WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Announcements Underscore USDA's Continued Progress Removing Long-Standing Systemic Barriers to Accessing USDA's Programs by Tribal Communities LAS VEGAS, March 12, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making investments to provide clean drinking water, sanitary wastewater systems and affordable high-speed internet to people in Tribal communiti  more

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nevada, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposal from Nevada Gold Mines, LLC to construct, operate, and eventually close and reclaim the proposed Robertson Mine Project on approximately 5,990 acres in Lander County. A Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement will publish in tomorrow's Federal Regis  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 14, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Nevada - 2022": * * * In 2022, Nevada women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $811, or 80.1 percent of the $1,013 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Cristina D. Silva to two and a half years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for devising a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $550,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) loan applications that the Small Business   more

CREECH AFB, Nevada, March 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Creech Air Force Base (432nd Air Expeditionary Wing) issued the following news: General Ken Wilsbach, commander of Air Combat Command and Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, ACC command chief, visited the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing here, March 4. After taking command of ACC on Feb. 29, Wilsbach, along with Wolfe, visited Creech AFB to see the home of the remotely piloted aircraft enterprise, which supports a worldwide, 24/7/365 mission  more

NELLIS AFB, Nevada, March 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Jimmy Cummings, 57 Wing Public Affairs Nellis welcomes more than 1,500 participants from the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Air National Guard and the Royal Netherlands Air Force for Red Flag-Nellis 24-2 from March 10-23. Red Flag is a large-force exercise during which the 414th Combat Training Squadron designs complex scenarios designed to elevate air combat ski  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: In separate criminal cases, three southern Oregon drug traffickers, including the leader of a Klamath Falls, Oregon, drug trafficking organization, were sentenced to federal prison Thursday following investigations by the Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET), announced the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon. Juan Jessie Mart  more