WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Employment increased in 34 large metropolitan areas (those with a population of at least 1 million in the 2010 Census) from April 2022 to April 2023 and was essentially unchanged in 17 large metropolitan areas. The largest percentage increases occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (4.4 percent), Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (4.3 pe  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Due to unprecedented snowpack in the Carson River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation and Truckee-Carson Irrigation District are proactively implementing flood operations and maximizing water storage in Lahontan Reservoir. The two agencies have been implementing flood operations since March 6 to manage inflow into the Basin. Flood operations have, and continue to be, close  more

CREECH AFB, Nevada, June 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Creech Air Force Base (432nd Air Expeditionary Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs A four-day Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise took place at the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing from April 11-14, 2023. ACE is an operational concept intended to ensure Airmen are ready for contingencies and able to operate from locations with varying levels of ca  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing over $21 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from the third application window, benefitting approximately 40,000 students across the country,   more

PADUCAH, Kentucky, June 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Michael A. Bennett, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: A Las Vegas, Nevada man, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday to 11 years and 7 months in prison for methamphetamine distribution. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge J. Todd Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, and Sheriff Ryan Norman of the McCracken Coun  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * An innovative, decade-long experiment in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains shows that carbon stocks buried deep underground are vulnerable to climate change * * * A recent study led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of Zurich has revealed that the organic compounds proposed for  more