WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Donna Vojvodich, Historian, SPARS Stories History Program On Jan. 1, 1944, tragedy struck the Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) in Charleston, South Carolina. A young seaman serving as a telephone operator died in a Coast Guard ambulance enroute to the Navy hospital. She was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Who was she? Lacking a name to research, I entered her date of deat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced Tribal higher education opportunities and investments to train the next generation of agricultural professionals. During his remarks, Secretary Vilsack announced $5 million in grants to support Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities through the New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) Program. These programs ref  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings On November 13, the Commission met in executive session. The Commission voted to cancel the open meeting scheduled for November 14. * * * Enforcement The Commission made public 11 closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the Enforcement Search System. MUR 7146R COMPLAINANT: Campaign Legal Center and Catherine Hinckley Kelley RESPONDENTS: Correct t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued the following news wrap up: Over the past year, FinCEN has directly reached small businesses and other key stakeholder groups through hundreds of beneficial ownership events and other engagements--including conferences, webinars, roundtables, and informational sessions--in partnership with Secretaries of State, industry groups, Members of Congress, corporate service providers, Chambers of Comme  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 16 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Conservation advocates express alarm about timing of move, expanded logging of mature and old-growth forests. * * * Today, the Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on proposed amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP). The DEIS contains proposals that would drastically reshape the way National Forests in western Oregon, Washington, and northwestern Californ  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced $5,416,405 is coming to Oregon from the Inflation Reduction Act--the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever--for hazardous fuels transportation projects across the state. The federal funding awarded by the U.S. Forest Service will reduce the risk of wildfires by moving hazardous fuels--smaller trees, live or dead brush, tree limbs, a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: The U.S. Senate passed legislation led by Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to authorize several new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects for medical facilities across the nation. The Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authoriz  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: An Oregon man was sentenced to prison on Nov. 14, 2024, after he previously pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential electio  more