News from October 2022
By Press release submission | Oct 19, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to burn slash piles within the Cody, Lander and Worland field office areas this fall and winter.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Four Connecticut cities have joined a pilot project to boost community participation in climate change planning.
By Press release submission | Oct 19, 2022
Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management Applegate Field Office will conduct prescribed burns to reduce hazardous fuels near Fall River Mills in Shasta County, starting as early as October 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $166,027 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic...
By Press release submission | Oct 19, 2022
In mid- to late October, the Bureau of Land Management's Fairbanks District and Alaska Fire Service personnel will burn woody debris piles near the Dalton Highway at Mileposts 62 and 180 to reduce the risk of wildfire to communities and facilities, and to provide a safe space for firefighters to suppress fires in the future. “Burning these piles this fall is an important part of ongoing work to manage forest resources and reduce the wildfire risks from hazardous fuels near communities," said Geoff Beyersdorf, Fairbanks district manager.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management is growing its partnership with the Utah Department of Natural Resources for the Watershed Restoration Initiative by committing approximately $3.8 million of funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for habitat restoration, watershed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. Assistant United States Attorneys Lena Busscher in the Abingdon Division...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: By Sandra MacMartin, Public Affairs Specialist, Midwest Regional Office with guest author Alex DeSorbo-Quinn, Executive Director, Pilot Light.
By Bob Pepalis | Oct 19, 2022
Michael Shellenberger, an author who writes about politics and the environment, called for an end to purchasing solar panels from China because some of them are produced through forced labor.
By Press release submission | Oct 19, 2022
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $88,528 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of New Hampshire. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man whose suitcase, which contained more than three kilograms of cocaine, was found aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Concluding our first year back on the Human Rights Council, the United States leveraged its leadership position - working with allies, partners, and civil society - to have the Council reflect and reinforce the universal values, aspirations, and norms that have underpinned the UN system since its founding...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced today that the Department of.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Atoris Jaquez Slater, 28, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced to an aggregate 10 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Carriere man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: The United States and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) held their 10th Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue on Oct. 14, 2022, in Vientiane, in which the two sides discussed their ever-expanding range of cooperation.
