News from September 2021
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: St. Marys (GA) - Cumberland Island National Seashore provides the public with an opportunity to hunt within the Wilderness six times per year. Registration information can be found on the park website at www.nps.gov/cuis/planyourvisit/managed-hunts.htm. Hunters must register on-line in advance up until two-days prior to the start of each hunt. Registration is $35 per hunter except for the Adult/Child hunt, which is $35 per adult/child pair.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs Dereck Hogan and National Security Council Senior Director for Europe Amanda Sloat, met on September 27 with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Stephane Visconti of France, Andrew Schofer of the United States, and Igor Khovaev of the Russian ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Devante Crutez Taylor, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 22 colleagues in introducing the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the administration’s rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ashley Michelle Hill, 33, of Coarsegold, was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison for selling heroin that resulted in the overdose death of another Coarsegold resident, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - With the increase in visitor numbers to Bandelier National Monument this summer, park staff are predicting that visitation will surge during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, October 2-10, 2021. There will be a free shuttle from White Rock into Frijoles Canyon available on...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Three alleged drug traffickers in Pampa, Texas - including the alleged local president of the Bandidos motorcycle gang - have been charged with gun and drug crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah.
By Valerie Bonk | Sep 27, 2021
Business development grants will be used to help 10 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, according to a press release.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that it will conduct annual certification visits in peak harvesting time to offshore greenhouse facilities that wish to ship eligible generally admissible unrooted plant cuttings as part of the Offshore Greenhouse Certification ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that it will conduct annual certification visits in peak harvesting time to offshore facilities that wish to ship geranium (Pelargonium spp.) cuttings to the United States during 2021-2022. During these visits, APHIS will confirm ...
By Valerie Bonk | Sep 27, 2021
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has a new regional director for the Pacific office in Camarillo, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Brooklyn, New York, man today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud banks of more than $1 million using stolen and counterfeited checks and stolen identities, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Survivors of Tropical Storm Fred in Buncombe, Haywood, and Transylvania counties who apply for disaster assistance from FEMA may be referred to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) with information on how to apply for a disaster loan. It’s important to submit the loan application as soon as possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - John Seiselmyer, age 49, of Utica, New York, was arrested today and charged with possessing child pornography. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police (NYSP) Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Rochester, New York man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking nominations for positions on the Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC). These citizen-based councils assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues. The nomination period is open through October 21.
