News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News Release: Founder Will Pay $220,000 and Admits That for a Decade He and Non-Profit Reported as “Allowable" Costs Amounts Expended to Pursue For-Profit Business Ventures.

New United States Attorney Takes Oath of Office

News Release: Greensboro, NC - Sandra J. Hairston was sworn-in as the next United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina on Nov. 23, 2021. Chief Judge Thomas J. Schroeder administered the oath of office to U.S. Attorney Hairston in a private ceremony yesterday evening.

El Cajon Resident Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Counterfeit Pills with Fentanyl that Caused 19-Year-Old’s Death

News Release: SAN DIEGO - El Cajon resident Olatunde James Temitope Akintonde was sentenced in federal court today to 15 years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a 19-year-old Santee man, identified in court records as S.J.G., in March of 2019.

USDA Adds Malaysia to the List of Regions Considered Affected with African Horse Sickness

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added Malaysia to the list of regions that the APHIS considers to be affected with African Horse Sickness (AHS). AHS is a fatal viral disease affecting horses.

Plan ahead and recreate responsibly this fall and winter season at Olympic National Park

News Release: From snow-blanketed mountains and evergreen forests dripping with rain to ocean beaches pounded by winter storm waves-there are many ways to experience the fall and winter seasons at Olympic. Although most areas of the park are open, some facilities and park roads are closed now for the season. Before your visit, call the recorded Road & Weather line at 360-565-3131 and check the current conditions and weather forecast.

Orange County, NY, Man Charged With Threatening A State Official And A Federal Judge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Daniel DeGroat, 30, of Middletown, NY, with mailing threatening communications. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.

EPA fines county in Hawaii $28,500 for failure to meet design deadline

By George Willis | Nov 24, 2021

Deadline missed for the design of wastewater treatment facility.

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Minnesota and New York from Operating in the Produce Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...

Neal Applauds Nomination of Shalanda Young to OMB Director

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2021

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement praising President Biden’s nomination of Shalanda Young to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...

Durango area seasonal wildlife closures begin December 1

News Release: Durango, Colo. - Annual winter closures go into effect on December 1 for wildlife winter range on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and the City of Durango. These closures remain in place through April 15 to protect wintering mule deer and...

BLM Bakersfield Field Office lifts some seasonal fire restrictions

News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office will lift seasonal fire restrictions effective immediately on BLM-managed public lands in east central Fresno, west central Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo and Tulare counties, due to reduced wildland fire conditions. The...

Additional Information on the Potato Wart Situation

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) commends the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for voluntarily prohibiting export of seed and fresh potatoes from Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI) into the United States due to the confirmed presence ...

Chicopee Businessman Pleads Guilty to Role in Large Scale Drug Conspiracy

News Release: Over 40 kilograms of cocaine, 14 kilograms of heroin and more than $1 million in cash seized.

LETTER to Ambassador Tai: How the U.S. Can Get WTO Reform Right at MC12

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2021

News Release: Washington, D.C.--With global trade at a critical crossroads, Senate Committee on Finance Republican Leader Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai calling for the United States to demonstrate leadership by pushing for strong outcomes in reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the upcoming 12th Ministerial Conference.

USDA Begins Accepting Applications for $1.15 Billion in Loans and Grants to Help People Living in Rural Communities Get Access to High-Speed Internet

News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Department has begun accepting applications for up to $1.15 billion in loans and grants to help people in rural areas get access to high-speed internet. This announcement comes on the heels of the recently enacted...

Seven Tribes sign preservation agreements with the National Park Service

News Release: WASHINGTON - Seven new Tribal Historic Preservation agreements were completed and signed with Tribes in seven states in 2021. The NPS welcomes the following new Tribal Historic Preservation partners.

Waterloo Man Sentenced to Nearly Ten Years in Prison After Being Found with a Loaded Gun While Passed Out

News Release: Previously convicted of firing a gun that resulted in a bullet passing through a house.

Informational: Federal Court arraignments

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Florida Tax Preparer Charged in Connection with $7 Million Loan Fraud Scheme