News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that three individuals have been arrested pursuant to a federal indictment charging them with drug and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Shiloh National Military Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 18, 2020, the Park Visitor Center and Bookstore at the...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Fort Caroline National Memorial, Kingsley Plantation and Ribault Column are temporarily closed. Visitors may access trails and the boat ramp at Cedar Point. Trails at Theodore Roosevelt Area and Spanish Pond remain open.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. March 17, 2020 - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Cente rs for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: USDA today announced it is extending the deadline for the public to comment on a pair of proposed rules on school and summer meals reforms. USDA is providing additional time to ensure those who wish to provide input do not miss out on the opportunity while dealing with the impacts of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - Cornelius Galloway, 37, of Albuquerque, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service is implementing some temporary closures and modifications to Blue Ridge Parkway operations to help protect employees, partners, volunteers, and visitors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result, the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center at Milepost 384 in Asheville, North Carolina is closed until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - ISIAH HOLMES, age 48, a resident of New Orleans, was indicted for bank robbery on March 13, 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Roger Christopher Simpson, age 45, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Use Of Telephone To Make Bomb Threat, in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - A Bothell, Washington, man is charged in an eight-count complaint for operating an illegal money exchange business involving bitcoin. Kenneth Warren Rhule, 26, made his initial appearance on the criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Seattle on March 10, 2020. Rhule is charged with conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business, five counts of laundering of monetary instruments, and one count of conspiracy to produce and distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: On Saturday, 38-year-old Merdad Ansari who is an Iranian citizen and a resident of the United Arab Emirates was extradited from Georgia and arrived Saturday evening in San Antonio to face federal charges in connection with a scheme to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Independence, Missouri - Harry S Truman National Historic Site is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 17, 2020, Harry S Truman...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-The leader of a Salem-area drug distribution network was sentenced on March 11, 2020, to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine in and around Salem, Oregon.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau is retiring American FactFinder (AFF) on March 31, 2020. AFF has been the primary data dissemination tool, provided by the Census Bureau, for almost 20 years. Beginning in June of 2019, the Census Bureau stopped releasing new data in AFF and transitioned to data.census.gov.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF offsite link ) and NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management today announced more than $43 million in grants to improve the resilience of local communities and wildlife habitat in the face of increasingly severe and frequent natural disasters. The grants announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Defendants also charged with illegally shipping diseased body parts against Department of Transportation requirements regarding hazardous materials.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - In response to an increase in confirmed novel (new) coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Texas, and new guidance from the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Park Service (NPS) today announced a number of operational changes at Big Bend National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 17, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced new contacts to encourage communication with USDA to help feed kids and ensure the United States food supply chain remains strong in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Torrey, UT - Capitol Reef National Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 17, 2020, Capitol Reef National Park Visitor...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - White Sands National Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 18, 2020, the visitor center, Western...
