News from August 2022
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: ALAMOGORDO - Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA) are a permitting tool used by the National Park Service (NPS) to allow private business to be conducted within a national park for a calendar year. The service a CUA holder provides must be considered appropriate by the NPS. White Sands National Park will accept applications for 2023 Photography Workshop CUAs beginning Oct. 1, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jeronte Robinson pled guilty to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CLEVELAND - Fourteen members of a drug trafficking organization operating in Northeast Ohio were charged today after a grand jury returned a 38-count indictment, alleging that the defendants participated in a conspiracy that distributed over 5 kilograms of cocaine, over 280 grams of crack cocaine base and fentanyl throughout the area.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million grant to the city of Cottage Grove, Oregon to support revitalization of its historic commercial district. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: For Firearm Offense. HAMMOND- Keshaun Brownlee, 22 years old, of Merrillville, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to selling a firearm to a known felon, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Brownlee was sentenced to 41...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 1.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: BOSTON (Aug. 22, 2022) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announced assistance for 25 small and rural communities from across the country ...
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 31, 2022
Deputy Secretary of Commerce announced the intent to hold an economic dialogue in Washington, D.C., between the Department of Commerce and the government of Puerto Rico in the fall.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
Release: National Labs and University Research Aims to Further Scientists’ Understanding of Climate Change
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - One year ago today, the last U.S. military flight left Afghanistan, ending our almost 20-year presence in the country. The departure followed a chaotic emergency evacuation after Taliban forces, having quickly took over much of the country, surrounded the city of Kabul and President Ghani fled. House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has issued the following statement to commemorate the U.S. military’s departure.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $716,004 grant to Strategy for Access Foundation NFP, Chicago, Illinois, to boost tourism growth and increase accessibility and equity within the city’s tourism industry by increasing awareness of accessible tourism options across Chicago. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an opportunity for up to $12 million in grant funding to strengthen democratic, independent workers’ organizations and help promote labor rights in supply chains in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The project will focus on underserved communities and seek to advance gender and racial equity.
By Tamara Browning | Aug 31, 2022
More than $65 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and invested in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service will help improve water quality, trails, roads and fish habitats nationwide.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
Release: Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has partnered with 42 states and territories across the country to provide summer food buying benefits to families with children. These states and territories will provide an estimated $12.5 billion in temporary nutrition benefits to approximately 32 million children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - An Arizona man and a California man were sentenced to 15 years and 5 months and 13 years in prison, respectively, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, in connection with a nationwide investment scheme involving fraudulent wireless spectrum and dental franchise investments.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Saputo Cheese USA Inc., the owner and operator of a mozzarella cheese and whey protein concentrate production facility in Tulare, California. Saputo Cheese violated provisions of the Clean Air Act intended ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Jonathan Jermain Thomas (33, Ocala) to 38 years and 4 months years in federal prison. A federal jury had convicted Thomas on April 28, 2022, of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -Justin Allen Chavis, 27, of Williston, was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and the production of child pornography, to be followed by 20 years of supervision and registration as a sex offender.
