News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022




Fentanyl Supplier to Hustlas Don’t Sleep Drug Gang Gets 15 Years for Violating Federal Drug and Gun Laws

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years imprisonment and five years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Fentanyl Supplier to Hustlas Don’t Sleep Drug Gang Gets 15 Years for Violating Federal Drug and Gun Laws

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years imprisonment and five years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. has sentenced Marcus Isaiah Curry, 39, of Gastonia, N.C., to 360 months in prison and eight years of supervised release on drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Man Sentenced for Sale of Fentanyl and Illegal Possession of Firearms

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Manassas man was sentenced today to 142 months in prison for selling counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl in addition to illegally possessing and selling firearms.


CISA Releases Updated K-12 School Security Guide and Assessment Tool

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released its third edition of the CISA K-12 School Security Guide and School Security Assessment Tool (SSAT), which include new products to support K-12 schools and communities in their efforts to strengthen security and protect...


Dominican National Sentenced for Presenting False Passport at Boston Logan Airport

News Release: Defendant fraudulently assumed U.S. citizen’s identity and obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits from federal and state government programs.


Rule published on Feb. 23 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published an eight page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Prairie Grove Man Sentenced To 9 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking and Firearms Possession

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Prairie Grove man was sentenced yesterday to 108 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.




West Penn Power to pay $610,000 for violations of Clean Water Act

Utility company West Penn Power has been handed a $610,000 fine in a settlement over water-discharge violations at coal-ash impoundment landfills in Pennsylvania.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Irrigation operations begin for the Columbia Basin Project

News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin to operate Potholes Reservoir/O’Sullivan Dam outlet works on Feb. 28, and Banks Lake/Dry Falls Dam outlet works on March 3, 2022, in preparation for the 2022 irrigation season.


DOS-DRL offers new grant application process starting Feb. 23

DRL Bolstering Democratic Governance and Respect for Human Rights in Indonesia grant opened on Feb. 23.


Final Defendant Pleads Guilty In Gun Trafficking Ring Stretching From Ohio To New York

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ricky Turner, 51, of Ashtabula, Ohio, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to aiding and abetting a fictitious written statement with respect to a material fact in the sale of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.


Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes discussed on Feb. 23 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that it has received 509 applications for its American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge program. Applicants represent significant interest from a diverse range of stakeholders in communities across...