News from February 2020
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries are hosting a saddle-trained wild horse adoption at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center located at 1721 Snyder Avenue, south of Carson City, Nevada. Public viewing begins at 9 a.m. and a competitive-bid adoption event, conducted by an auctioneer, follows at 10 a.m. The starting bid for all the animals offered is $150.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Michael Wayne Jenkins, age 41, of Lothian, Maryland, entered a guilty plea to Possession Of Firearm In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking Crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c), punishable by not less than 5 years to run consecutive to any other term of imprisonment imposed, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) continued to fight for our brave first responders and to protect public safety by introducing the FIRST RESPONDER Act. This bill makes sure that our first responders have the resources needed to respond to 9-1-1 calls and that funding and technologies allocated for 9-1-1 infrastructure are used for that purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A federal inmate has been sentenced for escaping from a Bureau of Prisons facility in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard P. Donoghue announced today that the Eastern District of New York collected over $1.1 billion in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2019. Of this amount, $24,687,372 was collected in criminal actions, and $1,093,836,145 was collected in civil actions handled solely...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Eight Corpus Christi residents have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: NOAA today released a set of final strategies to dramatically expand the agency’s application of three emerging science and technology focus areas - NOAA Unmanned Systems, Artificial Intelligence and ‘Omics - that will also guide transformative advancements in the quality and timeliness of NOAA science, products and services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The chief executive officer of PixarBio Corp., a Boston-based biotech company, was sentenced today for defrauding the company’s investors and obstructing an SEC investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man pled guilty to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael Rhodes, 40, of Parkersburg, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. Rhodes admitted that between February and October 2018, he received...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: A team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a tool to monitor changes in widely used composite materials known as fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs), which can be found in everything from aerospace and infrastructure to wind turbines. The new tool, integrated into these materials, can help measure the damage that occurs as they age.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced the Government Accountability Office (GAO) opened an investigation into the integrity of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) aid to farmers affected by the Trump Administration’s trade policies.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2020
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site is celebrating Women's History Month in March with two living history clothing workshops focusing on mid-19th century women.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2020
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - On Feb. 26, 2020 Casa Grande Ruins will host Casa Grande Ruins’ own Andrea Pike as part of its annual speaker series. The presentation will begin at noon on February 26 featuring Andrea Pike who will present a lecture titled “Frank “The Boss" Pinkley: The Heart of Casa Grande Ruins". The speaker series will continue every Wednesday at noon through March 11.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2020
News Release: “Lost Nation: The Ioway", a three-film series will kick off Winter Stories at Effigy Mounds National Monument with two showings of the films followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers, Kelly and Tammy Rundle. All three films will be shown Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, 1:00pm -5:00pm, and again...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kyle Leeper, age 36, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Ramon Nieves Cotto, age 28, of DeRuyter, New York, and Arlene Rodriguez, age 36, of Montebello, California, were named as defendants Thursday in a federal superseding indictment that includes charges of murder during a drug conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart is launching two PSAs that speak directly to the people of West Virginia about priorities of the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia - elder fraud and maintaining “tough on crime" efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kyle Leeper, age 36, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Ramon Nieves Cotto, age 28, of DeRuyter, New York, and Arlene Rodriguez, age 36, of Montebello, California, were named as defendants Thursday in a federal superseding indictment that includes charges of murder during a drug conspiracy...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf announced the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Notices of Funding Opportunity for eight DHS preparedness grant programs totaling nearly $1.8 billion. The grant programs provide funding to state, local, tribal ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 14, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Illinois State Director Douglas Wilson announced USDA is investing $3.4 million to create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 603 rural households, 12 farms and a business in Hamilton County. This high-speed broadband infrastructure project is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued a proclamation naming February 16-22 as Grain Bin Safety Week. Earlier this week, the Secretary sat down with the Governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, to talk about the importance of grain bin safety on the farm. ...
