News published on Federal Newswire in August 2021

News from August 2021


Chairmen Meeks and Menendez Joint Statement on Fourth Anniversary of Rohingya Genocide

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following joint statement in observance of the fourth anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide...


News Release: MOAB, Utah. - The National Park Service today scheduled meetings to hear from the public as it works to address vehicular congestion and explores ways of providing efficient visitor access to Arches National Park.


Foreign National Found Guilty of Smuggling Meth

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo federal jury has convicted a 32-year-old Mexican citizen for conspiracy to import and importation of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - An Owatonna man pleaded guilty today to possession of an unregistered firearm, announced Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that MADELINE S. CASEY, age 26 of New Hartford, Connecticut was sentenced to seven days in jail for walking on thermal ground at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. In addition, she was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, $40 in fees and...


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet was sentenced on Aug. 17, 2021, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.


E&C Republican Leaders Request Further Info From NIH & NIAID Following Concerns of Wuhan Lab Biosafety Procedures

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a new letter Tuesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.



Patient Movement Exercise Focuses on Tracking and Safety in a Pandemic Environment

News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Federal and territorial partners focused on movement of patients in a pandemic environment during a rehearsal of concept exercise earlier this month at the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center in Christiansted. Exercise participants reviewed the territory’s movement and tracking of hospital patients with a focus on safety.


News Release: A 55-year-old man from Indiana is in stable condition this morning after a bear attack in Denali National Park and Preserve.


USDA Issues a Default Decision Against Chakota Rowdy Ray Snow, dba R & R Cattle Co. and dba Rowdy Snow Cattle

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an Decision and Order Without Hearing by Reason of Default on June 8, 2021, against Chakota Rowdy Ray Snow, doing business as R & R Cattle Co. and Rowdy Ray Snow (Snow), of Oklahoma, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.


Former Klamath Falls Police Officer Pleads Guilty for Stealing Methamphetamine and Fentanyl from Evidence Room

News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-A former Klamath Falls police officer pleaded guilty today in federal court after stealing methamphetamine and fentanyl from an evidence room.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Lester Eduardo Cardenas Flores, 24, of Michoacán, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. He also agreed to pay $48,057 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service for the damage that the cultivation operation had on public land.


Transportation Department publishes 1038 notices in 2020

There were 1,038 notices published by the Transportation Department in 2020, according to the Federal Register.


Labor Department publishes 496 notices in 2020

There were 496 notices published by the Labor Department in 2020, according to the Federal Register.


Justice Department publishes 638 notices in 2020

There were 638 notices published by the Justice Department in 2020, according to the Federal Register.


Federal Reserve System publishes 261 notices in 2020

There were 261 notices published by the Federal Reserve System in 2020, according to the Federal Register.


Energy Department publishes 1631 notices in 2020

There were 1,631 notices published by the Energy Department in 2020, according to the Federal Register.


Commerce Department publishes 2022 notices in 2020

There were 2,022 notices published by the Commerce Department in 2020, according to the Federal Register.


Agriculture Department publishes 524 notices in 2020

There were 524 notices published by the Agriculture Department in 2020, according to the Federal Register.