News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: US Park Rangers are investigating the Bear Creek Fire burning in the Chilliwack drainage. Rangers are looking to speak with a hiker that reportedly accessed the Hannegan Pass Trailhead area on a bicycle (see attached photo) on or about July 26th, 2021. The hiker of interest has been described as a white...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau will release the next two rounds of 2020 Census operational quality metrics in August. On Aug. 18, the Census Bureau will provide summary county- and tract-level information by state for a limited set of previously released operational quality metrics. The metrics will not be available for individual counties or tracts, but rather they provide the average rates (mean), median and standard deviations for the state’s counties and tracts, respectively.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have linked together, or “entangled," the mechanical motion and electronic properties of a tiny blue crystal, giving it a quantum edge in measuring electric fields with record sensitivity that may enhance understanding of the universe.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on the political crisis in Tunisia:
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 300,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the town of Taos, New Mexico, to build critical infrastructure to support the Taos Regional Airport and an adjacent business park. This EDA grant, to be matched with $500,000 in local funds, is expected to generate $11 million in private investment.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Governments and Members of the Friends of the Mekong Group on the occasion of the 2021 Friends of the Mekong Ministerial Meeting.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Mineral, CA - An emergency closure is in place for the entirety of Lassen Volcanic National Park due to the Dixie Fire, which is active in the remote eastern side of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Ascension Michigan to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex county man appeared in court today on charges that he possessed an arsenal of weapons, ammunition, and marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Smith Bribed Correctional Officers, Sold Controlled Substances, and Held a Romantic Relationship with a Correctional Officer to Sell Contraband within the Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Susan Mittleider, 55, of Kuna, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for unlawfully receiving converted government money, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale ordered Mittleider to serve one year of probation and pay restitution to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
Release: The United States regrets that restrictions imposed by Russian authorities will prevent the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from independently observing the Duma elections in September. We respect ODIHR’s professional determination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced DARREKA BOYKINS, age 44, of Houma, Louisiana, today to 73 months in the Bureau of Prisons for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, during the second hearing this week to examine the persistent and concerning threat posed by domestic terrorists and violent extremists, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned experts on what...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Boone County man was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for distributing opioids. The five-year sentence was a significant upward departure from the U.S. Sentencing Guideline Range.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Fairmont man was found guilty today of four counts of Hobbs Act robbery, four counts of Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds stakeholders that the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: As a result of the elevated risks related to the COVID-19 virus, the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site visitor center will temporarily close to the public beginning Saturday, August 7, 2021. No public access to the visitor center, exhibits, park interpretive film, restrooms, or Jefferson National Parks Association bookstore will be allowed.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The public should be aware of possible changes in water depth in the Snake River downstream of American Falls Dam from now until mid-October. The Bureau of Reclamation is rehabilitating the American Falls Dam concrete spillway. The rehabilitation project will continue through Dec. 2021, with additional construction activities possibly occurring in 2022.
