News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Lame Deer man who admitted sexual abuse charges involving a minor was sentenced today to 50 months in prison and to five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Boxwood blight has been discovered in 150-year-old boxwoods at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Staff will begin removal of the affected boxwoods on Friday, March 19. Staff will wear protective clothing and the plants will be bagged and removed to prevent spread of the blight to other boxwoods.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Nancy W. New, 67, of Jackson, Mississippi, and her son, Zachary W. New, 38, were indicted by a federal grand jury in a seventeen-count indictment charging them with conspiracy to defraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, announced Acting United States Attorney...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David McKinley delivered opening remarks at Thursday’s hearing on securing America’s energy future.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Thursday’s hearing on securing America’s energy future.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Yosemite National Park is pleased to announce that the 2021 Edwin C. Bearss History Fellowship has been awarded to Emily Dayhoff. Emily is a Park Ranger who works in Yosemite National Park's Division of Interpretation and Education, and specializes in cultural demonstration.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent a letter to counsel for Robert S. Stewart, CEO of Federal Government Experts, LLC (FGE), regarding a failed $35 million contract to provide N95 masks to the Department of Veterans...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.4 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Tennessee prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus by supporting local tourism and manufacturing growth strategies.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- As numerous mainstream outlets have reported, the origins of COVID-19 are still unknown and China is stonewalling efforts to get answers.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2.5 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to provide the capital needed to seed new businesses and support the growth of established businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a controlled prescribed burn, as soon as next week, of piles of tree limbs and brush on roughly 300 acres in the ‘Inimim Forest, east of North Columbia in Nevada County. Timing of the pile burn will depend on weather conditions, air quality, resource availability and onsite observations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - James Roland Jones, a/k/a “MillionaireMike" (33, Hermosa Beach, CA), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Jones faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: CESER Adding Three New Research Programs to Develop New Safeguards Against Physical and Cyber Threats
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, called on President Joe Biden to direct the U.S. Army ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.28 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Alaska Travel Industry Association, Anchorage, Alaska, to implement emergency efforts needed to aid in the reopening of the state’s tourism economy. This EDA grant will be matched with $570,566 in local investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Fargo - Acting United States Attorney Nick Chase announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Cody James Belgarde, age 34 of Fort Totten, ND, for First Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Cesar Larios-Ortega, 40, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. 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.
