News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
A federal jury convicted a man Friday who assaulted his dating partner in November 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Starting next week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the first-ever National Agroforestry Survey.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Timothy Spillane, 39, of Chester Springs, PA, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Joel Slomsky to accessing a protected computer network without authorization, arising from his intrusions into the digital networks of two suburban Philadelphia-area colleges.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Martin Escobar, 58, of Youngstown, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally distributing controlled substances, causing the deaths of two patients, unlawfully distributing a controlled substance to a person under the age of 21 and health care fraud.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
As a new year kicks off, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reflects on major milestones achieved during 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
When salty groundwater is used to irrigate almond orchards, production can be significantly reduced and the damage to trees can last for years, according to Agriculture Research Service studies.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
The USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Cornell University today announced the launch of a webinar series on hemp research that aims to broaden the scope of training, education, and connectivity within the hemp community.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
USDA, Agricultural Research Service scientists at the Rangeland Resources & Systems Research in Ft. Collins, CO, are using rain shelters to experimentally examine the impacts of deluge during a drought on forage production and carbon cycling (release and intake of carbon) in a semi-arid grassland in eastern Colorado.
By Zachary Richter | Jan 27, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Jan. 18 that the White House Council on Native American Affairs, or WHCNAA, will hold an engagement session Jan. 31 with tribal leaders.
By David Beasley | Jan 27, 2022
Heidi Morrow has been named director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Mission Support Organization in Denver.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Genghis Taylor, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: CEDAR City, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Color Country District plans to burn slash piles from a previous hand thinning project when favorable weather and personnel conditions exist. The project site is located immediately below the Cedar Highlands Subdivision, southeast of Cedar City on BLM administered public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Scarlet Shadows a/k/a “Dragongurl69," age 31, of West Rutland, Vermont, appeared today in federal court on a charge that she attempted to entice a minor into sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Brandon L. Parmentier, 32, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Parmentier to 149 months in prison followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Jose Armando Delgado Martinez (35, Orlando) to 14 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute over a kilogram of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced heroin. Delgado-Martinez had pleaded guilty on November 9, 2021. Two of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Samuel Amos Minger, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A New York man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an illegal pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after Senior U.S. District Judge David S. Doty sentenced the defendant.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Fiscal Year 2023 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program grant opened on Jan. 27.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
BOLD ACTION WORKSHOPS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT grant opened on Jan. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Abdul Jalil Admits to Giving Cash for Food Stamp Benefits at Less Than Full Value.
