News from March 2020
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Mesa Verde National Park is announcing additional modifications to operations in response to guidance from the local health department. Effective at sunset on March 25, 2020, Mesa Verde will be closed to all park visitors until further notice. This closure includes the main park road and all loop roads. We will notify the public when we resume full operations and provide updates on our website, nps.gov/meve, and social media channels.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, ME - Acadia National Park, in response to guidance from the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing the Denver Metroplex project on March 26, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: A Big Spring restauranteur has pleaded guilty to employing undocumented immigrants, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced an employee retention credit to prevent further mass layoffs is included in the bipartisan agreement to respond to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s failure to ensure widespread testing.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore 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 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the inclusion of an unprecedented expansion of unemployment insurance in the bipartisan agreement to respond to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s failure to ensure widespread testing. An expansion of unemployment insurance has been a top Democratic priority.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran of the Western District of Washington, today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan DiPirro, a/k/a JD, 29, of Depew, NY, and Sarah Szymanski, 28, of Cheektowaga, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute heroin. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee GOP Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the Senate’s bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, urging his colleagues to swiftly pass the measure when it comes to the House.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Feb. 18, Tracy Antonio, 25, of Sells, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Raner C. Collins to 37 months of imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Antonio must also register as a sex offender and follow sex offender conditions while on supervised release. Antonio previously pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Kawaihae, HAWAI‘I -- Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, in response to the latest guidance from local and state health departments, is announcing modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office, in coordination with local officials announced an emergency closure of public lands at Sand Mountain Recreation Area located approximately twenty-five miles south east of Fallon, NV on U.S. 50 in Churchill County. The 4,808-acre Sand Mountain Recreation Area is a designated off-highway vehicle fee site and will be temporarily closed until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ISAI SCHEINBERG, the founder and former executive of PokerStars, an online poker company, pled guilty today to running a multimillion-dollar unlawful internet gambling business. SCHEINBERG pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: National Park Service Regional Director Mike Reynolds announced today that beginning April 26, 2020, Eric Brunnemann will serve as superintendent of Padre Island National Seashore in Texas. Brunnemann, who has more than 31 years of experience with the National Park Service, will also supervise the superintendent of Palo Alto National Battlefield in his new role.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that a federal grand jury in Wilmington has returned indictments charging MAURICIO HERNANDEZ-RAMIREZ, age 37, of Mexico, and OMAR HERNANDEZ-ALAVEZ, age 30, of Mexico with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision not to appeal a recent court ruling affecting small refineries under ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is directly impacted by the novel COVID-19 pandemic. DOE WAP wishes to uniformly address current issues the WAP network is grappling with as a result of COVID-19. This memorandum contains information on the Impact of COVID-19...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Padre Island National Seashore is announcing new modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities. As of Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the Malaquite Beach Campground will be closed until further notice. Where it is possible to adhere to the latest health guidance, the Bird Island Basin campground will remain open and camping will be allowed on North and South Beaches.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Nancy Edith Duarte-Lujan, 39, of Deming, New Mexico, appeared in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico today for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging her with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
