LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Bonanza Solar Project, in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada. If approved as proposed, this project would generate up to 300 megawatts of solar energy and would include 300 megawatts of battery storage for communities in southwest Nevada, including Las Vegas. The proposed project, which would include the con  more

RENO, Nevada, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $12 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase fire resiliency and protect native vegetation on public lands in Nevada. This funding will be focused in two landscape areas called the Montana Mountains and the Humboldt/O'Neil Basin Restoration Landscape  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Over the year ended April 2023, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states and was essentially unchanged in 10 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage employment increase occurred in Nevada (4.2 percent), followed by Texas (4.0 percent), and Florida (3.9 percent). * * * Chart: Change in nonfarm employment by state, April  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were lower in April 2023 than a year earlier in 16 states, higher in 10 states, and stable in 24 states and the District of Columbia. The national unemployment rate, 3.4 percent, was 0.2 percentage point lower in April 2023 than in April 2022. * * * Chart: State unemployment rates, April 2023 * * * Nevada had the highest unemp  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, June 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: The 66th Rescue Squadron inactivated during a ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 1, 2023 for the second time in the unit's history. The 66 RQS falls under the 355th Wing but is located at Nellis AFB. The inactivation opens up additional space for a larger fighter presence at Nellis AFB as it transitions to the Fifth Generation Center of Excellence.   more

RENO, Nevada, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * SDI of Neil LLC allowed children to operate dangerous equipment, pays $71K in fines * * * Federal investigators have found the operator of six Nevada Sonic Drive-In locations illegally allowed 14- and 15-year-old teenagers to work more hours and at times not permitted by federal child labor regulations and assigned them to operate manual deep fryers, a task considered a hazard  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 2 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on May 31, 2023, by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas at the International Counterterrorism Conference: * * * In January 2000, two men from Saudi Arabia - who were being tracked by the CIA for their long-time connections to al-Qaeda - traveled to the United States on tourist visas to learn how to fly Boeing jets. During flight instruction, the men focused solely on learning how to control  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (MB Docket No. 23-86; RM-11948) on June 2, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Tecopa, California); Application for Construction Permit to Modify Station KRZQ(FM), Amargosa Valley, Nevada REPORT AND ORDER By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Audio Division has before it t  more