News from February 2023
By Karen Kidd | Feb 3, 2023
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced an initiative to accelerate lead pipe replacement in Pennsylvania.
By Interior Newswire Report | Feb 3, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management acknowledged the National Academies' report that the current supply of native seeds may be lacking to maintain the integrity of local ecosystems.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Austin Joseph Griffith, 22, of Hernshaw, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing 50 grams or more or methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Wheelchair Accessible. Mexican pinyon pine (Pinus cembroides) is one of the most common evergreens in the Chisos Mountains. The seeds, or nuts, were an important food source for indigenous peoples as they are high in calories. The nuts also provide...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Jackson, TN - The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Jackson captured Luis Fernando Sanchez-Flores, 29, today. He was wanted out of Newbern, Tennessee for Attempted First Degree Murder and Especially Aggravated Burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Raytown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today in two separate and unrelated criminal cases for a nearly $10 million conspiracy to distribute almost 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamine and for a fraud scheme that utilized the stolen identities of Johnson County, Kansas, government employees to make fraudulent credit card purchases.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A New York man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire Report | Feb 3, 2023
The U.S. Forest Service is accepting applications for $41 million in grants to support innovation and markets for wood products and renewable wood energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned an indictment yesterday charging Kevin Breslin, 56, of Hoboken, New Jersey, and KBWB Operations, LLC, doing business as Atrium Health and Senior Living (Atrium) in Park Ridge, New Jersey, with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid in connection with the delivery of or payment for health care benefits, items, or services.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Disaster survivors in Butts, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton, Spalding and Troup counties who applied for assistance from FEMA will receive a letter from FEMA in the mail or via email.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: On Feb. 2, 2021, President Biden established the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families. Two years later, under the leadership of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the Task Force continues its tireless work to identify the remaining separated children, facilitate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Shawn David White, 41, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Summer Nichole McCroskey, age 25, of Elkton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges related to her participation in a conspiracy to sexually abuse a child, from the age of approximately four months to two years old, to producing and distributing images documenting the sexual abuse of the child, and to possession of child pornography.
By Federal Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Robert Ehrlich is senior counsel for government advocacy at King & Spalding. He is the former Governor of Maryland and former U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: A gene discovered by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Purdue University scientists could help fortify the defenses of sorghum to anthracnose, a disease of the cereal grain crop that can inflict yield losses of up to 50 percent.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Crypto Scams Involving Tether, USD Coin on the Rise.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Scenic View/Photo Spot. The vegetation here is markedly different from that of the surrounding sagebrush steppe. This north facing slope experiences less direct sunlight and therefore retains more moisture. These conditions encourage the growth of large trees, like aspens...
