News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 27-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to prison for attempting to transport cocaine through a Border Patrol checkpoint, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation selected eight solutions to each receive $10,000 and continue in the Counting Every Drop Challenge.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation will begin refilling Lake Estes and Marys Lake in Estes Park, Colorado the week of December 19, 2022, following maintenance on Olympus Dam and the East Portal of the Adams Tunnel.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Construction on the Truckee Canal Public Safety Improvement Project began in earnest this past week with Phase 1 of a multi-phased project to restore the safe, long-term operation of the Truckee Canal.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, and Prince George’s County Department of the Environment (DoE) signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the Anacostia Watershed Restoration project during a ceremony at the county’s DoE headquarters in Largo, Maryland, Dec. 15, 2022.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
Release: The United States is pleased to announce the establishment of a resettlement program for vulnerable Rohingya refugees in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This program, which will be part of the global U.S. Refugee Admissions...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: MAUMEE, OH - For the eighth time since 2016, federal safety inspectors found the owner of a Martin roofing company exposing roofers and other workers to the construction industry’s leading cause of death - falls from elevation - by failing to provide them with fall protection equipment and hazard training.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
A 3-foot drawdown of reservoir levels at Kanopolis Lake, near Kanopolis, Kansas, will begin starting the week of Dec. 19, 2022, as conditions allow, in preparation for the Kanopolis Riprap Overlay Project.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Office is accepting natural, not artificial, Christmas trees for recycling beginning Dec. 26, 2022 and concluding Jan. 26, 2023.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of State led the Law Enforcement Coordination Group (LECG), which convened in Europe December 14-15, for its first-ever regional meeting focusing on Hizballah’s activities in Africa. Governments and organizations from across Africa participated in this session, along with the United States, Israel, and Europol.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Officials at Little Goose Lock and Dam are closing dam crossings to the public until further notice due to electrical problems with the upstream bascule bridge.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Dec 19, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is celebrating 50 years of the Southeast Region Headboat Survey, the longest-running investigation on recreational saltwater fishing in the southeast Atlantic.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Black Rock Field Office, in partnership with Friends of Black Rock High Rock, will hold multiple art exhibits for the 2022 Artists in Residence.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District, along with representatives of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, signed the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LGRV) Watershed Assessment Feasibility Cost Share Agreement, December 12.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close to marine traffic 7:00 a.m. Dec. 17, 2022, through 12:01 a.m. April 24, 2023, to perform critical maintenance.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District will begin accepting live evergreen Christmas trees at Woodcock Creek Lake, which will be used for aquatic habitat improvement projects, beginning Dec. 27.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish His Majesty King Hamad and the people of the Kingdom of Bahrain a very happy National Day.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
