News from November 2020
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Trump Administration today released the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to increase water storage capacity in the Shasta Lake reservoir by 634,000 acre-feet, or more than 200 billion gallons. This is enough water to support more than 6 million Californians annually.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-Missoula Substance Abuse Connect, a coalition created to develop a comprehensive community plan to reduce substance abuse, including methamphetamine-related violent crime, in Missoula County, has received a $248,000 federal grant as part of an overall initiative to fight violent crime, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Bear Lake Road in Rocky Mountain National Park reopened today after being closed since Oct. 22, due to the East Troublesome Fire. All areas and trails east of Bear Lake Road have reopened.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Officers work was instrumental in dismantling a large drug network in Kokomo.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.-This evening, Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Nita M. Lowey, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mike Quigley, and Oversight and Reform Committee’s...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Minnesota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in who suffered losses caused by recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend this policy until Dec. 31, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a supplement to their Sept. 23, 2020, report that revealed millions of dollars in questionable financial transactions between Hunter Biden and his associates and foreign individuals with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and Russian government.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A former Cook Supervisor at United States Penitentiary Big Sandy, Hank Williams, 56, of Weeksbury, Kentucky, was indicted on Thursday in federal court for one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, one count of money laundering, two counts of attempting...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marquise Hicks, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO) criticized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for finalizing its proposal to reallocate...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa woman was sentenced today for destroying post office boxes at a U.S. Post Office station located in south Tulsa, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Utah Man and His Company Indicted for Wildlife Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced that Gregory Scott Broce, 49, of Huntington, pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen Cox of the Eastern District of Texas today announced the expansion of the Criminal Division, Fraud Section’s existing Gulf Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND - Kevin Fuqua was sentenced to 120 months in prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking of children, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations (NorCal) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable James Donato, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced that Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila Khan, 35, both residents of Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support and resources to ISIS, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. United States District Court Judge Joshua D. Wolson presided over the proceeding.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: The 2021 Forum Will Be Virtual and Registration Is Free (Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2020) – Registration is now open for the 97th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF), the largest annual meeting and premiere event of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The two-day Forum will take place ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2020 – The USDA Forest Service today announced the publication of a final rule implementing key changes to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. The changes include new tools and flexibilities to tackle critical land management challenges as part of a broader ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Greenville, North Carolina, returned an indictment charging a North Carolina tax preparer with conspiracy to defraud the United States and with preparing false returns for clients, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
