News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022



Risk Assessment Initiated of DOT’s Charge Card Program

Risk Assessment Initiated of DOT’s Charge Card Program


Marine Highway Program Gets $14.8 Million Boost, Application Deadline Extended

Marine Highway Program Gets $14.8 Million Boost, Application Deadline Extended


Action Taken on Most Wanted List: NTSB Closes Recommendations on Preventing Rail Worker Fatalities

Action Taken on Most Wanted List: NTSB Closes Recommendations on Preventing Rail Worker Fatalities



News Release: Spokane, Washington - Dr. Jacqueline Thomas, N.D., an East Wenatchee-based naturopathic doctor, and Dr. Rebecka Hoppins, an, Edmonds-based naturopathic doctor, have each agreed to pay $16,500 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act that they improperly prescribed controlled substances.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Lonnie James Tanner, Jr., of Cameron, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


DOC grant application closes on May 25

Minority Colleges and Universities grant opened on April 25.


News Release: SALT FLAT, TEXAS -- Guadalupe Mountains National Park will host and feature Harlan Butt as an Artist-in-Residence. He uses an enameling process that melts glass onto copper cut in the shape of feathers. The feather replicates three birds found in the Guadalupe Mountains: Red-tailed Hawk, Steller’s Jay...


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kristin Leanne Price, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: MOOSE, WY- As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) will conduct pre-baiting and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park from May 1 to July 15.


Former Olympic Boxer Convicted by Federal Jury For Producing Child Pornography, Transporting Minors For Criminal Sexual Conduct, and other Sex Related Crimes

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that John Jackson, a 33-year-old resident of St. Thomas, was convicted on Friday of four federal and two local criminal charges following a six-day jury trial.


U.s. department of commerce invests $2 million in american rescue plan funds to support healthcare workforce training in jena, louisiana

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to LaSalle General Hospital (LGH), Jena, Louisiana, for building renovations in support of healthcare workforce training.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Timothy Granison, 43, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine before U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.


Philadelphia Felon Sentenced to Over Three Years for Illegally Possessing a Firearm Following Incident on I-76

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Bernard Giddings, 26, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced to three years and one month in prison, and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon following an incident on a state highway last year.


New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL MARTINEZ, JR., 23, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.


African Swine Fever Virus Vaccine Passes Tests Required for Regulatory Approval

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 25, 2022 - Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today announced that a vaccine candidate for African Swine Fever (ASF) passed an important safety test required for regulatory approval, moving the vaccine one step closer to commercial availability.


Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Louis Torres, 37, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Jefferson County man admits to firearms charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kyle Lee Harder, of Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Cameron K. Shreve, of Mill Creek, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.