News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. July 13, 2021 - Recent lightning strikes in the Sierra Nevada resulted in two new wildfires in the wilderness of Kings Canyon National Park. The Lost Fire, spotted on July 10, is currently mapped at 92 acres, and the Sugar Fire, spotted on July 11, is currently mapped at one-quarter acre. Neither fire currently poses any risks to life or property, and there are no closures due to the fires at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Hughes, age 38, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted on July 13, 2021, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Maria Morales Howard has sentenced Russell Leroy Dotson, Jr. (63, Jacksonville) and his wife, Maria Luisa Dotson (66, Jacksonville), to 18 months in federal prison each for conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: A man who caused an infant's head injury during a domestic violence incident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Summary: At 8:22 pm on July 12, 2021, the Color Country Interagency Communication Center received a report of a wildland fire start. Local resources are on scene and aerial resources have been requested. Smoke can be seen from St. George, Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced two Atlantic County men have been charged with conspiring to distribute heroin.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request: Agency Policies and Perspectives (Part II)":
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A New York man was sentenced today to 186 months in federal prison for his participation in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) in Mercer County. James Walker, 43, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, oxymorphone, oxycodone and hydromorphone. Walker was...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: (Speaks in French.). (In English) And it’s wonderful to see so many friends here this afternoon. The rain is about to come down on us. I will do my best to be brief. But the individual who first had the idea for the statue was actually a history professor and a jurist from the College ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Woman Arrested for Fake COVID-19 Immunization and Vaccination Card Scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid recovery efforts for farmers, ranchers and residents affected by Tropical Storm Elsa - the fifth named storm in what has already been a very active hurricane season. USDA staff in offices across the country are ready to respond with a variety of program flexibilities and other assistance to producers and communities in need.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-An indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging a Portland entrepreneur with fraudulently applying for and converting to his personal use loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: More than 50 Service Providers to Offer Returning Citizens a Variety of Services, Including Related to Employment, Health, Housing, Legal Services, and Free COVID Vaccines; Tomorrow is the First In-Person Re-Entry Event Since the Beginning of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 4 years of probation and ordered to pay $28,461 in restitution on his conviction for fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s new goal to reduce the cost of grid-scale, long duration energy storage by 90% within the decade. The second target within DOE’s Energy Earthshot Initiative, “Long Duration Storage Shot"...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Republican members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to withdraw the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A California licensed naturopathic doctor was arrested today for her alleged scheme to sell homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and falsify COVID-19 vaccination cards by making it appear that customers received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Moderna vaccine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: 10 pounds of meth seized from vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who allegedly used and attempted to use several minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct and surreptitiously recorded it has been indicted on federal child pornography charges.
