News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: Beginning Nov. 29, 2021, First State National Historical Park will be restricting access to the Smith Bridge Parking Lot by closing the right side of the lot to allow for the landscape to recover and maintenance. The left side of the trailhead parking lot will remain open to provide access to the...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: Arco, ID - Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve will close the Robert Limbert Visitor Center and bookstore beginning Nov. 29, 2021. The Loop Road and trails (excluding the Caves Area and all caves) are open 24-hours per day and accessible by biking, hiking, snowshoeing, or skiing only.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Quincy Medical Group in Quincy, Illinois, has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for medically unnecessary cardiac catheterization procedures performed by a physician who was formerly employed by the group. Today’s settlement comes on the heels of a related settlement in August with Blessing Hospital for approximately $2.82 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Carl David Davis, of Hepzibah, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for firearms charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the latest expansion of its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program to accelerate the commercialization of clean energy technologies. Hosted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), West Gate will join three existing sites of the Lab-Embedded...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that BRIAN LUKE WILLIAMS, 20, of Arapahoe Wyoming, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The change of plea hearing was held on Nov. 19, 2021 in front of Chief United States District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl who set sentencing for February 9, 2022.
By State Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
Release: Today, the United States is releasing revitalized and more robust public-facing guidance on U.S. government policy on human rights defenders, which will be supplemented by similar internal guidance.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: FREDONIA & GRAND CANYON, Ariz.- A series of prescribed fire projects will begin Tuesday, November 30 and continue throughout the week at various locations across the North Kaibab Ranger District on the Kaibab National Forest. Approximately 6000 acres are scheduled to be ignited at the following specific locations beginning Monday, Nov. 30, and continuing through Sunday, December 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man with a prior felony conviction today admitted participating in straw purchases to obtain firearms that he was not permitted to purchase, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Karen Kidd | Nov 29, 2021
More than a dozen partners were recognized this year in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program for their recycling efforts.
By Andy Nghiem | Nov 29, 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently recognized the Citizens Academy for helping to build trust and support in communities, according to a press release.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A newly unsealed indictment charging 24 individuals with labor trafficking of Mexican and Central American workers under brutal conditions on South Georgia farms is the first investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) under the new labor exploitation model.
By State Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
Release: “Our cooperation with allies and partners provides us with more than a small bit of optimism and faith. It shows us the way forward: together, rooted in our shared values, and committed not only to rebuilding our alliances and partnerships, but to building them back better. If we do this, there are no challenges we cannot and will not overcome."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: A San Angelo man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing sexually explicit images of children - the statutory maximum sentence for that crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- An Irvine, Ky., man, George Harrison, 56, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, after previously being convicted of three counts of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Three Disaster Recovery Centers will be closing this week. While these sites will be closing help is still available, FEMA specialists are still just a phone call or mouse click away.
By Steven Hughes | Nov 29, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded over $77 million in grants to projects that will help reduce diesel emissions, the EPA said in a press release Nov. 19.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is accepting applications for temporary seasonal firefighters. The application period opens Dec. 13, 2021 and closes Jan. 4, 2022.
By State Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea at the conclusion of the sixth meeting of the U.S.-ROK Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The sidewalls of an unprotected trench can collapse without warning and with great force - crushing and sometimes suffocating workers beneath tons of soil and debris - before they can react or escape. A federal inspection at a Warwick excavation found two area contractors ignoring the risks and placing their workers in serious danger.
