News from July 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $6 million grant to the Town of Clayton, North Carolina, to make flood control infrastructure improvements needed to protect manufacturing and other businesses...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled: “Experiences of Vulnerable Populations During Disaster."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Environment Subcommittee hearing entitled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jason May, 41, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit health care fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the formation of the COVID-19 Insights Partnership, an initiative to coordinate and share health data as well as research and expertise to aid in the fight against COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office is considering the designation of 17,927 acres of public lands in Fivemile Pass, located in Utah and Tooele Counties, as a special area with a fee-based, daily-use permit system that will allow for recreation developments and improvements to meet changing visitor needs.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: MONTE VISTA, Colo. - In response to recent and forecasted precipitation across the region, the Bureau of Land Management’s San Luis Valley Field Office is lifting fire restrictions on BLM-managed lands in five counties in southern Colorado. Fire restrictions will be lifted on BLM lands in Alamosa, Rio Grande, Conejos, Costilla, and Saguache counties effective 6 a.m. on July 29, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: On Sunday afternoon, July 19, park rangers responded to a report of a 70-year-old male, from Missouri, with a gunshot wound at Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Bystanders assisted the man with initial first aid. Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members responded and provided...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: The 2020 National Cleanup Workshop is being revamped to be a virtual workshop on Sept. 16, 2020. The half-day event will feature remarks from Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar and senior DOE officials, state and local government officials, and industry leaders. They will discuss key issues facing the DOE complex in the year ahead and celebrate important progress made this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Embezzlement and Theft From a Tribal Organization was sentenced on July 23, 2020, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, in recognition of the upcoming centennial of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, the Trump Administration announced the designation of the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, as a National Historic Landmark. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Environment Subcommittee hearing entitled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michael A. Deshong (619) 546-9290.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 28, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Joshua M. Lusk (age: 32) of Milwaukee, for arson and attempted arson, causing an injury to a Milwaukee Fire Department firefighter, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 844(i) and 2. The arson occurred at a residence located at 2120-2122 North 40th Street, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Mississippi - Adonis Edwards, 31, of Carson, Mississippi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Defendant Claimed to Have a Gun and Demanded $3,000 from Teller.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A team at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently held a drill considered an important first step in building an emergency preparedness program to ready the plant for commissioning and eventual full operations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Los Alamos, Watrous, Pecos, Jemez Springs - New Mexico - Due to several days of higher humidity and rain, Bandelier National Monument, Fort Union National Monument, Pecos National Historical Park and Valles Caldera National Preserve will lift fire restrictions at 8:00 am on July 29, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
Release: Studies Will Focus on Improving Crop Productivity and Resilience
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards:"
