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From staff reports Dec 22, 2020 The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced a Tahlequah man has pleaded guilty after allegedly distributing heroin. An indictment alleged that in February 2019, Feather Cheyenne Pacheco, 24, intentionally distributed a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin. The drug charge is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment, up to a $1 million fine, or both. The charges arose from a probe by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Alcohol...

OSWEGO — The Oswego County Traffic Safety Board recognized seven members of various Oswego County law enforcement agencies as “Traffic Safety Champions,” an honor awarded for their supreme dedication to keeping communities safe. “Every year the Oswego County Traffic Safety Board recognizes individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty to protect our community members,” said Oswego County Traffic Safety Board Coordinator Kyle Boeckmann. “This year’s recipients have shown exemplary service and proved themselves to be stewards of traffic safety.” Th...

More Than 13,600 Pounds of Illegal Narcotics on National Wildlife Refuges The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recognizes the public safety protection efforts of Federal Wildlife Officers who in 2020 successfully led the seizure of 13,615 pounds of illegal narcotics on national wildlife refuges. The 2020 street value of the seizures was $43 million — 17 times more than in 2019, which was $2.5 million. The Trump Administration has made it a priority to end the drug overdose epidemic that kills approximately 70,000 Americans each year. “Federal Wildlife Officers successfully stopped...

WASHINGTON — Officials have taken the extraordinary step of closing the Washington Monument starting Friday as a precaution after Interior Secretary David Bernhardt — who had been giving private, nighttime tours to associates — tested positive for the coronavirus. Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin confirmed the temporary closure, saying the department acted after consulting with federal health officials. Bernhardt had led other Trump DOI appointees on a tour earlier this week. Some National Park Service staff at the site said they had been exposed to the secretary during his ...

Author The destruction wrought by COVID-19 represents an unprecedented crisis in recent history, yet it somehow feels eerily familiar. This is because the pandemic has mirrored many of the dynamics of the climate crisis, but on an extremely compressed time frame. An imminent global threat presented itself — the full extent of the danger being largely unknown — which required swift, coordinated and collective action. Instead, it was met with divergent national responses, finger pointing, appeals to individual responsibility and extreme resistance to any fundamental change to the status ...