News from June 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: St. Joe, Arkansas - On Saturday, June 5th, 2021, Buffalo National River park rangers responded to multiple medical events.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A federal jury convicted an inmate at United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, on June 1, for illegally possessing a knife inside the prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dana Container, Inc., (“Dana"), a company headquartered in Avenel, New Jersey, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. to pay a fine of $325,000 and to serve a two-year term of probation for willfully committing an OSHA violation that resulted in an employee’s death.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded Secretary Blinken's announcement today that the United States will impose visa restrictions on individuals who are believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the peaceful resolution of the crisis in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Joel Flores of Greeley, Colorado was convicted by a federal jury of possession with intent to distribute more than 5 grams of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prior felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Walter Lee Evans, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 131 months of incarceration for a drug distribution charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Thomas McDonald, age 47, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with a federal bribery violation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands - The National Park Service (NPS) will release the Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis (EE/CA) draft report on environmental conditions at Caneel Bay Resort on June 10, 2021 and begin a 30-day comment period to receive public input on the report and findings to date.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Fritch, Texas - Guess what’s new at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area? There is a new webcam at Sanford Yake Boat Ramp which is live on the park website. Did you know you can see what’s happening live at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area without leaving your home? Check out our new webcam for the latest conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Guatemalan man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff entered an order today permanently barring RAFAEL ALVAREZ (“ALVAREZ") and ATAX New York LLC (“ATAX NEW YORK") from, among other things, preparing federal tax returns for...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
Release: LAS VEGAS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in partnership with Las Vegas McCarran International Airport today announced the official reopening of the Innovation Checkpoint, which features the latest upgrades in aviation security technologies to improve security and the passenger screening experience. Today’s reopening coincides with the return of the convention industry to Las Vegas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Keshena, Wisconsin, to develop economic recovery strategies that will strengthen, diversify, and add resilience to the regional economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the release of a staff report detailing the findings of the Committee’s nearly two-year investigation into the design, safety, and recall of infant inclined sleep products...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: DENVER - On Saturday, June 5, 2021, FEMA authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Mammoth Fire burning in Garfield County, Utah near the town of Panguitch.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to more than 3,200 comments received from the public and valued preservation partners, the National Park Service (NPS) today announced it is withdrawing its March 2019 proposal to revise regulations governing the listing of properties in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man who took possession of a package containing more than a kilogram of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico moments after it was delivered by the U.S. Postal Service to the front porch of a Providence residence was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH - A Marshall County, Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to Conspiracy to Distribute U-47700, commonly known as U-4, a Schedule I controlled substance, and to Distributing, Possessing with the Intent to Distribute, and Importing U-4 from China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Liberty County man whose gun malfunctioned when he attempted to shoot at investigators searching for drugs has been found guilty on all charges by a U.S. District Court jury.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - The Fort Pulaski Preservation Team has begun work on the interior and exterior of the Cockspur Island Lighthouse. This work focuses on the stabilization of the masonry of the lighthouse and the replacement of the door and windows. The Lighthouse Trail is also now open which gives a wonderful view of the work being done.
