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Federal Tipoffs Involving Wyoming Newsletter for Sunday September 10, 2023 ( 9 items )  

91st Missile Security Forces Squadron Conducts Operation Frontier Thunder
MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Kyle Wilson, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron conducted Operation Frontier Thunder at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming, Aug. 28-31. Operation Frontier Thunder was a readiness exercise designed to simulate a deployed environment and provided an opportunity for Airmen of the 91st MSFS to validate their expeditionary skills. "Operation Frontier Thunder is the  more

Air Force Chief of Staff Visits 90th Missile Wing, Engages With Airmen
F.E. WARREN AFB, Wyoming, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Senior Airman Sarah Post, 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and his spouse, Sharene Brown, visited F.E. Warren Air Force Base Sept. 6. Brown visited with members of the 90th Missile Wing to engage with and hear from Airmen, as well as to have an in-depth immersion of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM weapon system, especially modernization efforts unique to F.E. Warren AFB.  more

BLM oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $13,207,883
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale Sept. 6th offering 81 parcels covering 67,183.78 acres in Wyoming. In total, 53 parcels covering 35,701.21 acres sold for $13,207,883. The environmental assessment, maps, parcel lists, Notice of Competitive Lease Sale and proposed lease stipulations are available  more

BLM Rawlins Field Office to conduct aerial weed treatments in Carbon County
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - With a shared commitment to control expanding populations of noxious and invasive weeds, the Bureau of Land Management will partner with Carbon County Weed and Pest, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and local landowners for weed treatments in the Northern Shirley Basin Area (i.e., Chalk Mountain). To combat cheatgrass and downy brome expansion and improve  more

F.E. Warren AFB: Air Force Chief of Staff Visits 90th Missile Wing, Engages With Airmen
F.E. WARREN AFB, Wyoming, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force Base (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Sarah Post, 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and his spouse, Sharene Brown, visited F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Sept. 6, 2023. Brown visited with members of the 90th Missile Wing to engage with and hear from Airmen, as well as to have an in-depth immersion of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM weapon syst  more

Minot AFB: 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron Conducts Operation Frontier Thunder
MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Kyle Wilson, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron conducted Operation Frontier Thunder at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming, Aug. 28-31. Operation Frontier Thunder was a readiness exercise designed to simulate a deployed environment and provided an opportunity for Airmen of the 91st MSFS to validate their expeditionary skills. "Operation Frontier T  more

NTIA: Biden-Harris Administration Awards Nearly $50 Million to Expand and Strengthen Regional and National Internet Networks
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced nearly $50 million to four organizations to expand middle mile high-speed Internet infrastructure in New Hampshire, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wyoming. Today's announcement is a critical milestone in Biden-Harris Administration'  more

President Biden Appoints Three New Members to President's Council of Governors
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Idaho Governor Brad Little, and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to the Council of Governors for two-year terms. Five current members will be reappointed for another term, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Delaware Governor John Carney, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, and Michi  more

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2 Million to Expand Construction Industry Workforce Development in Converse County, Wyoming
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to Converse County, Wyoming, to expand the workforce training lab at Eastern Wyoming College in Douglas. This grant will support construction of a building addition to house new classrooms, administrative   more