News from June 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Acadia National Park’s carriage roads and other park facilities sustained extensive damage from a severe rainstorm in the early hours of June 9, 2021. Ten miles of the 45-mile carriage road system in the park (22 percent) remain closed, along with the Wild Gardens of Acadia at Sieur...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that we have added Thailand to the list of regions APHIS considers to be affected with African horse sickness (AHS). We have taken this action because of confirmation of AHS in Thailand.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Defendant Organized ‘Shield Wall’ in Violent Attack on Officers in Tunnel, Coordinated with Others and Repeatedly Assaulted Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler joined Congressman Joe Neguse, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Chair of the U.S. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Representatives Jason Crow, Pramila Jayapal and Mondaire Jones to introduce new legislation, the Ketamine Restriction Act, to ban the use of ketamine during an arrest or detention, other than in a hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clay Westbrook, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Medford, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet virtually June 24 to 25, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- On Saturday June 5, 2021 ten kids and seven adults enjoyed fishing at Chickasaw National Recreation Area as part of the park’s first fishing program of the summer. These free programs are planned for select Saturdays throughout the summer, weather permitting. Attendance is limited to twenty participants at each event. Program attendance is reserved by appointment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Beaumont man has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - On Friday, June 11, National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Acting Regional Director Pedro Ramos signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Oregon Inlet Marina Improvements: Site Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA).
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
Release: The United States and Bahrain are working collectively toward the common goal of a stable, secure, and prosperous Middle East. Bahrain also is a vital U.S. partner on a wide range of regional security initiatives and a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The United States works with Bahrain...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set a July 23, 2021, deadline for agricultural producers and landowners to apply for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup 56. Additionally, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept applications for CRP Grasslands from July...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - A team of federal and state agencies helped the Bureau of Land Management’s Glennallen Field Office restore access to the Sourdough Creek Campground and its popular boat ramp today after spring high waters made the road impassable.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: The Wing Luke Museum is excited to announce Gerard Tsutakawa: Stories Shaped in Bronze. This exhibit of Gerard Tsutakawa’s public work explores the inspiration, process, and final artwork, his father George’s influence on his practice, and the effect these works have on Seattle physically, socially, and culturally, demonstrating how art imbues joy and strengthens the community.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger the BLM Wyoming High Plains District has implemented fire restrictions for all BLM administered lands within Johnson and Campbell Counties beginning June 15th, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Three Inland Empire women have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges accusing them of using information belonging to other people - including California state prison inmates - to file for pandemic-related unemployment benefits, with each defendant causing at least $350,000 in losses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: San Antonio, TX - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1.1 million visitors to San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2020 spent $84.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,240 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $126 million.
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Lisa Peterson will travel to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), June 14-18, to represent the United States in the first ever U.S.-DRC bilateral human rights dialogue.
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), ranking member of the subcommittee that oversees the Middle East, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ranking member of the subcommittee that oversees human rights, and Mike ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Francine Kendzia, 43, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2021
News Release: Acres: 72,250 acres. Cause: Under Investigation. Containment: 85%. Total personnel: 336. Start Date: Monday, June 1, 2021. Location: 12 mi SE of Globe, AZ; 7 mi NE of Dripping Springs, AZ. Fuels: Desert Brush, Oak, and grass. Containment increases; Excessive heat and fire potential persist. Ko’ Ba Nagoni...
