News from May 2021
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: HOLBROOK, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District implemented Stage 1 Fire Restrictions today for BLM-managed land in Navajo and Apache counties. The decision to go into fire restrictions is based on current drought conditions and lack of foreseeable moisture.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has announced that campgrounds along the Trinity River will open Wednesday, May 26, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend and traditional start of the summer recreation season.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a communiqué issued by the United States of America, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, and the United Kingdom on the Afghan Peace Process.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: SENTENCING - CHRISTOPHER TRAJUAN COUSINS. On May 5, Christopher Trajuan Cousins, 28, was sentenced to 165 months in federal prison for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery. In February 2018, Cousins and two co-conspirators robbed a Sprint store in Garland at gunpoint. The co-conspirators...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Two Dominican nationals were sentenced yesterday on drug and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with their roles in a fentanyl conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - The former CEO of a La Quinta-based communication services company pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges that he fraudulently obtained $5 million in bank loans by, among other things, submitting sham financial documents that falsely stated his company’s net worth.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Clayton Everett Colborn (29, Wesley Chapel), also known as Jason Rich, with enticement and coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, Colborn faces a minimum mandatory penalty...
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: The United States endorses the Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online, formally joining those working together under the rubric of the Call to prevent terrorists and violent extremists from exploiting the Internet. The terrible terrorist attacks of March...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s May 2021 total water supply available forecast for the Yakima basin indicates the water supply will satisfy all senior and junior water rights this irrigation season.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: On Saturday, May 22, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites you to participate in a virtual program examining the food Civil War soldiers were issued and ate, while then looking at how the country transitioned into mass food production to contend with the growing population.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to travel in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor. Gregory Thomas O’Connor, 47, of Stahlstown, Pennsylvania was charged by a single-count Information in April 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Craig Alex Levin, 65, of King of Prussia, PA, was charged by Superseding Indictment with additional child exploitation offenses related to his travel to the Philippines. The defendant, who was previously detained in the Philippines, was deported back to the United States in August 2020 and has been held in federal detention since that time.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: FALLON, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today a 30-day public comment period for a 25-year contract renewal of the transfer of operation, maintenance, and replacement activities related to the Newlands Project to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold its first ever adoption event at the new Wheatland Wild Horse and Burro Off-Range Corral, in Wheatland, Wyoming on June 5, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The BLM will offer approximately 50 wild horses and burros for adoption, with a viewing of the animals taking place on June 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: The United States endorses the Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online, formally joining those working together under the rubric of the Call to prevent terrorists and violent extremists from exploiting the Internet. The terrible terrorist attacks of March...
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the newly released April jobs report...
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to violent clashes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Kremmling Field Office plans to release for public comment an environmental assessment that considers allowing fire managers to let unplanned wildfire ignitions burn when and where fire can be beneficial to the landscape.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -Today, Rahim and Karim Sadruddin, 35, were sentenced to 50 months imprisonment by the Honorable Travis McDonough, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
By US DOT Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced legislation to help ensure...
