News from October 2020
By State Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding Turkey’s S-400 missile defense system testing today:
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A man who admitted illegally possessing five firearms that had been stolen during a burglary of a Livingston business was sentenced today to four years in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tonopah Field Office, Battle Mountain District, is seeking public comment on an Environmental Assessment that analyzes an application by Major Oil International LLC. to drill an exploratory oil well, Eblana 9, approximately 18 miles north of Warm Springs, Nevada, in Hot Creek Valley.
By State Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chair, and Congressman Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on Turkey reportedly test-firing the Russian made S-400.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister is reminding Kansans to be vigilant against fraudsters who are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit American consumers and organizations and to cheat disaster relief programs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif - Join the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) in celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument with a free public BioBlitz event, October 23-24.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a multi-year cost share award to a new special purpose entity named Carbon Free Power Project, LLC, an entity wholly owned by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), that could provide up to $1.4 billion to help demonstrate and deploy a 12-module...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Charging Numbers Hit Five-Year High in the Southern District of Illinois,.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Jamie Mickelson will lead the efforts of their Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020 general election. AUSA Mickelson...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man and a Phoenix, Arizona, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance were sentenced on May 18, 2020, and Aug. 26, 2020 respectively, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Grovetown convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a pipe bomb.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- U.S. Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. today announced a $495,323 Department of Justice carry-over grant to the Lancaster County School District to address violence occurring at our nation’s schools. The grant, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, is part of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Joshua Gutierrez, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation of New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to voluntary manslaughter and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Two hikers were rescued by helicopter Thursday evening after getting lost overnight and running out of water in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister is reminding Kansans to be vigilant against fraudsters who are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit American consumers and organizations and to cheat disaster relief programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mario Ipsolino Pineda-Boteo, age 35, and a citizen of Guatemala, pled guilty today to illegally re-entering the United States and escaping the custody of United States officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on Oct. 15, 2020 charging five individuals with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in and around Addison County, Vermont between November 2019 and October 2020. Kevin Williams, 31, is the lead defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Robin Pendergraft will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Arlington man was sentenced today to over 15 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor in the Richmond area.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. Oct. 16, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $252,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Wyoming. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
