News from March 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
On April 1st, 2022, the National Park Service’s Beaufort Visitor Information Center, located at 701 Front Street in Beaufort, North Carolina, will open for Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons, daily from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Biscayne and Everglades national parks received an Open OutDoors for Kids grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF).

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The National Park Sere (NvicPS) is seeking public comment on a project to update the Fire Management Plan (FMP) for the Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve (ORCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: A Grove man has now been charged in a second superseding indictment with a 2019 Delaware County murder, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
FY22 BETO Waste Feedstocks and Conversion R&D grant opened on March 22.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The National Park Service is planning eight prescribed fires this spring at Indiana Dunes National Park. Approximately 944 acres are expected to be burned. Fire is used as a tool for the park's long-term restoration and hazard fuel reduction efforts
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Two metro-Atlanta residents admitted guilt to their roles in distributing a large amount of methamphetamine in Middle Georgia.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to develop a new livestock management plan (LMP) for Theodore Roosevelt National Park, to guide future management of horse and cattle herds at the park.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued an administrative complaint on March 10, 2022, against Clinton Livestock Auction LLC (Clinton) and its owners, Jack and Sandra Berry (Berry) of Clinton, Okla., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anthony Robinson, a/k/a Slick, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter for conspiring with others to smuggle contraband into the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Philadelphia.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Grand Teton National Park hosted 3,885,230 recreation visits in 2021, the highest number of recreation visits for one year in the park’s history. Previously, 2018 had the record for the most recreation visits in a year with 3,491,151.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
New South Associates, Inc. and the National Park Service seek descendants or other persons with knowledge of individuals interred in the Robinson Cemetery and the Raine “Slave” Cemetery, two nineteenth-century to early twentieth-century African American cemeteries in the Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park (APCO).

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Lake Mead National Recreation Area welcomes visitors for the 2022 boating season and encourages everyone to check for potential changes to motorized boat launch ramp access before visiting.

By Bob Pepalis | Mar 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will livestream its agricultural data briefings beginning March 30 in order to provide as many people as possible with key information affecting the agricultural industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: Detroit, MI - Late Friday, March 18, 2022, a federal judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department, finding that the City of Troy, Michigan violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA). The judge found that Troy’s zoning practices treat places of worship worse than...

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Yesterday evening, former U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division K-9 Officer “Hurricane” was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal during the Second Annual Animals in War and Peace ceremony.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: Defendant Was Illegally on Restricted Grounds.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul along with other House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans sent a letter to President Biden asking for more information about their engagement with our allies and partners on digital assets, such as cryptocurrency, and what efforts have taken place within the administration to ensure Putin is not using digital assets to dodge sanctions.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $512,000 grant to the Upper Cumberland Development District, Cookeville, Tennessee, to fund two regional recovery coordinator positions. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
After reviewing the best available scientific information, the U.S.