BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, June 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news on June 27, 2023: By Staff Sgt. Frederick A. Brown, 9th Reconnaissance Wing The U-2 Dragon Lady performed exceptionally while participating as an asset during the capstone event of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School 23-A cycle, May 16 - June 7 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The Air Force Weapons School, also known as the Weapons Instructor Course (WIC), tr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 28, 2023, entitled "Nevada Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2023": * * * Nevada had 106,000 job openings in April 2023, compared to 100,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Nevada was 6  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with the City of Las Vegas to address deficiencies and non-compliance with its Clean Water Act (CWA) pretreatment program. The City of Las Vegas operates the Las Vegas Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) and the Durango Hills Water Resource Center (WRC), which discharge treated wastewater into the Las Veg  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management held an auction for utility-scale solar energy development in Nevada this week, resulting in $105.15 million in high bids. The auction of four parcels across 23,675 acres in the Amargosa Desert could support nearly 3 gigawatts of renewable energy to the electrical grid. This is the highest-yielding onshore renewable energy auct  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, July 1 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news on June 29, 2023: By Chustine Minoda, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs In honor of a century of aerial refueling, a formation of four tanker aircraft departed from Travis AFB to participate in Operation Centennial Contact, conducting a series of air refueling maneuvers in the skies above California and Nevada, June 27, 2023. To celebrate this significant milesto  more