News from August 2020
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: TULELAKE, Cali. - Lava Beds National Monument will partially reopen on Friday, Aug. 14, and fee collection will be suspended until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY- Women’s Rights National Historical Park (NHP) is pleased to announce Equality Weekend- Seneca Falls, a series of online programs being held August 22-23 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: Lesquerella (a.k.a. Fendler's bladderpod and Yellow Top) is a member of the mustard family that's native to the U.S. Southwest. But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are now eyeing it as a home-grown source of butanol.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: PRICE, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has completed an emergency water/bait trapping operation to remove wild burros that have been habituated to unauthorized water sources. The BLM was forced to undertake this gather and removal operation because unauthorized delivery of water to the wild...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: BUTTE, Mont. - Those hoping to weigh in on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed recreation plan for the Scratchgravel Hills near Helena now have until Oct. 6 to do so after the agency’s Butte Field Office extended the public comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: For Distribution of Methamphetamine. SOUTH BEND - Jamar Sims, age 27, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Sims was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Three former residents of the Pittsburgh area have been sentenced in federal court this week on their convictions of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Jeffrey Hermansen, age 37, of El Paso County, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release, for possession of stolen mail. Hermansen appeared remotely in custody and was remanded at the hearing’s conclusion. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service joined in today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Juan Diego Ibanez, 40, of Rio Rico, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Scott Rash to 15 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Ibanez previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Daniel J. Huegel, 23, of Cincinnati, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Covington, for one count of distributing a controlled substance resulting in death.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Vice Chair Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) led a letter signed by six House Democrats today seeking long overdue information from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt about the National Park Service’s (NPS) failure to consistently...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Golden Gate National Recreation Area is increasing access to Alcatraz Island.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: Due to the continued extreme fire danger, extended weather forecast and current level of fire activity in the State of Colorado, park officials have announced a ban on all fires within Rocky Mountain National Park. This ban is effective beginning tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 14, and will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Bryan Ferrer-Vazquez, 27, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: Since 2013, when the National Park Service (NPS) began reducing the deer population in Rock Creek Park, the park’s tree seedling density has more than doubled.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with transporting stolen laptops.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: Operation LeGend. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison participated in today’s press conference with Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker to announce state charges against Ryson Ellis in the fatal shooting of 4-year-old Legend M. Taliferro, who was asleep at home the morning of June 29...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, CISA released the Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Value Proposition Suite of documents in collaboration with SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and Georgia...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Rafael Pina-Nieves, a convicted felon and person prohibited from possessing or carrying firearms, with firearms violations, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, were in charge of the investigation of the case.
