News from March 2021
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: On Monday, March 15, work will begin on Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake Crescent to clear a large landslide. The majority of Spruce Railroad Trail will be closed for public safety until the work is complete. The work is expected to last until late April.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - An Irving, Texas man has been convicted of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Meghan E. Heesch (619) 546-9442 and Joshua C. Mellor (619) 546-9733.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The following statement is from Deputy Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton, on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation on the death of retired Deputy Regional Director John F. Soucy...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The owner of an East Providence automobile transport company has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for falsifying U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) records, utilizing another person’s personal identifying information...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man was sentenced today in federal court for involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country after killing Barry James Harrell during a brief altercation in downtown Tulsa, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Passenger refused to wear mask, struck a flight attendant in the arm, and urinated in his seat.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing our nation and the planet today. With climate change intensifying, we see more intense hurricanes, storms, and uncontrolled wildfires. That’s why the Biden Administration has laid out a bold climate agenda to combat the climate emergency with plans to procure carbon pollution-free electricity by 2050 and leverage DOE’s labs to produce cutting-edge R&D solutions.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Democratic Chair of the Energy Subcommittee Bobby Rush (D-IL) sent a letter today urging Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo to address the need for increased U.S. leadership in the innovation...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A West Boylston man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with illegal possession of ammunition and cocaine.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LESTER B. JOY, 40, formerly of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Reclamation finalized the transfer of the Provo River Project South Branch Canal to the Utah Lake Distributing Company. This action continues Reclamation’s commitment to transferring appropriate water-related facilities to local ownership and is the fourth completed water project transfer in Utah under the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher M. Hynek, 47, of Lone Rock, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 1 year and 1 day in prison for Social Security fraud and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $98,256. Hynek pleaded guilty this charge on Sept. 1, 2020.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: LeBeau’s Deep Executive Management and Energy Experience Will Support WAPA in Providing Clean and Reliable Hydropower to its Customers
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is looking to fill approximately 25 positions at Albany International, Syracuse Hancock International and Buffalo-Niagara International Airports within the next few months. It’s part of a national effort to hire 6,000 TSA officers to be prepared for projected summer travel volumes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty today to willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Hernandez Used Sextortion and Made Death Threats to At Least 375 Minor Victims, Threatened to Use Explosive Devices at Plainfield and Danville High Schools.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 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 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center Trust, Fairbanks, Alaska, to acquire heavy-duty equipment needed to...

By State Newswire | Mar 12, 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.