WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has issued two new leases in the Amargosa Valley Solar Energy Zone in Nevada, which will allow the leaseholder to proceed with next steps in the development of utility-scale solar energy. In June, BLM auctioned four parcels across 23,675 acres in the Amargosa desert. This highest-yielding onshore renewable energy auction in agency hi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: GERLACH, Nev. - On or about September 18, the Bureau of Land Management's Applegate and Black Rock field offices will begin a wild horse gather in and around the Surprise and Calico wild horse and burro management complexes on BLM-managed public lands in northwest Nevada, using the helicopter-assisted method. The purpose of the gather is to prevent undue or unnecessary degra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - On or about September 25, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management plans to begin a wild horse gather on and around the Desatoya Herd Management Area located approximately 60 miles east of Fallon in Churchill and Lander Counties, Nevada. The BLM will use the helicopter-assisted method. The Desatoya Herd Management Areas encompasses 161,678 acres of public and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Las Vegas, Nevada - Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this week to attend RE+, a renewable and solar energy conference. While in Las Vegas, Chair Lewis spoke alongside Ambassador Chantale Wong, U.S. Executive Director to the Asia Development Bank (ADB), at a series of events, met wi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 12 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Nevada businesses and residents of the Oct. 10, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides in Lyon County that occurred March 8 -   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 13 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) has awarded $4 million in Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development (AHEAD) economic development grants to help 75 local organizations boost economic opportunity in underserved communities throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada. The grants, delivered through FHLBank   more

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nevada, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Common Air Route Surveillance Radar, or CARSR, at Battle Mountain, 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 NORAD, executing a part of their vital missi  more

RENO, Nevada, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe today broke ground on a fish passage project at Numana Dam supported by President Biden's Investing in America agenda, a core pillar of Bidenomics, that will benefit the recovery of two federally listed species, the Lahontan cutthroat trout and Cui-ui sucker, in northern Nevada. In 2  more