News from November 2021
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2021
Efforts by U.S. military are driving force behind recovery of rare Florida fish, once on brink of extinction
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2021
The National Park Service (NPS) announced the launch of a comprehensive study to aid in the long-term preservation of one of South Carolina’s national treasures located in the state’s second oldest town, Beaufort.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2021
Agency will also hold Tribal consultation on how to improve consultation policy
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2021
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced that Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257 generated $191,688,984 in high bids for 308 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
By Art Benavidez | Nov 17, 2021
A joint project that has been in the works for over a decade will eliminate final impediment to native fish migration in Spread Creek in Wyoming.
By Art Benavidez | Nov 17, 2021
President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Nov. 15. He signed the bill at a White House event with lawmakers from both parties.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Michael Williams was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 96 months’ imprisonment for setting fire to a vehicle at the home of a victim-witness who was expected to testify at trial in United States v. Robert Sylvester Kelly...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Rusty Ross Honore, 42, of New Iberia, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Michael J. Juneau to 70 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release on drug trafficking charges. He was also ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $10,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Dillon James Merritt, 54, of Many, Louisiana was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to life imprisonment, plus 600 months in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, on kidnapping, interstate domestic violence, and firearms charges. This sentence is the result of two separate cases in which Merritt was charged and convicted.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: For Drugs and Firearms Offenses. FORT WAYNE - Jonathan L. Wells, 48 years old, of Hicksville, Ohio, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm as a felon...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday evening President Biden’s nomination of NOAA Rear Admiral Nancy Hann to lead the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps), one of the nation’s eight uniformed services.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR).
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. Wonderful to be here, my first opportunity to (inaudible) conversation here in Kenya. I’m very grateful to all of you for being able to join us this morning. I really wanted to spend the next hour or so listening to each of you, so let me just be very brief at the top.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) released the following statement regarding the temporary pause of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline certification as Nord Stream 2 AG, the company in...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida federal district judge has sentenced 34-year-old Ft. Pierce resident and prior convicted felon Terry Burney Delion to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm during a robbery that he and others staged to try to game the United States immigration system.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: EVANSVILLE - A Spencer County, Indiana man was sentenced to 210 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two young children and sharing the images and videos he created.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Charlotte man charged with straw purchasing firearms and dealing in firearms without a license appeared in federal court in Raleigh, N.C. today, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal grand jury in Charlotte indicted Thomas Evans Kelly, 28, in October. Federal agents arrested Kelly in Durham, N.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) sees travel volume increase during holidays, but it’s always Thanksgiving that historically has seen the biggest spike in travelers. This year is expected to see a similar trend at Philadelphia International Airport and TSA is prepared to handle the increase in the number of individuals planning to fly during the days leading up to Thanksgiving.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Top Obama-Biden Economic Adviser: White House is Wrong, Bidenflation Isn’t Transitory.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that CHANDRIKA BROWN (“BROWN"), age 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
