JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Members of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland participated in virtual training to achieve financial stability. Organized by the 688th Cyberspace Wing Chaplain Corps, U.S. Air Force Capt. Amy O'Connell and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jasmine Jones made the class available during fall 2020. The nine-week course offered a full-spectrum approach towards fin  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-CHAPMAN TRAINING ANNEX, Texas, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: Leaders within the 960th Cyberspace Wing gathered in-person and virtually here Nov. 16-19, to meet and discuss the future of Air Force Reserve Command's only cyberspace wing. The COVID-19 pandemic predicated the use of virtual platforms for both summits held in 2020. The 960th CW commander, Col. Richard Erredge, said it was important to make them happen, despite the cha  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Three Airmen from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, will represent Air Education and Training Command during the Spark Tank Challenge at the virtual Air Force Association Aerospace Warfare Symposium Feb. 24-26. Spark Tank is an annual event where Airmen pitch innovative ideas to top Air Force leadership and a panel of industry experts. Lt. Col. Alexander Turner, 56  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: In an effort to fuel collaboration amongst Air Education and Training Command innovators, HQ AETC is hosting its next virtual innovation summit Jan. 21, 2021. The purpose of the iSummit is to improve collaboration by providing AETC Airmen at all levels a platform to share information on innovation activities. The goal is to fuel collaboration amongst AETC innovator  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Air Force Recruiting Service announced the establishment of a program designed to increase diversity in ranks of the two services while attracting the next generation of Airmen and Guardians. The program dubbed "GO Inspire" began Jan. 1 and rallies general officers to hit the streets with teams of top Airmen and Guardians to inform, influence and inspire young Americans for military service. "Incre  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: Air Force Recruiting Service announced the establishment of a program designed to increase diversity in ranks of the two services while attracting the next generation of Airmen and Guardians. The program dubbed "GO Inspire" began Jan. 1 and rallies general officers to hit the streets with teams of top Airmen and Guardians to inform, influence and inspire young Americans for military  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: The Air Force is testing a new mobile app at Joint Base San Antonio that aims to give Airmen a convenient way to provide feedback or raise concerns about their experiences on the installation. The Wing Feedback App is a crowdsourced tool designed to help service providers and installation leadership improve all services across the base. The Air Force Instal  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $5 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation's infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is providing more than $70 million in funding this year to support 383 projects  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 6 on Dallas-Fort Worth area employment for November 2020: Total nonfarm employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area decreased by 96,100 over the year in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that the local rate of job los  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 8 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has reappointed Claudia Aguirre of Houston to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors. She will serve a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2023. Aguirre joined the Dallas Fed board in 2019. As a Dallas Fed board member, she provides input into regional and national economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy functions. Aguir  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 9 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has appointed Bob Patel to its Houston Branch board of directors for a term ending Dec. 31, 2023. Patel is CEO of Houston-based LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies with over 19,500 employees globally. He joined LyondellBasell in 2010 and became CEO in 2015. For more than 20 years, Patel held positions of increasing responsi  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 9 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has reappointed Gina Luna to its Houston Branch board of directors for a term ending Dec. 31, 2023. Luna joined the Houston Branch board in 2018. As a board member, Luna provides input on regional economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy functions. Luna is a managing partner of GP Capital Partners, LP, a private credit/equity fund focus  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: The Academic Year 2022 Civilian Developmental Education (CDE), Civilian Strategic Leader Program (CSLP), and Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program (ESEP) application call runs Jan. 13 through Feb. 26, 2021. The Department of the Air Force provides developmental education, academic programs, and leadership assignment opportunities to prepare civilian Airmen and Guardians to ant  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: The Academic Year 2022 Civilian Developmental Education (CDE), Civilian Strategic Leader Program (CSLP), and Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program (ESEP) application call runs Jan. 13 through Feb. 26, 2021. The Department of the Air Force provides developmental education, academic programs, and leadership assignment opportunities to prepare civilian Airmen and Guardians to ant  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Navigating the Force Development waters just became smoother with the recent launch of two new SharePoint Online sites aimed at keeping Airmen and Guardians informed. The Force Development Gateway and Force Development Service Catalog are now live. Both sites can also be accessed through the Air Force Portal front page under the Education / Training / Force Develop  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Navigating the force development waters just became smoother with the recent launch of two new SharePoint Online sites aimed at keeping Airmen and Guardians informed. The Force Development Gateway and Force Development Service Catalog are now live. Both sites can also be accessed through the Air Force Portal front page under the Education / Training / Force Development section. Force Development fa  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 7 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has reappointed Greg L. Armstrong as chair and Thomas J. Falk as deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors for 2021. Armstrong is co-founder and retired chairman and CEO of Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline LP. He joined the Dallas Fed board in 2015. He previously served on the Houston Branch board. Armstrong serves as chai  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Jan. 6: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office on Women's Health is launching the HPV VAX NOW campaign with the long-term goal of increasing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among young adults ages 18-26. The campaign will specifically target young adults and healthcare providers in Mississippi, South  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Joint Base San Antonio has selected two Airmen to represent the Air Force in the city's annual Fiesta celebration. Tech. Sgts. Arturo Gomez Jr. and Lateshia Burgess will serve as Air Force ambassadors for Fiesta 2021, scheduled to take place April 15-25. "The 2021 Fiesta Air Force ambassador selection process was extremely competitive," said Chief Master Sgt.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Bangladeshi national formerly residing in Monterrey, Mexico, was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to smuggle aliens from Mexico into the United States. According to the plea agreement, Moktar Hossain admitted that from March 2017 to August 2018, he conspired to bring, and did bring, Bangladeshi nationals to the United States at the Tex  more

LAUGHLIN AFB, Texas, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Laughlin Air Force Base (47th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: Laughlin's very own Senior Airman Jacqueline Beckett, a 47th Operations Support Squadron radar airfield weather systems (RAWS) electronic technician, won the 2020 RAWS Airman of the year award in the Air Education and Training Command. While working on the Air Force's 6th busiest airfield. Beckett is one of the many who help ensure we meet and succeed in training the  more

LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 5 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The planet is committed to global warming in excess of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) just from greenhouse gases that have already been added to the atmosphere. This is the conclusion of new research by scientists from Nanjing University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Texas A&M University, which appears in the latest   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55051) involving Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - UNDERDOSE TO PATIENT UNDERGOING RADIATION TREATMENT The following information was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email: "On December 30, 2020, the Agency was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a medical event had occurred at their facili  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 9 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: Ruth J. Simmons has been reappointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Houston Branch board by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. She will serve a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2023. She joined the Houston Branch board in 2020. In her role as a board member, Simmons provides input into regional economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy functi  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Erin Nealy Cox, issued the following news release on Jan. 7: The Boeing Company has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) in connection with the FAA AEG's evaluation of Boeing's 737 MAX airplane. Boeing, a U.S.-based multinational corporation that designs, manuf  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Gregg N. Sofer, issued the following statement on Jan. 8: * * * Saturday is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, and it could not come at a more critical time. Despite a difficult 2020, law enforcement is still out there, protecting you, your property and your loved ones from those who would take all that you have. But with the current climate, we may soon have fewer and less qualified officers, less protection, an  more