News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Washington, North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to 240 months in prison for the distribution of fentanyl and an associated firearm violation. On June 24, 2021, Dylan Hunter Holcomb pled guilty to charges including conspiring to distribute fentanyl, possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev.- The Humboldt River Field Office will partially reopen Water Canyon Recreation Area Jan. 28, 2022. The lower section of road through the recreation area has melted off and is now safe for vehicles to travel.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Edward Paul Potter, 42, of Bradley, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
DE-FOA-0002687: Request for Information on Industrial Decarbonization Priorities grant opened on Jan. 27.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
The United States is deeply concerned by events in Burkina Faso.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) today awarded $1,114,358 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants to the City of Parkers Crossroads in Tennessee, Kershaw County South Carolina, North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and Virginia...

By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
Release: The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: A man responsible for the production of an explosive device made from fireworks, fishhooks, rivets and other material was charged in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
More information about South Sudan is available on the South Sudan Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard and Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed signed a bilateral cultural property agreement on January 20, 2022, in a ceremony in Abuja attended by members of the Nigerian government and the U.S. Mission.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is recognizing the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in Washington, D.C., (ILSR) as an awardee in the Regional Grantee category.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Jackson, TN - Revosea Richardson, 27, of Selmer, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 205 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
On behalf of the United States of America, I send my best wishes to the people of the Republic of Nauru as you celebrate the 54th anniversary of your independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Robert J. Bell, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Donna N. Mark, 39, of Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced on Jan. 20, 2022 to 168 months’ imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals and the Burlington Police Department arrested a violent fugitive who was wanted for Unlawful Restraint and Aggravated Domestic Assault. These charges were the result of a violent incident that occurred on Dec. 28, 2021.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Counselor Derek Chollet met today with NUG-designated Acting President Duwa Lashi La, NUG-designated Prime Minister Mahn Win Khaing Than, and NUG-designated Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman spoke today with Mongolian Deputy Foreign Minister Munkhjin to commemorate the 35th anniversary of U.S.-Mongolia diplomatic relations.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is recognizing the City of Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP) as a national awardee in the Government and Tribal category of its Food Recovery Challenge (FRC).

By Press release for submission | Jan 27, 2022
On February 1, 2021, Burma’s military overthrew the country’s democratically-elected civilian government in a coup d’etat.

By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes notable achievements and innovations of 18 businesses and organizations including Endorser-Cherripick Inc. in Orlando, Fla. that participated in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge (FRC) in 2020 and 2021.