News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Katie Calimeri, 30, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District announce a call to artists to apply for the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Artist in Residence Program to take place May 1-31. Entries for the May residency must be received via email to jessica@organmtnfriends.org on or before March 17.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: From March 1 to Sept. 15, the back beaches and sand dunes in this area are closed to hiking to protect the nesting area for the western snowy plover, a federally listed, threatened shorebird. Please remain on the wet sand (below mean high tide) or the road throughout this area during this time.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Nineteen months after a massive leak of confidential taxpayer information was published by ProPublica, the American people are still in the dark, charged House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) in a letter sent today to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) J. Russell George.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
Release: The text of the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Netherlands.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
U.S. Embassy Juba PDS Annual Program grant opened on Feb. 17.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: US Department of Labor, Consulate of Mexico in Denver
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man has been found guilty by a federal jury of possession of a machinegun and illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury indicted three women today on charges related to the attempted arson of a nail salon in Monroe, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: From March 1 to Sept. 15, the back beaches and sand dunes in this area are closed to hiking to protect the nesting area for the western snowy plover, a federally listed, threatened shorebird. Please remain on the wet sand (below mean high tide) or the road throughout this area during this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BOISE - Isaac Bright, 29, of Nampa, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison, the maximum allowable sentence, for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Ending Trade that Cheats American Workers By Modernizing Trade Laws and Enforcement, Fighting Forced Labor, Eliminating Counterfeits, and Leveling the Playing Field.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging two foreign nationals with international methamphetamine and precursor chemical trafficking conspiracies.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration is inviting the public and workplace safety stakeholders to share their comments on how the agency can best honor companies who make exceptional commitments to workplace safety and health, and encourage others to follow.
By Tamara Browning | Feb 17, 2023
U.S. mines increased the production of nonfuel mineral commodities in 2022 by an estimated $3.6 billion compared to 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Dana Michael Russell, also known as “Anthony Roberts," 36, of Giffithsville, Lincoln County, pleaded guilty today to possession of prepubescent child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2023 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the Department is investing $63 million to bring high-speed internet access to people living and working in rural areas in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Mississippi. Today’s investments include ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
Release: FALLS CHURCH, Va. Residents of the Falls Church/Arlington area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) popular TSA PreCheck program at the AAA Falls Church-Seven Corners office parking lot from Feb. 21 to March 3, where officials will host a temporary pop-up enrollment center in a specially marked RV parked at 6290 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church, Va., 22044.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - In preparation for the 2023 irrigation season, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin to operate Potholes Reservoir/O’Sullivan Dam outlet works and Banks Lake/Dry Falls Dam outlet works on March 1, 2023. Water will begin flowing into Billy Clapp Reservoir on March 1, 2023, and Reclamation will begin operating the Billy Clapp Reservoir/Pinto Dam outlet works on March 14, 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on Feb. 15, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Brady Daniel Torgerson, age 35, from Beulah, North Dakota, to serve 24 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and $200.00 special assessment.
