News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Specially designed storage boxes will hold supplies to support 24/7 tank waste operations for the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) program at the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Lewiston man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our decision to concur with the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designations for Ecuador and Serbia. The OIE recognizes Ecuador ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anton Perevoznikov, 34, of Brooklyn, NY, was sentenced to 4 years in prison, and 3 years of supervised release. by United States District Court Judge Joel H. Slomsky for his participation in a conspiracy to unlawfully export night-vision goggles and thermal-imaging devices to buyers in Russia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ridgecrest Field Office, approves range improvements within the Piper Mountains and Fish Lake Valley in eastern Inyo County. The projects will increase hydration options for grazing cattle and reduce the impacts to existing watering sites, protect resources, and allow for a more even distribution of cattle throughout the Deep Springs Valley and South Oasis grazing allotments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C., - Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, the DEA’s Washington Division will take time to honor those lives lost in the overdose epidemic, after a year when, sadly, more people than ever died from drug overdose. The DEA Washington Division, local Health Departments, and law...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces flight operations for September 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Beginning on Sept. 1, park officials will put annual closures in place for travel on foot or horse off established roadways or designated trails from 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. In 2020, the closure time extended to 10 a.m. from 7 a.m. due to a significant increase in visitors approaching elk when the morning...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - In compliance with a recent district court decision (Louisiana v Biden), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for public feedback on parcels that were previously under consideration for competitive auction at the deferred 2021 Quarter 2 lease sale. To the extent parcels had already been deferred from those sales through analysis completed by the prior administration, those parcels will not be reevaluated.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Fifty-eight-year-old Willie Curry, of Miami-Dade County, pled guilty yesterday in Miami federal court to a felony Information charging him with wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent application to the U.S. Small Business Administration for a low-interest COVID-19 relief loan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Operated Marijuana Grow Operation, Possessed Dozens of Firearms.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send best wishes to the people of the Slovak Republic as you celebrate the 29th occasion of your Constitution Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Harjit Singh Dub, age 27, of Moreno Valley, California to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - In compliance with a recent district court decision (Louisiana v Biden), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for public feedback on parcels that were previously under consideration for competitive auction at the deferred 2021 Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 lease sales. To the extent parcels had already been deferred from those sales through analysis completed by the prior administration, those parcels will not be reevaluated.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine-A Connecticut woman was sentenced today in federal court for theft from a health care benefit program, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Ted Deutch and Joe Wilson, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, issued the following statement in response to recent events in Tunisia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: Yorktown, VA, Aug. 31, 2021 - On Saturday, Aug. 28, National Park Service volunteer Sal Lilienthal completed a 680 mile revolutionary ride at the Yorktown Victory Monument, becoming the first person to complete a full ride of the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, New Jersey, woman was charged today with producing, distributing, and advertising images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: In compliance with a recent district court decision (Louisiana v Biden), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for public feedback on parcels that were previously under consideration for competitive auction at the deferred 2021 Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 lease sales. To the extent parcels had already been deferred from those sales through analysis completed by the prior administration, those parcels will not be reevaluated.
