News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
On December 12, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialist seized 509 prohibited aquatic items from a debarking cruise ship passenger.
By George Willis | Jan 25, 2022
Amit Bose has been confirmed as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - At the request of the state, FEMA is currently providing about 1,946 households that are survivors of Hurricanes Laura and Delta with additional time to remain in agency-provided housing as they complete the final steps of their recovery. The original end for the program was scheduled for Feb.28.
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Entry seized narcotics, drug paraphernalia and a firearm concealed in a vehicle that was encountered at the Peace Bridge.
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
U.S. Border Patrol Agents from El Paso Sector rescued seven migrants during separate events within a 48-hour period, Tuesday to Thursday last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: RENO - A California man made his initial court appearance yesterday for allegedly stealing explosive materials from a mill in Hawthorne, Nevada.
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the implementation of Simplified Arrival at six airports in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have reached an important agreement with South Carolina and federal environmental regulators on the final cleanup of a 25-mile-long stream corridor at the site.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Democrats unveiled the America COMPETES Act of 2022, which includes the American Worker and Trade Competitiveness Act, a Ways and Means Committee title containing critical pro-worker provisions and addressing key problems with the United States-China trading relationship.
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained two male subjects wanted for sexual offenses in two separate, unrelated incidents.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: In 2021, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) pioneered cutting-edge research, advanced collective preparedness and response to evolving energy sector threats, and made huge strides to build security into the future, clean energy grid. This timeline highlights key milestones CESER and partners achieved in 2021 to ensure the security and resilience of the nation’s critical energy infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Cody Fingland, 23, of Webster, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland man affiliated with the Hoover Criminal Gang and Krude Rude Brood was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a short-barrel shotgun as a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Release: MADISON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Thursday, Jan. 27 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Central Wisconsin Airport.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador David Satterfield will travel to Kenya, Egypt, the UAE, Turkey, and Israel from January 24 to February 4, 2022. Special Envoy Satterfield will hold meetings with officials from respective governments and key stakeholders to promote democratic civilian rule in Sudan and to support peace and prosperity in the Horn of Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Aroostook County man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tornado survivors from last month’s severe weather in middle and west Tennessee may not realize renters are eligible to apply for FEMA assistance.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business and Charles Payne on Fox News to discuss Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the Biden Administration’s mixed messages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland man pleaded guilty today for perpetrating a scheme to steal funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah- Fire managers for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District are planning to burn invasive vegetation removed as part of an ongoing riparian restoration project in the Kanab Creek Drainage, located 30 miles south of Fredonia, Arizona. The burns will begin early February...
