News from June 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D.─ The Bureau of Reclamation, along with Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, has completed construction of the camp host site at East Park Lake and will recruit a host for the location. East Park Lake is part of the Chain of Lakes and is located 17-miles north of Wilton, North Dakota, on North Dakota Highway 41.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park received additional information about missing 27-year-old hiker Cian McLaughlin. The park continues to request any information the public may have that may aid in locating McLaughlin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Riverside man, Jakari Eman Smith, Sr., age 29, was sentenced on Monday, June 21, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 50 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Smith was ordered to served three years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a hearing with Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome H. Powell to assess the Fed’s emergency lending programs established in the early months of the coronavirus crisis, discuss the current state of the recovery, and examine the actions needed to ensure a strong, sustainable, and equitable economic future for all Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Laurel man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
Release: Secretary Antony J. Blinken will participate in the Second Berlin Conference on Libya on June 23 in Berlin, underscoring U.S. support for progress in Libya and reaffirming the importance of Libya’s national elections scheduled for Dec. 24, 2021. Secretary Blinken will also emphasize support for the...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that USDA is investing $185 million to equip, rebuild, and modernize essential services in rural areas of 32 states (PDF, 404 KB). The investments will benefit 3 million rural residents.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing on vaping by outlining the importance of preventing youth from accessing e-cigarettes and calling for more progress to protect our nation’s children from these products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Defense Department Linguist Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified National Defense Information to Aid a Foreign Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Michael Walker, 41, of Craigsville, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime. A federal grand jury indicted Walker in February 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Ridgecrest, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ridgecrest Field Office, in partnership with the Inyo National Forest, is seeking public comments on a Comprehensive River Management Plan for the Cottonwood Wild and Scenic River in Inyo County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shaquane Scott, age 31, of Frackville, Schuylkill County, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to six years’ imprisonment for distribution of crystal methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $8 million in federal funding for four projects to develop and test technologies that capture and utilize carbon dioxide (CO2) from power systems or other industrial sources to create...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Colorado resident, Brendan Camous, 27, was sentenced Tuesday, to 51 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen Caldwell, for failure to register as a sex offender and possession of an unregistered firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two Lawrence County residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of attempted production, production, receipt, and distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a child, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-On Tuesday, June 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Select Subcommittee Republican lawmakers will hold a forum with expert...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Fairfield man was sentenced today for being for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Jaden Allen, 20, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting the commission of a carjacking. Allen appeared today before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2021
Release: The United States is gravely concerned by reports that dozens of civilians were killed or injured during a bombing of a village market in northern Tigray on June 22. We strongly condemn this reprehensible act. There are also credible reports that security forces denied medical personnel access to the...
