CREECH AFB, Nevada, Sept. 6 -- 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 More than 40 members from the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing participated in a joint exercise with their Marine Corps counterparts at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif, and with Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif, Aug. 10-25, 2023. "Agile Hunter,"  more

NELLIS AFB, Nevada, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The 805th Combat Training Squadron's Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, also known as the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System Battle Lab, recently experimented with joint partners that helped evolve a new joint airspace management and joint fires capability at Nellis Air Force Base. Working with the U.S. Army's Mission Command Battle Lab and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the ShOC-N hosted and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management in Nevada has published a science-based Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Gibellini Vanadium Mine project in Eureka County, about 27 miles southeast of Eureka, Nevada. Vanadium is a U.S. Geological Survey-designated critical mineral used in batteries for grid-scale energy storage. If approved, the mine  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamations, and Nevada Division of Forestry announce the lifting of fire restrictions that have been in place since July 29, 2023. This rescission affects public lands in 11 counties in western Nevada and eastern California. Restricti  more

BOULDER CITY, Nevada, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation is lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River, and the drawdown is part of annual river operations which are timed to coincide with conservation activities for the fish. Lake Mohave will steadily low  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Residents who lost access to water through their private wells or had damage to their septic system caused by the severe winter storms may be eligible for financial assistance under FEMA's Individuals and Households Program. The 14 counties designated for this assistance program are: Butte, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Mono, Monterey, Nevada  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, Jason M. Frierson, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging a health care staffing executive with conspiring to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses -- and then fraudulently concealing that conspiracy and the government's investigation so that he could sell his company for over $10 million. According to the six-count felony i  more

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nevada, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: The Common Air Route Surveillance Radar, or CARSR, at Battle Mountain, Nevada, suffered a catastrophic failure on Dec. 27, 2022, when snow accumulation caused the protective dome to collapse onto the antennas within. This radar supports several agencies and feeds into the overall National Airspace System, or NAS, picture used by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Arizona, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Capt. Brian Tuthill, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed training in Reno, Nevada, Aug. 24 to conduct U.S. Embassy reinforcement and noncombatant evacuation operation missions. The scheduled training was supported by Department of State advisors at Army National Guard Base Reno-Stead, Nevada, and was not related t  more