News from April 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 11, 2022
Participant: Pfizer Inc. Andover, MassachusettsDescription:Pfizer employs about 1700 workers at the Andover site, which produces biotherapeutic pharmaceuticals.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Mattoon, Illinois, man, Christopher Ohm, 35, of the 2500 block of Moultrie Ave., was sentenced today to 458 months’ (38 years and two months) imprisonment for enticement of a minor, sex trafficking of a minor, and receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Spokane, WA: At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, Vanessa R. Waldref, and the Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, will hold a joint press conference to announce the resolution of a major case involving health care fraud, elder abuse, and patient harm, which will be the largest-ever health care fraud settlement in Eastern Washington.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement after the Senate passed the Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAP Land) Act. The legislation, which Barrasso helped pass out of ENR and then Congress, will now go to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law.

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
Fiscal Year 2022 Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP) ($150M) grant opened on April 11.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), along with U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, calling on her to ensure the Department of Energy (DOE) remains the ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Yakama, Washington - Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian has sentenced Jesus B. Zavala-Alvarez, 28, of Kennewick, Washington, to 135 months in federal prison for his role in guarding a stash house, where the Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.) seized over 8 pounds of methamphetamine, 64 ounces...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Diann Carol Clark, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years of probation, with the first six months on home confinement, for a payroll tax fraud charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
Organization of Classes of B1/B2-Level Georgian-to-English for English Teachers and Those Seeking to Become English Teachers grant opened on April 11.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the No Timber From Tyrants Act. This legislation would prohibit imports of forest products from Russia and Belarus while ramping up responsible harvesting of American timber to create new jobs, produce more sustainable wood products and make U.S. federal lands more resilient to catastrophic wildfires.
By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone.

By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
B1/B2-Level Multi-Media Georgian-to-English Curriculum for English Teachers and Those Seeking to Become English Teachers grant opened on April 11.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lucio Javier Escobedo Fernandez, a Mexican national, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandon Eugene Corbin, of Inwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 70 months of incarceration for his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Ian Moss is the Deputy Coordinator for Countering Violent Extremism in the Bureau of Counterterrorism. His biography will be posted soon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kia Johnson, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
Request for Information (RFI): Phytomining for carbon-negative critical mineral supply chains grant opened on April 11.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area will observe National Park Week from Saturday, April 16-24. The week will kick off with free backcountry camping permits as well as free camping at Alum Ford Campground on Saturday, April 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Leniz Escobar, a.k.a. “Diablita," Also Convicted of Destroying Evidence.