News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Dr. Lisa Petit as superintendent of Cuyahoga Valley National Park; a position that also oversees operations at James A. Garfield National Historic Site and First Ladies National Historic Site. She has been serving in the position for the past 6 months and will assume the permanent role as superintendent in the coming weeks.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in response to the agency including divisive critical race theory source material in its COVID-19 school reopening guidance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: With the sentencing of the lead defendant, the prosecution of a major Richmond County drug trafficking conspiracy has resulted in convictions of all eight defendants - including a man and two sons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a communiqué issued by the United States of America, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - On Thursday afternoon, David E. Merry, 60, of Pensacola, was sentenced to eleven years in prison on federal charges related to his receipt of child pornography. The sentence, which followed his guilty plea, was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 23, 2021, a federal jury convicted Alim Turner, 23, Ushery Stewart, 22, Ronald Turner, 25, Kedaris Gilmore, 23, Mahlon Prater, Jr., 25, and Trevor Cox, 22, all of Knoxville, TN, and Demetrius Bibbs, 29, of Chattanooga, TN, of conspiring to distribute various controlled substances, ...
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to New Delhi, India and Kuwait City, Kuwait July 26-29 to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to strengthening our partnerships and underscore cooperation on our shared priorities.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Effective Saturday, July 24, Yellowstone National Park’s rivers and streams will close to fishing in the afternoon and evening due to high-water temperatures and unprecedented low stream flows. This closure will protect the park’s native and wild trout fisheries.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), in collaboration with the Office of Nuclear Energy and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technology Office, issued a notice of intent (NOI) for a Funding Opportunity Announcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: The man who allegedly shot and killed a SWAT officer during a standoff in Levelland, Texas earlier this month has been charged with assaulting a federal officer who responded to the scene, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Timothy Harmon, a 53-year old man formerly of Harrisburg.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Mount Olive father and son were both sentenced today to 170 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Brad Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision and order against Lynch Livestock Inc. of Wacoma, Iowa, on July 13, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Enjoy a twilight hike to greet the full moon in Indiana Dunes National Park’s Miller Woods. Join park rangers at the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education at 7:00 p.m., on Friday, July 23.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other Republican members in a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging them to take swift action to address the growing drought crisis in the west. In part, the members wrote.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina return preparer was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: The man who allegedly shot and killed a SWAT officer during a standoff in Levelland, Texas earlier this month has been charged with assaulting a federal officer who responded to the scene, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
