News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Fort Benton, Mont. -- Looking for some outdoor family fun? Join BLM Park Rangers during Family Explorer Day at the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument on Thursday, July 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: One Defendant Faces Charge of Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to federal firearm and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: A Louisiana man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with members of the Aryan Circle (AC) and others to sell methamphetamine. He is the fourth and final defendant charged in the conspiracy to enter a guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury found Hakim Amal Archible guilty of three counts of filing or attempting to file false liens against federal officials and one count of obstructing or impeding the due administration of the Internal Revenue Service on July 2, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Nevada is asking the public to review and provide comment on an environmental assessments and unsigned finding of no significant impacts for its October 5, 2021 geothermal lease sale. The sale includes 32 parcels totaling 83,063.690 acres on the Battle Mountain, Carson City, Elko, Ely and Winnemucca Districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months in prison and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws and money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened more than 10.1 million travelers over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, which includes traveler screenings from July 1 to July 5. This milestone represents 83% of travel volume for the same 5-day holiday period in 2019.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement ahead of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) vote to renew and expand cross-border humanitarian aid into Syria:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A 24-year-old Oakland Park man who stole from South Florida businesses during a one-month armed robbery spree pled guilty today to federal robbery and gun crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Put-in-Bay, Ohio - The National Park Service (NPS) at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial (Park) seeks public comments on a draft Visitor Experience Plan (PEPC 77366). This plan considers existing conditions and recommendations in other guiding documents and seeks to better define appropriate...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: How many times have you heard, "it is vital to back up all important information to prevent accidental losses?" Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in Fort Collins, CO, are fully aware of the importance of backing up important material!.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-The former general manager of the Jacklin Seed Company, a Pacific Northwest producer and marketer of grass seed and turfgrass, was sentenced to federal prison today for conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering as part of multiple schemes to defraud Jacklin’s former owner, the J.R. Simplot Company, and its customers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: BOULDER, Colo. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new prize competition to advance the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in first responder search and rescue operations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Berlin MD-On Tuesday, July 6, a four-year old mare (N2BHS-CKP, Moonshadow) was found dead by a park employee in the Oceanside Campground of Assateague Island National Seashore. It is believed that her injuries were due to a hit-and-run automobile accident the previous week.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Homestead National Historical Park has finalized its Fire Management Plan (FMP) and associated Environmental Assessment (EA) with the signing of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) by Regional Director Herbert Frost, Ph.D. The public was provided an opportunity to review...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Coffee County man who operated a pill factory was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Counselor Derek Chollet met with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman al Saud today in Washington for discussions on regional security, support for Saudi Arabia to defend itself from cross-border attacks, and improving...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the two subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Spokane, WA - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District will increase fire restrictions on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. The fire restrictions order has been modified to prohibit the building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, including charcoal briquette fires, even when contained within provided metal rings.
