WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: For decades, Air Force test and training ranges, like the Nevada Test and Training Range and the Utah Test and Training Range, have provided aircrews with flexible, realistic, multidimensional battle spaces to conduct testing and advanced training. Though only a few years old, the National Space Test and Training Complex functions as a space-based counterpart, providing unique opportunities for Guardians to hone their warfig  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, June 26 -- The U.S. Army Environmental Command issued the following news: By Thomas Milligan, U.S. Army Environmental Command The world is full of many different types of environments, just ask Robert Drumm, who has been in a few of them. From working as a fisheries inspector in the waters off Alaska, to conducting assessments in the heat and desert of Nevada's Yucca Mountain, to managing woodpecker habitat in the longleaf pine forests of the Southeastern Un  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: * * * Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program to Launch in Coming Weeks * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded more than $9 million to Nevada to implement their Digital Equity Plan. Nevada is the first state to receive funding through the $1.44 billio  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 25, 2024, entitled "Nevada Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Nevada had 69,000 job openings in April 2024, compared to 75,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Nevada was 4.2  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 27 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: * * * Grant awards nearly double in second year of first-of-its-kind Nevada Targeted Fund that will create over 600 new units of affordable housing * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) today announced $9.4 million in affordable housing grants to Nevada-based housing developers through its Affordabl  more

ALBANY, New York, June 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Felix Arencibia, age 38, of Amsterdam, New York; Todd Austin, age 64, of Gloversville, New York; Ahmad Burke, age 66, of Albany; Kevisha DuBoise, age 27, of Schenectady, New York; and Christian Mur-Santana, age 28, of Las Vegas, Nevada have been indicted for participating in a drug distribution conspiracy. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Frank A. Taren  more

NELLIS AFB, Nevada, June 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Tan, 57th Wing Public Affairs The 57th Wing command team has released its first-ever reading list distributed for all Bullseye Airmen, June 7, 2024. The recommended readings were selected by Brig. Gen. Richard Goodman, 57th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Trickey, 57th Wing command chief, and are associated with various categories includi  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: A California man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring with others to distribute hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills throughout the United States. According to court documents, on March 17, 2021, George Anthony Manzo (37), of Redlands, California, sold 500 fentanyl pills to an ind  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release: El Aero Services, LLC has entered into a civil settlement agreement pursuant to which it has agreed to pay over $2.1 million dollars for fire response and suppression costs arising out of the Sheep Creek Fire in 2018. The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) incurred $2,173,872.44 in costs and damages to suppress the Sheep Creek Fire, which st  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: A project funded by a $24 million high-speed Internet grant from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) broke ground in Reno, Nevada today. Under the Biden-Harris Administration's Internet for All Initiative, the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program is inv  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Sparks, Nevada, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Failure to Appear. The sentencing took place on June 24, 2024. Dawn E  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Meta Materials Inc. and its former CEOs, John Brda and George Palikaras. The company has agreed to settle the SEC's charges in an administrative proceeding, while the SEC's litigation against Brda and Palikaras will proceed in federal district court. The SEC's complaint against Brda and Palikaras alleges that, as a   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on June 24, 2024, with state attorneys general on the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade: * * * Yesterday, to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, and Tom Perez, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernm  more