News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that all six of the former Crow Creek Sioux Tribe councilmembers charged in the Superseding Indictment have now pleaded guilty to embezzling tribal funds, including two former Chairs of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. All of the defendants were charged in federal court for their respective conduct involving Embezzlement & Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization, and Aiding and Abetting.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park, in response to guidance from Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: La Junta, CO - Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, in support of the Amended Public Health Order pursuant to the Governor’s directive in Executive Orders, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve, in response to Executive Order WH-03 issued by Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel and Executive Order (GA-08) issued by Texas, Governor Greg Abbott, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Senate passed a stimulus bill to assist the American people during the coronavirus crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Two Pulaski County Constables, Michael Wallace, 45, of Bronston, Ky., and Gary E. Baldock, 55, of Somerset, Ky., were indicted on Thursday, for conspiring to violate the civil rights of persons within Pulaski County. Baldock was also indicted for attempted murder of an FBI agent.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Promontory Summit, Utah - Golden Spike National Historical Park, in response to guidance from Utah dated March 21, 2020, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 26, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced additional flexibilities to make it easier for children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities to get food during the COVID-19 national emergency and remove administrative roadblocks for the dedicated local staff...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) today sent a letter signed by 41 of their House Democratic colleagues to House and Senate leaders of both parties urging them, as they craft current and future COVID-19 response efforts, to account for underlying and already present health and economic disparities across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Days ago, Judge Trevor McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decisions to reconsider denying renewal of two Twin Metals Minnesota LLC (TMM) hardrock mineral leases in northeastern Minnesota, and to renew those leases. Judge McFadden ruled that, "Interior timely corrected an error that would have deprived Twin Metals of its right to valuable leases[.]"
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Hopkins, SC - Congaree National Park in response to guidance from local and state officials as well as the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - On March 2, 2020, Michael Jay Ameelyenah, 28, of Parker, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 100 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Ameelyenah previously pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 26, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to be as flexible as possible to get food out to the people who need it during the COVID-19 National Emergency. On Wednesday, March 18, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Ronde Yarrell (43, Bradenton) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota welcomed news Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will accept more than 3.4 million acres in the recently completed General Sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros, Venezuela’s vice president for the economy, Venezuela’s minister of defense, and Venezuela’s chief supreme court justice are among those charged in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Miami, along with current and former Venezuelan government...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - David Weekly, 24, of Manchester, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in response to guidance from the Coconino County and State of Arizona Health Departments is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Nicolás Maduro and members of his inner circle on narco-terrorism charges:
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Arson.
