COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: By Mackenzie Mendez, U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications The Air Force Gunners Association (AFGA) dedicated a plaque in honor of Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, a Vietnam War hero and B-52 tail gunner during a ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Oct. 11, 2024. The ceremony paid tribute to Moore's bravery during a Christmas Eve mission in 1972, where he played a crucial role in one of the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. The Bureau of Land Management unveiled resource management plans this week to protect big game and Gunnison sage-grouse habitat in Colorado, conserve public lands and focus energy development in areas with the highest potential for oil and gas resources in the BLM Upper Colorado River District. The Bureau released Records of Decision for the Big Game Resource  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Four Colorado entities among 67 selectees to reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects, including upgrades to school buses, port equipment, and construction equipment * * * DENVER (October 17, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced four Colorado selectees totaling $8.14 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants Program. Wi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DENVER Nature's Herb and Wellness Center, doing business as High Plainz Strains, a Colorado marijuana retailer with seven retail stores, will pay $95,000 to settle a disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Nature's Herbs failed to reasonably accomm  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: DOLORES, Colo. This week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in New Mexico and Colorado to highlight how President Biden's Investing in America agenda is restoring our nation's public lands and waters, strengthening Indian Country and the use of Indigenous Knowledge, and building a next-generation conservation workforce through the Indian Youth Service Corps which is part of the Administration's  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: A U.S. National Science Foundation-supported team is designing and building three identical CubeSats, or shoebox-sized satellites, to study space weather and demonstrate new technologies. The CubeSats are part of the Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale Experiment (SWARM-EX). "The thermosphere and ionosphere system the start of what we often think of as 'outer space' is a highly va  more