WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ELY, Nev. The Bureau of Land Management Elko District, Wells Field Office and Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office will begin a wild horse gather on or about Nov. 1, 2024, within and outside of the Triple B Complex located in Elko and White Pine counties, about 60 miles north of Ely, Nevada. The Triple B Complex encompasses 1,608,530 acres of public and private lands. The   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: * * * Funding benefits long-term resilience and sustainability of regional water resources. * * * RENO -- On October 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $128 million in funding, supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to assist the City of Reno and Truckee Meadows Water Authority in building the OneWater Nevada Advanced Purified Water Facility at Ame  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 26 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Oct. 23, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at the 2024 HLTH Conference: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good morning. It was an ordinary Saturday in an extraordinary life. I was in my office in the East Wing doing what community college teachers do on weekends--especially on a weekend so late in the semester: I was grading papers. It was late April last year. Earlier that morning, I'd read in The New York Times that   more

AUGUSTA, Georgia, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia issued the following news release: A former employee of a U.S. Department of Defense component agency faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to mishandling sensitive documents. Margaret Anne Ashby, 26, of Henderson, Nevada, awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to an Information charging her with Unauthorized Removal/Retention of Classified Documents, said Jill E. Steinbe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: Margaret Anne Ashby, 26, of Henderson, Nevada, pleaded guilty today for mishandling sensitive documents as a former employee of a Department of Defense component agency. As described in the plea agreement, starting in March 2020, Ashby was a civilian employee of a Department of Defense component agency located in the Southern District of Georgia, and during this time held a top secret secu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: RENO, Nev. Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus joined Bureau of Land Management (BLM) leaders in Reno, Nevada today to announce the approval of the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron mining project, a major step towards the nation's efforts to strengthen domestic critic  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: RENO, Nev. Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus joined Bureau of Land Management (BLM) leaders in Reno, Nevada today to announce the approval of the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron mining project, a major step towards the nation's efforts to strengthen domestic critical minerals supply chains.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA Two women are facing felony drug possession charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Philadelphia International Airport discovered 114 pounds of marijuana in their London-bound suitcases on Tuesday. Agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office charged Anetta Rachell Collins, 49, of Ventura, Calif., and Ty Taanetia Anettra   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it has partnered with the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) to award $1.2 million for six projects through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems. "Proje  more