News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Bismarck - Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Mario R. Garmoo, age 32, Detroit, MI, to 15 years in federal prison for the charges of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone and Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone. Judge Traynor also sentenced Garmoo to 3 years of supervised released and $200 in special assessment fees.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved more than $2.6 million in hazard mitigation project grants to improve disaster resilience in Craven and Pitt counties and the Town of North Topsail Beach.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Carbon dioxide emissions in Los Angeles fell 33% in April of 2020 compared with previous years, as roads emptied and economic activity slowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. In the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region, emissions of carbon dioxide, or CO2, dropped by 34% during the same period.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks issued a joint statement calling for the release of American citizens unjustly detained by the Burmese military regime...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: CHEYENNE, Oklahoma: The moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived! Announcing Camp Owa Chita 2021 registration. The CDC guidelines for Summer Camp will be followed. Camp Owa Chita is June 28-July 2, 2021. We invite students entering 1st through 6th grade to attend the park’s seventh annual summer day camp! The camp will run from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday. Campers must be able to attend all five days.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invites stakeholders to submit project suggestions for fiscal year (FY) 2022 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 (PPA 7721) funding. In total, APHIS will allocate approximately $75 million to plant ...
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Mike Allen. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to see you. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you for welcoming Axios on HBO into the State Department, the Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room. SECRETARY BLINKEN: That’s right. QUESTION: So you’ve said that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Alcendor, of Houston, Texas, has admitted to his role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: San Francisco, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is reopening the Maritime Museum. The National Park Service (NPS) is working Servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced David M. Foston to 125 months in prison today. The 49-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in February, to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
Release: The United States welcomed the inaugural meeting of the Blue Dot Network Executive Consultation Group (ECG) held on June 7, 2021. The OECD, through technical support funded by the United States and Australia, organized the ECG to convene the private sector, civil society, and academia to advise on the design and implementation of the Blue Dot Network infrastructure initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will waive amenity-related fees at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for National Get Outdoors Day on June 12. Other fees, such as group day use, will remain in effect.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania released a new mobile tool,
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Staples man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in the arsons at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 20-year-old Bloomington man has admitted to assaulting a federal marshal, announced acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: CAMBRIA, WI - After a worker who was clearing corn debris from an unsafe silo failed to arrive for a regularly scheduled meeting, employees called 911 when they could not find him at the silo, nor reach him by phone. It took emergency services nine hours to recover the body of the 52-year-old manager, found engulfed in the silo operated by Didion Milling Inc. in Cambria.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: DENVER - As work at construction project sites increases in Colorado’s Front Range, more workers may find themselves exposed to falls and trenching and excavation hazards. Over the last two years, at least six workers have suffered fatal falls, and nearly a dozen excavation collapses and trenching incidents have led to the deaths of three workers in Colorado.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) introduced a resolution urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Games unless the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that William Thomas Carver II, 44, of Saraland, was sentenced today for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In January of 2021, Carver pled guilty to the conspiracy charge and a charge of carrying a firearm in relation to and in furtherance of the drug trafficking felony.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2021
News Release: Pecos, NM: Join Tomás Herrera of Cochiti Pueblo on June 26th and 27th for a demonstration of how traditional Cochiti-style drums are made! Herrera will showcase his methods and materials, including tools and processes, at the Pecos National Historical Park visitor center between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on both days. For more information, contact Pecos NHP at (505) 757-7241.
