News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A resident of Johnstown, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Cindy K. Chung announced today.


DOS-DRL offers new grant application process starting Feb. 9

DRL Program to Promote Youth Engagement in Democratic Processes and the Protection of Human Rights in Bangladesh and Nepal grant opened on Feb. 9.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging ARDAE HINES, a/k/a “Young Money,"...


News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - Firefighters from the Northwest District Fire and Aviation plan to resume burning slash piles at several locations on Bureau of Land Management lands managed by the Kremmling Field Office beginning as early as February 10 and potentially lasting through April 29, 2022.


News Release: Biden Admin Targets Lower & Middle Income Earners with $600 IRS Reporting Requirement.


USDA Designates Grayson County, Texas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-06. February 8, 2022To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the conditions for interstate movement of citrus fruit from areas quarantined for both sweet orange ...


News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ivan Reyes Arzate, a former Mexican Federal Police Officer and Commander of the Mexican Federal Police’s Sensitive Investigative Unit (“SIU"), was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 10 years’ imprisonment for participating in a drug...


News Release: Brady: Biden is Damaging our Economy and American Families.


Hardy County man admits to drug charge

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Roger Allen See, of Wardensville, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Dear Mr. Ferriero:. We write to seek your commitment that you will not certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. During a recent virtual press conference sponsored by the ERA Coalition on Jan. 27, 2022, leaders of several advocacy groups, as well as two...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) today introduced the Climate Adaptation Science Centers Act, or the “CASC Act," which permanently authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs). The...


News Release: ST. LOUIS - On Feb. 8, 2022, federal charges were filed against Chuny Ann Reed, age 46. Reed is accused of distribution of crack cocaine (cocaine base) and fentanyl. These charges were a result of an investigation that began after a series of fatal overdoses that occurred at 4451 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, on Feb. 5, 2022.


EPA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 9

FY 2022 - FY2023 POLLUTION PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM grant opened on Feb. 9.


Johnstown Man Pleads Guilty to Failing to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of failure to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Atmore Man Sentenced to Five Years for Illegally Possessing a Sawed-Off Rifle

News Release: MOBILE, AL - An Atmore man was sentenced to five years in prison for being a felon in possession of a sawed-off rifle.


News Release: NASHVILLE - A federal indictment unsealed today, charges Gregory Michael Vogel, aka Gregory Michael Schneider, 49, formerly of Hendersonville, Tenn. and Gallatin, Tenn., with eight counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in relation to an investment scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to one count of been of Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Hardy County man admits to drug charge

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - David Lee Hockenberry, of Fisher, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Defendant Admits Spending Over $230K of School Funds on Personal Items.