve energy efficiency and security...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Acting National Park Service Regional Director Chip Jenkins announced the selection of Nathan Souder as superintendent of Colorado National Monument in Colorado. Souder has worked for the National Park Service for more than 16 years, most recently as the superintendent of De Soto National Memorial in Bradenton, Florida. He will assume his new role on September 29.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office announced today that after years of contentious litigation and attempts to obstruct justice, Andrew Franklin Kowalczyk, 44, formerly of Portland, was sentenced today to 270 years in federal prison followed by a life term of supervised release for the repeated sexual abuse, exploitation and torture of three young children.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. -On Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Rep. Jody Hice, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Oversight Committee Subcommittee on National Security, and Rep. Jim Langevin and Rep. Elise Stefanik, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities, will hold a joint hearing on “Securing the Nation’s Internet Architecture."
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a two-year alliance with the Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to provide employers and employees with information, guidance and access to training resources to promote safe and healthful workplaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Great Falls - A man accused of causing the death of one person and of injuring another while driving in Glacier National Park in June was charged in U.S. District Court today, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement following House passage of four bipartisan energy bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Amie Kristine Pritt, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years probation for firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is hosting an education workshop on Wednesday, September 18. This free workshop is open to educators, teachers, parents, and the public who are interested in finding out how the National Lakeshore can support student learning.
