Saturday - November 23, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Nevada Newsletter for Sunday September 01, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Invests $140 Million to Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs in Rural Nevada and Kentucky Communities
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Spur Economic Growth in Rural Communities PAHRUMP, Nev., Aug. 29, 2024 The Biden-Harris Administration today announced $140 million for clean energy projects in rural Nevada and Kentucky that will lower power bills for households, expand reliable access to clean energy and create jobs for rural families, small businesses and agricultural prod  more

BLM Delivers More Clean Energy With Dry Lake East Energy Center in Nevada
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District Office issued the following news release: * * * Project will provide up to 200 MW of solar and 600 MW of battery storage * * * LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management has issued a right-of-way for a new solar project located within the Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area in Clark County, Nevada. The BLM projects the Dry Lake East Energy Center Solar Project will generate up to 20  more

FCC Media Bureau Issues Notice of Apparent Liability For Forfeiture on Lander County General Improvement District No. 1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of apparent liability for forfeiture (FRN No. 0000013623) on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * In the Matter of LANDER COUNTY GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #1, Application for License to Cover for Television Translator Station K42DZ-D, Battle Mountain, Nevada MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The   more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Sisters Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Dawn Marie Bennett, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and April Lynn McNeill, 44, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, each pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the use of a communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, on or about January 24, 2023, Bennett arranged with   more

Wash. U.S. Attorney: Richland Man Indicted for Stealing More Than $339,000 in COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme
RICHLAND, Washington, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington issued the following news release: On August 21, 2024, a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Washington returned an Indictment charging Gilbert Orosco, of Richland, Washington, with ten counts of conspiracy, fraud, and aggravated identify theft. Orozco made his first appearance in Federal Court on August 27, 2024. The Indictment alleges that, beginning in July 2020, Orosco took pa  more