News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Release: ROANOKE, Va. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle an increase in the number of travelers who will be flying this summer out of Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airporteven with anticipated passenger volume expected to return to near pre-pandemic levels.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Well, good evening, everyone, and it is wonderful to be in Los Angeles, and particularly wonderful to be here in this extraordinary building. And I want to start by saying thank you, thank you, thank you to Arizona State’s Cronkite School of Journalism, to USC’s...


News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the selection of James “Jim" Williams as the new superintendent of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park in Topeka, Kansas. Williams currently serves as the program leader and museum curator for the NPS South Florida Collections Management Center in Homestead, Florida. He will assume his new role later this summer.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Davenport Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Charges

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Chelsey Renae Lira, age 31, of Davenport, was sentenced on June 1, 2022, to 180 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Following her imprisonment, Lira was ordered to serve five years of supervised release and pay a $200 Special Assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced a Jefferson County, Missouri man who was caught with child pornography and homemade explosive devices to four years in prison.


Baker: ICE 'committed to enforcing our nation’s immigration laws against violent criminals, sex offenders and other priority migrants'

In May, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations arrested 10 convicted sex offenders living in the Houston area.


Moffitt: 'Response to highly pathogenic avian influenza is critical to minimizing the impact on our nation’s poultry industry'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently announced the approval of additional funding to strengthen efforts to respond and contain an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.


Clarke: Mississippi warden guilty of 'unlawfully assaulting an inmate under his custody'

A former Mississippi deputy warden pleaded guilty May 26 to inmate assault at Parchman Prison.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - As part of a multi-stop tour, Bureau of Land Management Artist in Residence Native American jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson and his group D’DAT are headed to Utah to teach a music workshop and then perform in concert to celebrate America’s public lands.


USDOJ-OJP-OVC grant application closes on June 17

OVC FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded FY2021 Human Trafficking Awards grant opened on June 7.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Joseph S. Zaso a/k/a Joey Cracks, 38, of Buffalo, NY, and Denver J. Komenda, 47, of Jamestown, NY, with narcotics conspiracy. In addition, Zaso is charged with using and maintaining...


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with New Hampshire under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). The New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food (NHDAMF) will collaborate with the New Hampshire Food Bank to utilize LFPA funding to expand the New Hampshire Feeding New Hampshire program.


Granholm travels to Tampa to speak about clean energy innovation

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm recently traveled to Tampa to speak about clean energy innovation and implementation across various industries.


News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Kingdom of Sweden as you celebrate your National Day.


More than 700,000 Pounds Collected at DEA Drug Take Back Day

More than 700,000 Pounds Collected at DEA Drug Take Back Day


'The world is on China's side': CCP praises Pacific Island tour despite failure to reach agreement

The Chinese government's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hua Chunying, recently tweeted that Foreign Minister (FM) Wang Yi's meeting with the President of Kiribati was successful.


"Operation River Fork” Defendant Sentenced for Trafficking Crack Cocaine

"Operation River Fork” Defendant Sentenced for Trafficking Crack Cocaine


Carlsbad man sentenced to nine years in prison for drug trafficking

Carlsbad man sentenced to nine years in prison for drug trafficking


Auburn Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Evasion and Agrees to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Restitution

Auburn Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Evasion and Agrees to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Restitution