GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Anthony Nunez-Pellicer, 319th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs Chief Master Sgt. Robert Hopkins, 16th Air Force command chief, visited, touring the base and spending time with Airmen within squadrons as part of his base orientation here. After the welcome, Hopkins trained on the virtual reality paint booth with319th Aircraft Maintenance   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District completed its Supplemental Environmental Assessment process for the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Area Flood Risk Management Project May 2. Col. Eric Swenson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, commander, signed an environmental document known as a 'Finding of No Significant Impact' as a result of the Su  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, invites the community to attend an open house to learn more about the upcoming Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke Ring Levee project May 15, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Hickson Community Center in Hickson, North Dakota. During the open house, attendees will have an opportunity to engage representatives from the Corps of Engineers, the Metro Flood  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force announced the recipients of the 2023 Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon, May 8. Master Sgt. Keith T. Dison, flight chief of advanced geospatial intelligence analysis troop of the Joint Special Operations Command Intelligence Brigade, received the individual award, while the team award went to the Atomic Spark team, which is comprised of the 5th Bomb  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, May 10 -- 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 5th Bomb Wing conducted a base-wide readiness exercise, or Warbird Week, from May 1-8. Warbird Week is a routine base-wide readiness exercise designed to test 5th BW Airmen's abilities to operate in a variety of scenarios. As part of the exercise, various circumstances and conditions were simulated across the base to measure ov  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 7 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that June 10 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Minnesota due to drought that began on Aug. 15, 2023. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of Kittson  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, May 10 -- The U.S. Army Environmental Command issued the following news: By Thomas Milligan Growing up in Minnesota, Dan Musel was a kid who loved sports and being outdoors. But he hadn't really thought about a career in environmental management. Instead, he played football at North Dakota State University - a perennial national power - and earned a degree in industrial engineering and planned to start his career in that. "I ended up getting a job out of co  more