News from June 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: This year, meteorological authorities anticipate a hurricane season that is more active than normal. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts a likely range of thirteen to nineteen named storms, of which six to ten could become hurricanes, including three...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York announced Monday that a Venezuelan official has been added to the agency’s Most Wanted List and as a target of the U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program in an effort to end corruption and criminality tied to the Maduro regime in Venezuela. This investigation was conducted by HSI New York’s El Dorado Financial Crimes Task Force.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - This notice is to inform visitors of temporary closures to foot traffic and minimum approach distance of 100 yards at four islands in Glacier Bay National Park. The purpose of these closures is to protect high concentrations of nesting seabirds by minimizing human caused disturbance and mortalities of chicks.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Chinese official who was a fugitive for over five years has been extradited from Sweden to Los Angeles to face federal charges that allege he laundered millions of dollars of stolen money - using some of the funds to purchase two properties in a suburban Los Angeles-area community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Years Long Investigation Utilizing Wiretaps on Major Heroin Distributors in Cedar Rapids Resulted in the Prosecution of Over 20 Defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man had his initial appearance today on charges stemming from his arrest for narcotics trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: CONCONULLY, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that the Salmon Lake Dam is resuming normal operations after a minor repair. After a thorough structural analysis, Reclamation determined that it was an abandoned drill hole discovered at the crest of the dam in April, and the dam is stable and safe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man had his initial appearance today on charges stemming from his arrest for narcotics trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) has agreed to pay the United States $5,000,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Department of Justice announced today. Until 2008, SNAP was known as the Food Stamp Program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Greeneville, TN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is increasing visitor services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase visitor services on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell of the Northern District of West Virginia today announced that the city of Wheeling received $145,513 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: MILWAUKEE - Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Milwaukee Field Office within the Chicago Field Division and the Milwaukee Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in locating these persons of interest involved in the arson of the Walgreens Pharmacy at 2826 North Martin Luther King Drive in Milwaukee. Looting of the store took place at 12:37 am and a fire was reported at 12:57 am, Saturday morning, May 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: FBI Little Rock Statement on Shooting Incident in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS -Emily Stephan, 19, of Overland, Missouri, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute just under 100 grams of methamphetamine. Stephan appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A former United States Postal Service (USPS) employee from Eminence, Kentucky, Christina Victoria Gregory, 33, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to three years of probation, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, after her conviction for embezzling postal funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: As a result of the very high fire danger Petroglyph National Monument Stage II Fire Restrictions are being implemented. Restrictions include no campfires nor smoking outdoors in the park. These restrictions will be in effect starting at 8:00 am on Monday, June 1, 2020 and will be enforced until rescinded...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Medford, ORE. - With the lifting of public health and safety restrictions enacted by Oregon health officials, the Bureau of Land Management today announced that the Medford District is increasing recreational access. The BLM is working agency-wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a case-by-case basis.
