WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: PRESIDIO, Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection Presidio Port Director Benito Reyes Jr. was formally sworn into office November 7 at a CBP change of command ceremony. Family, friends, colleagues, and local dignitaries gathered as Mr. Reyes recited the oath of office during a ceremony at the Presidio Activity Center. "My goal is to enhance collaboration with the c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: REDDING, Calif. The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan(link is external) for public lands managed by the BLM Arcata and Redding field offices. The planning area covers 14.4 million acres in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama, and Butte counties, including approximately 382,000 acre  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This Veterans Day, join us in honoring military veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces and learn how NOAA and our partners work with veterans to build a community of habitat restoration practitioners across the nation. Our conservation and veteran corps community is made up of veterans, young adults, and others. These partnerships recruit, train, mentor, and employ workers to  more

MONTEREY, California, Nov. 9 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson has become a leading voice in law enforcement reform, advocating for ethical, science-based interviewing and interrogation methods. His journey began nearly a decade ago when he encountered the thesis of his Center for Homeland Defense and Security Master's Program classmate Desmond O'Neill. O'Neill's thesis, "From T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia removed Garibaldo Rissato Borges, a citizen of Brazil with a final order of removal, to Brazil Nov. 1. Rissato is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for drug trafficking. "ERO Philadelphia remains steadfast in its commitment to preserve public safety. Noncitizens such   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Today, the Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) announced the disbursement of $16.45 billion in revenues generated in fiscal year 2024 from energy production on federal and Tribal onshore lands, and federal offshore areas. This year's overall disbursement is the fourth largest since 1982, with three of the four highest years occurring in the past four years. The disb  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 9 -- Maryland Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain issued the following news release: * * * COP29 presents opportunity to highlight Maryland climate progress, build international partnerships * * * Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain will attend the annual global summit on climate change known as COP29 (29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Nov. 11 to Nov.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: As Marine Corps Sgt. James Irsley Poynter's platoon was being surrounded by enemy troops in Korea, he refused to let his men become overwhelmed. Poynter managed to break his trapped comrades out of the chaos through heroics that took his life. For that valor, he posthumously received the Medal of Honor. Poynter was born Dec. 1, 1916, in Bloomington, Illinois, to Eugene and Molly Poynter. In February 1942, when he   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: William Tang, a principal research physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy (https://www.energy.gov/)'s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) for five decades and a lecturer with the rank of professor in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University, has won the 2024 Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award (https://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/fernb  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: PUBLIC NOTICEFOLSOM, Calif. The Bureau of Reclamation today announces two additional contract negotiation sessions with the Placer County Water Agency on terms and conditions for a long-term Warren Act contract. The contract will be negotiated for the conveyance and temporary storage of up to 47,000 acre-feet of non-Central Valley Project water per year using excess capacity in F  more

LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Another individual has been sentenced for his role in a Laredo human smuggling conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jesus Aleman-Serrano, 34, Mexican citizen illegally residing in Laredo, and Laredo pleaded guilty May 8. U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana has now imposed a 24-month term of imprisonment for Aleman-Serrano. Not a U.S. citizen, he is ex  more