News published on Federal Newswire in August 2020

News from August 2020


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Designates Eight Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight Oklahoma counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Washita and Woodward counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


Owner of Japanese Fishing Vessel Charged with Unlawful Trafficking of Shark Fins

News Release: Owner of Japanese Fishing Vessel Charged with Unlawful Trafficking of Shark Fins.


News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Steven M. Boice, age 30, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distributing furanyl fentanyl that caused an overdose death in Saratoga County in February 2017.


BLM temporarily closes Big Hole River recreation sites for upgrades

News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will upgrade some of its recreation sites along the Big Hole River southwest of Butte in early September.


News Release: A Plainview man was charged today with assisting a meth trafficker’s prison escape, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


Randolph County woman indicted on methamphetamine and firearms charges

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Tara Lynn Leary, of Valley Head, West Virginia, is facing drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Brockton Man Charged with Assaulting Officer with Vehicle

News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was arrested and charged in connection with assaulting an officer while fleeing a motor vehicle stop. The defendant’s vehicle allegedly dragged the officer for several feet as the defendant fled the scene, eventually crashed head-on into a guardrail on Route 24 at approximately 100 miles per hour, and ran across travel lanes of Route 24 before he was apprehended and placed under arrest.


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 31, 2020 - Elique Camacho, 23, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 10 years in prison for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a crime of domestic violence, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: Beginning on Sept. 1, park officials will put annual closures in place for travel on foot or horse off established roadways or designated trails from 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. In previous years, these closures were until 7 a.m. The closure time has extended to 10 a.m. this year, due to a significant increase...


News Release: Carey Gabay, an Aide to Governor Cuomo, Was Fatally Shot in the Cross-Fire During J’ouvert Festival on September 7, 2015.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Margaret Everson, Counselor to the Secretary, exercising the delegated authority of the National Park Service Director, announced that Shawn Benge will serve as the permanent NPS deputy director for operations beginning August 30.


USVI Law Enforcement Agents and Members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office National OCDETF Award for Operation PY Beto Kilo and Drug Interdiction Efforts

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that federal and local Virgin Islands law enforcement officers, together with members of the Virgin Islands U.S. Attorney’s Office, have been selected as the recipients of a national award for an outstanding Organized Crime...


News Release: Miami, Fl. -- South Florida federal prosecutors have charged 28-year-old Brandon Kevin Campbell with cyberstalking after he allegedly made repeated threats by telephone call and text message to injure or kill his victims, including a former girlfriend.