News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandi Dawn Singleton, of Burnsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months incarceration for her role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Santa Maria, Calif. man was sentenced in federal court in Columbus today to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A real estate development consultant has agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering offense for participating in a wide-ranging “pay-to-play" scheme in which developers bribed public officials - including a member of the Los Angeles City Council - to secure official acts that would benefit their projects.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Ten residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been charged in four separate, but related, Criminal Complaints with violations of the federal narcotics and firearms laws, following a months-long investigation into narcotics trafficking in the City of Pittsburgh and greater Allegheny...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gulf Islands National Seashore is increasing recreational access at the Florida areas. 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 DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Steven Gonzalez, a/k/a Unc, 44, of Buffalo, NY, with distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl causing death; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin...
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- This week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined his fellow co-founders of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in introducing Environmental Justice ...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Ochopee, FL - Fire crews did not let rising temperatures and extremely dry and windy conditions stop them from bringing the Moon Fish Wildfire to a containment of 15% and with total acreage now approximately 25,834. Full suppression is still the primary objective of this fire.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Javier Enrique Lima pled guilty on Tuesday to: 1) possessing and transporting a firearm with an obliterated serial number; and 2) departing a customs facility without authorization, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to ask for a hearing on how funds are being distributed to providers from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF), now referred to as the “Provider Relief Fund."
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park (HAVO) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) seek community input to consider and refine four initial design concepts for the proposed HAVO Disaster Recovery Project via a virtual civic engagement process.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man, who admitted to conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine and multiple sales of crystal methamphetamine was sentenced today to 150 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced former Monahans police officer Marshal Lacy Hobbs to 87 months in federal prison on a child pornography charge, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $748,500 grant to the town of Prattsburgh, New York, to make critical wastewater improvements needed to support growth in the city’s downtown business district. The EDA grant will be matched with $748,500 in federal and local funds.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is increasing recreational access and services. 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 | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to ask for a hearing on how funds are being distributed to providers from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF), now referred to as the “Provider Relief Fund."
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fillmore Field Office announced today that it will reopen the Little Sahara Recreation Area on May 13 following updates to COVID-19-related restrictions that the State of Utah and the Central Utah Public Health Department recently implemented. The BLM is working with federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and use a phased approach to increase access on a case-by-case basis.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: This summer, American Memorial Park has been selected to participate in the Teacher Ranger Teacher (TRT) program. The purpose of the program is to provide teachers an opportunity to learn about National Park Service (NPS) educational resources and themes while earning continuing education credits through a partnership between the NPS and the University of Colorado, Denver.
