News from December 2020
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Reclamation announced today the release of the final environmental impact statement for the Paradox Valley Unit. The benefits and impacts of a variety of alternatives for salinity control were analyzed and the “no-action alternative" was selected as the best means to minimize and avoid environmental harm, while maintaining compliance with the Salinity Control Act.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Birders and nature enthusiasts in the San Luis Valley will join birders across the western hemisphere to participate in Audubon's longest-running wintertime tradition, the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), held at Great Sand Dunes National Park on Saturday, December 26 at 8:00 a.m. Birders of all skill levels are welcome to participate. The park is also looking for those within the count circle who have bird feeders to join in the fun, as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND - Chu-Chiang Ho, a/k/a Kevin Ho, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally importing automobile headlights that failed to meet U.S. safety standards, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge (San Francisco and Northern California) Tatum King. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization for a Coronavirus vaccine...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Kenai Fjords National Park will open the Exit Glacier Developed Area to off road snowmachine use on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Open areas include, the Exit Glacier Road, a designated route through the Exit Glacier campground to Exit Creek, and the Exit Glacier outwash plain. Before heading out, all visitors...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: TUPELO, MS - On December 10 and Dec. 11, 2020, at approximately 8:30 pm and 12:50 am, Natchez Trace Parkway rangers responded to two separate crashes in the Tupelo area.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: The Gettysburg Foundation and Gettysburg National Military Park are dedicated to a nation united. We are also dedicated to the safety and health of our visitors, staff and volunteers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted conspiring to distribute and selling high-dose oxycodone pills in connection with his role in a drug trafficking ring, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Jerimiah Swanson (22, Cocoa) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl. Swanson faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 9, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging ANDREW CHARLES WELSH, 41, with intentionally setting fire to his business and submitting a fraudulent insurance claim. WELSH, who was arrested earlier today, made his initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Kate M. Menendez in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on December 9, 2020, Francisco Rodriguez-Polanco, age 35, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to 54 months’ imprisonment and a two-year term of supervised release by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani, for conspiring to defraud the government and for committing aggravated identity theft.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Bandelier National Monument will waive its entrance fee on six days in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Smith ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Multiple defense contractors have been charged and/or sentenced for participating in a multi-million-dollar defense contracting fraud scheme based out of Turkey.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg woman pleaded guilty today to fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, MassHealth and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Pleaded Guilty to Those Charges in 2001, Then Fled to Nigeria to Avoid Sentencing; Committed Bank Fraud While on Supervised Release for Prior Bank Fraud Conviction.
