News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Faces At Least 15 Years in Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Time is running short. Texas residents and businesses recovering from uninsured or underinsured losses and damage caused by February’s severe winter storms have two weeks left to register for disaster assistance with FEMA and apply for a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest disaster loan.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the selection of Michael Hilliard as assistant area manager for the Upper Snake Field Office in Interior Region 9: Columbia Pacific Northwest. Hilliard will oversee the management and operation of Reclamation facilities in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. The USFO is located in Heyburn, Idaho, and is part of the Snake River Area Office headquartered in Boise.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to continue our support with West Side Elementary as part of the Catoosa County Schools Partnership Program. This program has continued since its inception in 1989. Recently, the park’s Resource Management Division assisted...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Austin Lodge, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was indicted today on drug charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: So we’ll go ahead and get started. We’ll do this on background, two U.S. officials, if everyone is comfortable with that. As I think you all know, [Senior State Department Official One] was deeply engaged in the preparations for this and the G7. [Senior State Department Official Two] has been engaged on the bilateral aspect and in different areas as well.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Creating diverse, inclusive workplaces offers many benefits, but achieving that goal can be challenging.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: On May 8th, the National Park Service will resume offering a limited number of ranger-led public programs at Indiana Dunes National Park. All programs will be limited to 10 people and will require advance reservations. Wearing a mask will be required during programs because it is not possible to maintain six feet of social distancing at all times during the hikes.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a bipartisan hearing to examine the nation’s system for securing transplant organs for patients suffering from organ failure.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: TACOMA, Wash. - A Yelm man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court here to 57 months in prison as a felon in possession of firearms and methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Daniel Ague Masters, 51, kept a substantial arsenal...
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million in funding for high-performance computing (HPC) resources that can help manufacturers streamline their processes, increase their productivity, and shrink their carbon footprint. Through this High Performance Computing for Manufacturing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - On May 3, 2021, a federal jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky returned a verdict convicting Jorge Santos Caballero Melgar, age 36, who formerly resided in Nashville, Tennessee, of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery; conspiracy to use and carry firearms during and in relation...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve mountaineering rangers received an InReach communication on Monday, May 3 at 3:30 PM reporting that a ski mountaineer had fallen into a crevasse in the southeastern sector of the park near the Eldridge Glacier. The reporting partner could not see or communicate with the fallen skier and was requesting NPS assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Pierre Christian, of Martinsburg West Virginia, was sentenced today to 71 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - On Thursday, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science. Ahead of this hearing, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement outlining his concerns...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for possessing a handgun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Norfolk, Virginia - FEMA continues to work in partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, the Virginia Department of Health, the independent cities within Hampton Roads as well as community organizations to successfully expand the rate of vaccinations in an efficient, effective, and equitable manner.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today that defendant LARRY GREEN (“GREEN"), age 38, of Hammond, LA, was sentenced to 160 months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter for possession of a firearm in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 58-year-old resident of Richmond has been ordered to prison for 25 years following her convictions of conspiracy and aiding and abetting health care fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Monday, May 3, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Teron Deachon Conley, age 26, of Davenport, to 96 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Conley was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
