News from April 2020
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Republic, Mo. - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield is accepting bids for planting crops within the Battlefield. Corn will be planted for the 2020 season. A soil test will be required the following season to determine whether corn or soybeans will be planted. Winter wheat or oats may also be planted other years.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) license of Bucks Fresh Produce LLC, McAllen, Texas, for failing to make its records available for review.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: This summer, American Memorial Park will once again host the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program and will be accepting applications through April 30, 2020 by close of business.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On March 2, Ellias Clint Thompson, 29, of Camp Verde, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 106 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Port Angeles, WA - Olympic National Park is announcing additional modifications to operations in response to guidance from local county health departments on the Olympic Peninsula and supported by the City of Forks. The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, partners, and local communities is our number one priority. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Grazing on BLM-managed public lands is an important part of the Nation’s food supply and will continue in 2020 as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. During these challenging circumstances, the BLM is actively pursuing and implementing safe alternative means of continuing our close coordination with grazing permittees and lessees even as our working conditions evolve. Employee and public safety is our highest priority.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued interim guidance for enforcing OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements (29 CFR Part 1904) as it relates to recording cases of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Federal Investigation into Conditions at a Nursing Home for Veterans in Massachusetts Announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management Glennallen Field Office has extended the deadline for Unit 13 federal subsistence caribou hunters to file their hunt report to April 30.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that C-Max Produce LLC satisfied a $6,518 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving an unpaid produce transaction.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The “central and essential" evidence used to justify invasive surveillance of an American citizen in the FBI’s probe into Russian interference was, itself, an example of Russian interference, according to once-secret footnotes declassified at the urging of two U.S. Senators. The footnotes,...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Denver renewed immigration enforcement partnership efforts with Teller County, Colorado, after a lawsuit, brought by the ACLU, was dismissed Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC (Encore) has agreed to pay $4.03 million to resolve allegations that Encore violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing three Michigan skilled nursing facilities to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Vice President: We write to you today about the Trump Administration’s decisions regarding the procurement and distribution of critical medical supplies - particularly the use of the commercial sector - to states, localities, and tribes in need. We fear that, absent sufficient oversight and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that D’Angelo Antonio Coakley, 30, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced via teleconference to 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a series of armed robberies that culminated in a high-speed chase and shots fired at South Carolina Highway Patrol Officers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Buffalo National River has now been closed for one week to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This difficult decision was made in coordination with state and local officials and at the request of our local communities. Many have abided by the closure, but some have continued to attempt to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Lakewood, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today held a competitive coal lease sale by sealed bid for the Dunn Ranch Coal Tract, a 2,462.07 acre area in LaPlata County, Colorado estimated to contain approximately 9.54 million tons of recoverable coal.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, AK - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: After conducting a telephone and text relationship with 16 year-old girl, Lindgren, 33, met her at a Denison restaurant.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on March 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Default Decision against Kyle Sorrels (Sorrels) for an alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
