News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Miguel Angel Ramos, age 31, from Wilmington, NC was sentenced today in Federal District Court in Raleigh, NC. Ramos was sentenced to a total of 156 months in prison for the distribution of a quantity of fentanyl on July 25, 2019 in Wilmington, NC.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area has finalized regulations related to the use of off-road vehicles (ORV) in the Recreation Area. The Final Regulations were published in the Federal Register Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) ) and became effective today, Feb. 16.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - When OSHA inspectors arrived at Western Bee Supply Inc. in Polson to investigate a recent incident that resulted in a partial finger amputation, they found a workplace with unguarded saw blades, rotating machinery, belts, pulleys and chains. Machine operators were cleaning saw blades and...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
Release: Dear Stakeholders:President Biden recently announced his goal of distributing 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to Americans in the first 100 days of his Administration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is leading the vaccination effort, and APHIS has deployed 119 employees to assist in several ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses affected by the recent winter storms that USDA has programs that provide assistance. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices are prepared with a variety of program flexibilities and other assistance to residents, agricultural producers and impacted communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the extradition and indictment of SUMALEE INTARATHONG, 59, for her role in an international Thai sex trafficking organization. The 10-count superseding indictment charges INTARATHONG with conspiracy, human trafficking violations, and visa fraud.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
Release: More information about Lesotho is available on the Lesotho Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been found guilty in federal court of conspiring to steal cash from an automated-teller machine in Chicago during a period of civil unrest last spring.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the subcommittee vice ranking members for the 117thCongress. Westerman issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brenda Cruise, age 50, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, a former contract employee with the Lackawanna County Prison, was sentenced today to one year in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for participating in a conspiracy to provide prohibited objects, including illegal drugs, to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced the reorganization of the committee’s three subcommittees, and their Chairs and Ranking Members for the 117th Congress.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Global Participation and Protection of Women Civil Society Activists, Journalists, and Peacebuilders. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007589. Catalog...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tae Johnson expressing serious concerns over recent reports the...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the subcommittee rosters for the 117thCongress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Christopher Parker, 63, of Guilford, Vermont, was sentenced today in the United States District Court in Burlington following his conviction for tax evasion. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Parker to time...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
Release: Washington - In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: One of the leaders of a conspiracy that imported large amounts of cocaine and marijuana into Georgia has been sentenced to nearly 25 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national who previously resided in Lawrence was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegal reentry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - John D. Freshwater, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Johnstown, PA - One resident of Johnstown, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distribution and possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of a substance containing cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
