News from March 2021
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Cedar City, Utah - The formal solicitation is available for local and national companies to bid on the contract to construct the new visitor contact station at Cedar Breaks National Monument. The new facility at Cedar Breaks will serve an increasing number of visitors to the national monument. Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A doctor of osteopathic medicine from Bellaire has paid to resolve allegations he falsely certified patients for home health services and received improper payments, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 31 months in prison for defrauding an elderly victim of over $228,000 based upon false promises to develop a solar farm on her rural North Carolina property.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Last week, U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Demoney T. Coleman, 22, of Peoria, Ill., to more than three years (37 months) in federal prison for trying to obstruct the trial of members of the Bomb Squad, a Peoria street gang, in late 2019. Coleman pleaded guilty in December ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - As spring approaches and we all want to get outside to enjoy the warm weather, the Bureau of Land Management offers these tips to help you plan your next trip to Cronan and Magnolia ranches along the South Fork of the American River in El Dorado County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Wilson announced today that Michael Whitmore, 27, has been indicted on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. Whitmore was arrested by the FBI on March 10, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin the annual filling of Alcova reservoir on Thursday, April 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas tax preparer pleaded guilty today to preparing fraudulent tax returns over a seven year span and causing nearly $3 million in tax loss to the IRS, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Good afternoon and welcome to our second hearing of the Oversight Subcommittee in the 117th Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the FY 2022 Budget Hearing for the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $800,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation, South Boston, Virginia, to increase broadband capacity in southern and central Virginia and bolster the region’s ability to withstand future economic disruptions. This EDA grant will be matched with $200,000 in local investment.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing to discuss legislation related to workplace discrimination...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Efforts to Address Marine Plastic Pollution Through Recycling.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Teran Martin to 120 months in prison today and ordered Martin to forfeit $23,488 and the several firearms law enforcement seized in the course of investigating the crimes charged. The 27-year-old Ferguson, Missouri resident had previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Seattle, WA - The U.S. Marshals-led Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man convicted of rape and murder who escaped Canadian custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man has been charged by criminal complaint in federal district court with criminally interfering with the right to fair housing.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla -- FEMA has approved four projects totaling more than $7.8 million for the State of Florida to reimburse for eligible costs of permanent repairs following Hurricane Michael.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Twelve San Antonio residents face federal drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: On April 17, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will host a drop-in volunteer beach cleanup effort at Coquina Beach Access on Bodie Island.
