News from March 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
Fourth grade classrooms and students are invited to participate in an art contest at Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area to earn their Every Kid Outdoors Pass.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Riley Griffy, age 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for unlawfully possessing a machinegun. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Griffy to 57 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Griffy will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that MATTHEW X. SMITH, 28, of Stonington, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - James David Morris, Jr., 43, of Beckley, was sentenced today to two years and 11 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and violating his supervised release that was imposed as a result of his 2018 federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Morris had been out of prison for less than one year and was serving a term of supervised release when he committed the 2021 offense.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
Due to significant erosion from the Cuyahoga River, an emergency riverbank stabilization is necessary in Brecksville near the Columbia Run picnic area.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
Congaree National Park today announced opportunities for the public to view the park’s fireflies from May 20-22 and May 27-29, 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
Capitol Reef National Park is ready for the busy spring season. Visitation typically increases dramatically in mid-March. Visitors can enjoy the new visitor center exhibits and the Gifford House will be opening for the season on Pi Day, Monday, March 14. Additionally, the Capitol Reef section of the NPS app features a newly added self-guided audio tour of the Scenic Drive.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s calls to strengthen privacy protections and protect kids online in his State of the Union address.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - A Valdosta resident, who is an armed career criminal, was sentenced to serve more than 15 years in prison after state and federal agents arrested him in possession of two loaded firearms during a county-wide operation.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) sent letters to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and to the Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging them...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Springdale man was sentenced today to 100 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration - Chicago Division, announced that on March 3, 2022, DEA Chicago Diversion Investigators served an Immediate Suspension Order on Faris Abusharif, M.D., for allegedly committing acts that render the continued use of his DEA Registration inconsistent with the public interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Clinton man, Eric Lee Coleman, age 47, was sentenced on March 2, 2022, to 262 months in federal prison for two counts of Distribution of Methamphetamine. Coleman was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and immediately pay a $200 Special Assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Savannah Howe | Mar 4, 2022
A Long Island man has admitted guilt in threatening allies of the LGBTQIA+ community, according to a Feb. 23 U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: DENVER - Administrator Anne Milgram has named Brian Besser as the Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division. Besser most recently served as the Interim Assistant Administrator over the Diversion Control Division at DEA headquarters in Washington.