News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office (BLM) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Ruby Vista Ranch Right-of Way in Spring Creek, Nevada. The EA analyzes the impacts of constructing a new road and powerline across BLM-administered land for the new residential Ruby Vista Ranch subdivision in Spring Creek, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Former Bookkeeper Stole Cash, Falsified Paperwork.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MONTRELL CLEVELAND, age 34, a resident of Raceland, Louisiana, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $400.00 in special assessment fees by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier after pleading guilty to four counts of a...
By State Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ranking member of the subcommittee overseeing the Western Hemisphere, led U.S. Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Aug. 19, 2021, Randell Bruton-Scott, age 34, of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment and four years of supervised release, by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani, for crack cocaine trafficking and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 32-year-old Alice resident has entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 112 grams of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to conspiring to traffic cocaine and launder money.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Atlanta-area man is the third defendant sentenced in U.S. District Court after admitting to a scheme to use a drone to smuggle contraband into a Georgia state prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Defendants Agree to Pay $1,412,255 in Clean-up Costs and Accept Responsibility in Consent Decree.
By State Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
Release: On World Humanitarian Day, we recognize and honor all of the humanitarian aid workers who have sacrificed so much - including, for too many of them, their lives - to answer the call to protect and support the world’s most vulnerable populations. We commend the bravery and compassion of humanitarian aid...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Washington - Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26 million to build infrastructure to expand the availability of higher-blend renewable biofuels (PDF, 177 KB) by 822 million gallons annually in 23 states.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Two major facilities critical to the tank waste treatment mission at the Hanford Site are now connected.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $644,045 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the University of South Alabama in Mobile, to renovate the Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing, creating a cyber research hub and supporting workforce development efforts. This EDA grant will be matched with $161,011 in local investment.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced 10 winners for the first phase of the Envelope Retrofit Opportunities for Building Optimization Technologies (E-ROBOT) Prize, a $5 million competition focused on fast-tracking advanced robotics solutions...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Jeff McCarther Honored with Lon O. Hocker Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Matthew Dion, 49, of Bedford, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent letters to three manufacturers of insulin in the U.S.-Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi-following up on January 2019 letters to those companies and requesting additional information, including any specific steps the companies have taken to lower the cost of insulin and increase patient access since the Committee’s initial letters.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Black Rock Field Office, in coordination with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT) wants to remind visitors headed to Black Rock Playa and Pyramid Lake to recreate responsibly.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Portland, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Maine Violent Offender Task Force (MVOTF), announces the arrest of Michael J. Bernard, 26, of Auburn, ME. Bernard was being sought by Michigan authorities for sex crimes involving a victim under the age of 13.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on jobless benefits and the need to reform the unemployment insurance system...
