News from September 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a series of letters calling on e-cigarette companies to cease all television, radio, print, and digital advertising in the United States in the interest of safeguarding the health and well-being of our youth.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: Santa Fe, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is selling fuelwood permits for personal use to the public. Fuelwood permits cost $10 - $12 per cord and are available in person at select locations or online.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announces a new member of the senior staff for the committee Republicans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell woman was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with embezzling approximately $182,000 from a veterinary hospital that employed her.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: On March 7, 2019, a five-count Indictment, S4 17 Cr. 630 (ER), was unsealed charging Ruja Ignatova with wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering offenses in connection with an alleged international pyramid scheme that involved the marketing of a purported cryptocurrency called “OneCoin." On...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS- The Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands in the Jean Dry Lake Bed area from October 4 through October 6, 2019. This action is being taken to help ensure public safety during the 2019 Rise Lantern Festival.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The Historic Railroad Trail reopened Sept. 24, and Goldstrike and Arizona Hot Spring trails will reopen Oct. 1.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - All of Beach Drive will reopen to drivers on Friday, Sept. 27 around noon. This means the three-year rehabilitation project on Beach Drive is now complete!.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JULIAN DE JESUS CASTILLO, 35, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to possession of contraband in a federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: At 5:09 pm on Sept. 24, Olympic National Park fisheries crew at work in the Elwha Valley notified Olympic National Park dispatch of an injured hiker. The crew was located near Krause Bottom and had met a group on a backpacking trip who reported that a member of their group was injured. A 70-year-old...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Jury Finds Brooklyn Man Guilty of Conspiracy and Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Wehs and Jordan Dunn, both 25, and both of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with the receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 24, 2019, Willie Dishon Matthew Obadiah, 32, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pled guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, before U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $5 million for investments in customer service projects to improve and modernize application processing in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Effective 12:01 am Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, campfires will be allowed in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas and on lakeshores below the high water mark throughout Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Charcoal grills will also be allowed at this time.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a final rule that provides employers with two new fit testing protocols for ensuring that employees’ respirators fit properly.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A North Texas kidnapper on Wednesday was found guilty of abducting an 8-year-old girl and holding her captive for eight hours.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Superintendent Cam Sholly announced the selection of Sarah Davis, a 20-year National Park Service (NPS) veteran, as the new chief of Resource and Visitor Protection. Davis will be the park’s 18th chief ranger in the more than 100 years it has been managed by the NPS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 24, 2019 a Federal Grand Jury returned and indictment against ANDREW WEAVER, age 25, of Cheyenne, Wyoming for being a felon in possession of a firearm stemming from a shooting that occurred in Cheyenne on September 16th. Weaver made his initial appearance in front of Chief United States...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee and State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) today delivered the following remarks at a House Ukraine Caucus press conference on U.S. aid to Ukraine.
