News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


EPA offers new grant application process starting Jan. 18

DRIVERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES grant opened on Jan. 18.



Pittsburgh Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud Related to Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to one count in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to pandemic unemployment benefits, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: The public is invited to comment on a proposed change to the 2022 Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Superintendent's Compendium.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A new respiratory protection course at the Hanford Site’s Volpentest HAMMER Federal Training Center features an “escape room" with an engaging twist: employees wear supplied air equipment while they answer questions, discover clues and solve puzzles in a simulated work environment.


Neo-Nazi group leader sentenced to 7 years in prison for plot 'antithetical to American values‘

A Washington man who led a Neo-Nazi group responsible for intimidating journalists and advocates in several states by mailing or attaching threatening posters to victims’ homes was recently sentenced to seven years in prison.


Washington County Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Washington County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Frankfort, Kentucky man, Patrick Baker, 43, was sentenced to 42 years in prison, with credit for the 30 months he served in state prison, on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, after previously being convicted by a federal jury of murder committed during a drug trafficking crime.


News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Santonio Malone, 36, for a Murder of the First Degree warrant out of Schuykill County, Pennsylvania.


DOT-OSDBU grant application closes on March 18

Central Regional Small Business Transportation Resource Center grant opened on Jan. 18.


News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Following a three-day jury trial in federal court, an Alexandria, Kentucky, couple was convicted of harboring undocumented workers.


Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Ukraine, Germany, and Switzerland

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Kyiv, Berlin, and Geneva from January 18 to 21, 2022. The trip follows extensive diplomacy with our European Allies and partners about a united approach to address the threat Russia poses to Ukraine and our joint efforts to encourage it to choose diplomacy and de-escalation in the interests of security and stability.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-The National Park Service (NPS) has released a Request for Proposals for the Lands End Restaurant Properties leasing opportunity in Golden Gate National Recreation Area. NPS recognizes the significant effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the restaurant industry and is providing revised terms and conditions in support of the current economic environment.


Sidney Man Sentenced for False Statements in a Highway Project

News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Sidney man was sentenced today in federal court for making false statements with respect to work on a federally approved highway project, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Mahanoy Homicide Suspect in Tennessee

News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Santonio Pierre Malone, a 36-year-old man with past addresses in Shenandoah and Mahanoy City.


Coastal NC Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 12 Years

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - An Elizabeth City man was sentenced Friday to 144 months in prison for distributing cocaine, cocaine base (crack), and fentanyl. On June 23, 2021, Maurice Dwight Toxey pled guilty to the charges.


Southern California Border Patrol agents seize package of methamphetamine, firearm during vehicle stop

Border Patrol agents at the El Centro sector of Southern California recently apprehended two U.S. citizens for possession of methamphetamine, a non-registered firearm and ammo.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tina Soper, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, First Assistant United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


U.S. Relations With Guinea

Release: More information about Guinea is available on the Guinea Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - After another year of extensive equipment upgrades, EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) is conducting its fiscal 2022 processing campaign at the Hanford Site’s Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) with a goal to process approximately 1 million gallons of wastewater over the next few months.