News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Zabow: NIST discovery could use 'something as simple and inexpensive as a piece of candy' for semiconductor chips

National Institute of Standards and Technology scientist Gary Zabow accidentally stumbled upon a potential transfer printing process for microprinting.



BLM increases harvest limit for the Fortymile Caribou Federal Subsistence Hunt

News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office increased the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt on federal public lands in Game Management Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F. Effective midnight on Dec. 2, 2022, the federal subsistence hunt includes a harvest...


EPA finds Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program effective

News Release: DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Denver Water’s comprehensive approach for reducing lead in drinking water through the issuance of a final variance under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The variance allows Denver Water to continue to implement a set of actions, called ...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Jeremiah Tenorio has been charged in connection with a shooting on the San Felipe Pueblo. Tenorio, 26, and an...


News Release: Eighteen alleged methamphetamine traffickers have been federally charged with drug and gun crimes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Red Lake Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Murder

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Red Lake man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for a 2020 murder that took place on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.



Middlefield contractor faces more than $414K in fines for repeatedly failing to protect roofing employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards

News Release: MIDDLEFIELD, OH - Twice in six days in June 2022, federal safety inspectors observed a Middlefield roofing contractor exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in Tallmadge and Columbia Station, continuing a pattern of disregard for workplace safety dating back to 2019.


News Release: ATLANTA - Hubert Nathans has been sentenced to federal prison for selling fake Roxicodone pills containing fentanyl to multiple people in Roswell, Georgia, in 2017 and 2018, including pills that resulted in the death of one buyer and serious bodily injury to another. Nathans’ drug supplier, Edward Culton, was sentenced to federal prison earlier this year.


News Release: Durango, Colo. - Annual seasonal closure of wildlife winter range goes into effect on December 1 for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the City of Durango. These closures remain in place through April 15 to protect wintering mule deer and elk...


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with one count of sexual exploitation of a child - production of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.


Georgia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threats Against the President

News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Georgia man was sentenced to prison for threatening to kill the President of the United States and blow up the White House, following an investigation that included multiple death threats issued against local judges, law enforcement and a threat letter containing a white powdery substance sent to the U.S. Courthouse in Macon.


Aguilar Pleads Guilty in Guillen Case

News Release: WACO, Texas - A Killeen woman pleaded guilty today to charges in connection with the disappearance of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jesus Manuel Castaneda-Villa pleaded guilty on Nov. 29 to carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury. Castaneda-Villa, 32, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.


Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree again for endangering workers, continuing company’s lengthy history of workplace safety violations

News Release: MATTESON, IL - With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. - one of the nation’s largest discount retailers - exposing workers in Matteson to the risks of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise and blocked electrical panels.



News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management California announces the selection of Sherri Lisius as the Bishop Field Manager. Her career in public service and natural resources has spanned over 20 years and she has embraced the challenge of overseeing management of more than 750,000 acres of public land surface and approximately 2 million acres of subsurface mineral estate in the eastern Sierra region of central California.


Mexican Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Immigration Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gerardo Tomas-Avila, 32, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty today to reentry of a removed alien and was remanded to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation proceedings.


Appeals From Administrative Actions discussed on Dec. 1 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.