News from July 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Today, National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Acting Regional Director Karen Cucurullo announced the selection of Ernie Price as the new superintendent of Camp Nelson National Monument, located in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Price will begin his new assignment in late July.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: ALBANY - With the Independence Day holiday approaching, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced the agency’s new “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure" campaign. The campaign focuses on airport checkpoint modifications to help contain the spread of COVID-19, comply with CDC guidelines and support healthy and secure summer travel to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: The unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed for seasonal dust abatement beginning 4 a.m. Tuesday, July 7 and will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, July 9. This routine dust abatement application happens several times during the summer on the approximately one-mile of unpaved section of the seven-mile road.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - David Francis of McKees Rocks, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. He also waived prosecution by indictment and entered a plea of guilty to a five-count Information charging him with assisting in the filing of fraudulent federal income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Knox County received $142,578 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced LANCE COLLINS, age 31, a resident of New Orleans, to 36 months in the Bureau of Prisons for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846. COLLINS will be on four (4) years of Supervised Release following his release from prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its Cyber Essentials Toolkit, Chapter 2: Your Staff, The Users today. This toolkit is the second in a series of six toolkits set to be released each month. This chapter follows the release of Chapter 1: Yourself, The Leader - Drive Cybersecurity Strategy Investment and Culture and CISA Cyber Essentials in November 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Edward Galpin was detained yesterday pending trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael R. Sherwin and Special Agent in Charge James A. Dawson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service’s National Capital Parks - East (NACE) has joined National Mall and Memorial Parks and Rock Creek Park in resuming issuing permits for demonstrations and most other events in Washington, DC. Affected national parkland includes sites in Southwest, Southeast and Northeast Washington, DC, such as parks on Capitol Hill and Anacostia Park. Permitted activities had been suspended since March 20 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced ARNOLD DEVONNE BUTLER, 54, today in Casper. Butler was convicted on Jan. 17, 2020 after a 4-day jury trial and found guilty on all counts, including possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced LANCE COLLINS, age 31, a resident of New Orleans, to 36 months in the Bureau of Prisons for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846. COLLINS will be on four (4) years of Supervised Release following his release from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of characteristics of people receiving unemployment benefits...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after a conversation with Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Freeland:
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a briefing for Members on the outlook for the 2020 wildfire season from U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen and Regional Foresters, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chair Abigail Spanberger of Virginia issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a 19-year-old Laredo resident for illegally possessing a firearm while under an active domestic violence protection order and possessing a firearm while under indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced ARNOLD DEVONNE BUTLER, 54, today in Casper. Butler was convicted on Jan. 17, 2020 after a 4-day jury trial and found guilty on all counts, including possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, heroin...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, Ranking Members Greg Walden (R-OR) and Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-LA) to set the record straight in response to the release of Senate Democrats’ report blaming the Trump Administration for America’s nursing home crisis in clear ignorance of the facts...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: OMAHA, Neb. - “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure." is the Transportation Administration’s new campaign that focuses on airport checkpoint modifications to help contain the spread of COVID-19, comply with CDC guidelines and support healthy and secure summer travel to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national who previously resided in Lawrence pleaded guilty today in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - July 1st marks the 23rd anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese Communist Party. The anniversary comes the day after the CCP enacted a sweeping new law cracking down on the rights promised to Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement...
