News from August 2021
By DOT News Wire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today announced a notice of funding opportunity, making available nearly $362 million through its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program. CRISI funds projects that reduce congestion, improve ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today announcing Tracey A. LeBeau as Administrator and CEO of Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). LeBeau has served as Interim Administrator since March and has...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau is set to host the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC) Virtual Meeting September 23- 24. Experts and representatives of various organizations from across the nation will attend the virtual meeting to discuss census programs, operations and innovative processes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Wheaton, Minnesota, man convicted of Unlawful Taking of Golden Eagle was sentenced on Aug. 23, 2021, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Craig Barnish, 43, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court today facing a charge of possession of child pornography. Barnish will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Aug. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man who admitted to kidnapping a woman and strangling her in two separate assaults in 2020 on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Dixon, 39, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell traveled to Lake Charles, La., earlier today, where she met with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter to discuss preparedness efforts, as a weather system looms in the Gulf of Mexico, and also get an up-close look at ongoing recovery efforts in Lake Charles from hurricanes Laura and Delta and recent spring flooding.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: DENVER - A federal administrative law judge has upheld citations and penalties against a Denver roofing contractor for ignoring federal requirements to protect workers and subcontractors repeatedly from the risk of workplace falls - the leading cause of injury and death in the construction industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Guatemalan national was sentenced to “time served" (6 months) in prison, for the federal crime of unlawful reentry by a removed alien, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Jason E. Schneider, Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Dr. Barry Arnold, a practicing dentist with an office in Valley Stream, New York, with writing illegal prescriptions to women for oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and alprazolam (“Xanax"), a Schedule IV controlled substance, in exchange for sex acts. Arnold was arrested yesterday and will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Md., - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced William Soyke, age 68, of Hanover, Pennsylvania to 37 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone, fentanyl, methadone, and alprazolam outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Lumberton man yesterday on a charge of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: CLOSURE UPDATE, 1 p.m. The northern section of the Moose-Wilson Road, between Murie Ranch Junction and north of the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve, is temporarily closed to all visitors including motorists, cyclists, and hikers. Visitors can access the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve from the south.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Woodlands, Texas, man pleaded guilty today for his role in an unemployment insurance benefits scheme to defraud the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Tami Haug-Davis, age 64, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on Aug. 23, 2021, and was sentenced for Making a Materially False Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Billings man who admitted methamphetamine trafficking and firearms crimes involving two high-speed pursuits was sentenced today to 12 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The northern section of the Moose-Wilson Road, between Murie Ranch Junction and Death Canyon Junction, is temporary closed to all visitors including motorists, cyclists, and hikers. The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve and Death Canyon Trailhead can be accessed from the south.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Chicago, Illinois man, with ties to Iowa City, Travon Shaetwon Ambrose, age 23, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 40 months’ imprisonment for Drug User in Possession of Firearms (Counts 1, 4, and 5), Possession with Intent to Distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management today announced six virtual public meetings to assist in the preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
