News from January 2022
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Idaho Wildlife Resource Management grant opened on Jan. 27.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk analysis relative to the importation of three Acer spp. (Acer buergerianum, A. palmatum, and A. pseudosieboldianum) dwarf plants from the Republic of Korea into the continental United States.Currently, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: A Waterloo man who possessed firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime was sentenced Jan. 26, 2022, to five years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park expands the story of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens with the release of “To Heal the Wounded Nation’s Life: African Americans and the Robert Gould Shaw/54th Regiment Memorial" by historian Kathryn Grover. The special history study examines African Americans’ involvement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - A former Fairfield man, Auston Jacobus Hummell, age 23, was sentenced on Jan. 26, 2022, to 190 months in prison for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography. Following his prison term, Hummell was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release as well as pay $3,000 to each of his eleven victims - for a total of $33,000. Hummell was also ordered to pay a $100 Special Assessment fee.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Edital de Projetos EUA-Brasil grant opened on Jan. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Northeast Harbor man was sentenced today in federal court for failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A Crawfordsville man was arrested Tuesday on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of child sexual abuse material.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: For Attempted Production Of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Two more members of a drug conspiracy have been sentenced in federal court for their role in the distribution of deadly narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: A series of sentencings and the guilty plea of a key defendant brings to 36 the number of defendants admitting guilt in Operation Sandy Bottom, the investigation and prosecution of violent criminal street gang members distributing methamphetamine and other drugs in the Coffee County, Ga., area.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office and the Inyo National Forest want to hear the public’s ideas on how to ensure off-highway vehicle trails are secure and well maintained on public lands throughout the Eastern Sierra. The public is invited to provide input during a virtual public meeting planned for Thursday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: VICKSBURG, Miss. - On Feb. 1, the National Park Service (NPS) will start road repairs on ten segments of road throughout the park. The repairs are scheduled to be complete by July. This project will repair road segments that are currently open to the public. These repairs will not address closed sections of road nor increase visitor access. This work will provide much needed repairs on already open sections of roads to prevent further closures.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A southeastern South Dakota man was convicted in federal court Wednesday of possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Idaho Threatened and Endangered Species grant opened on Jan. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - A Detective with the Highland Park Police Department and her co-conspirator pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcie Leoso, 40, of Washburn, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District...
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Release: The United States is troubled by continuing reports of abductions and arbitrary detentions carried out by authorities in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya, including dozens of reported abductions and arbitrary detentions in recent weeks targeting the relatives of Chechen human rights defenders and dissidents.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today called for the United States to use its trade tools to fight back against censorship and digital authoritarianism in China, Russia and other countries, in response to a new report by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that details the spread of anti-competitive and repressive tactics that hurt internet users in the United States and abroad.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a request for information (RFI) seeking input on the opportunities and challenges for decarbonizing the U.S. industrial sector. The Biden administration has identified industrial decarbonization as a crucial step in confronting the climate crisis and...
