NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 1 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news release: By 1st Lt. Gregory Dreibelbis, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve Fifteen Marines from 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, are joining the Reserve Component through the Direct Affiliation Program (DAP), an initiative that aims to ease the transition from active-duty service to civilian life for individual Marines and their families while retaining talent in the Marine Corps Total Force. Historical  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, announced the launch of the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study, a five-year, $25 million mega-study that will deliver recommendations for effective and practical management of the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, MO, to the Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the study is to identify reco  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 3 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, have released a draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA 571) and a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction system in St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes. The drafts will be available for public review and co  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska and Virginia each had job openings rates of 7.7 percent in March 2023. Job openings rates were 7.1 percent or higher in five other states: South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Among these states, the number of job openings ranged from 27,000 in Alaska to 395,000 in Georgia. * * * Chart: Job openings rates b  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a final environmental assessment (EA) on potential impacts from offshore wind leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone towa  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-184) on June 1, 2023: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet si  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: In April 2023, U.S. Air Force UH-1N Iroquois "Huey" crews from the 37th and 40th Helicopter Squadrons flew from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and Malmstrom AFB, Montana, respectively, to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, to support U.S. Strategic Command exercise Global Thunder 2023. The three sorties executed during the exercise included transporting USSTRATCOM leaders and landing near the headq  more

MONROE, Louisiana, June 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of two separate drug trafficking cases from the Monroe Division in the Western District of Louisiana today. Chief United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced the following defendants: Jacque Pierre Young, 30, of Arcadia, was sentenced to 324 months (27 years) in pri  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ronald C. Gathe Jr., issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr., announced that Mandy Nicole Miller, age 44, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to a Bill of Information charging her with Federal Program Theft. According to admissions made as part of her guilty plea, while employed at the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that four defendants who were charged in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation with conspiring to sell methamphetamine in the Shreveport area have all now been sentenced. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced the defendants as follows: Frederick Cortez Walker, 33  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Three defendants have been sentenced in the Lafayette and Alexandria Divisions in the Western District of Louisiana today for drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge Dee D. Drell sentenced Damien Romain Lavalais, 42, of Bunkie, Louisiana, to 262 months (21 year  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LARRY WILLIAMS, age 37, of New Orleans, was indicted today for charges involving firearms and narcotics, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Count 1 charged WILLIAMS with possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NEW ORLEANS STEAMBOAT COMPANY ("NOSC"), was charged on May 26, 2023 with violating the Clean Water Act ("CWA") in connection with a discharge of excess ballast material into the Industrial Canal in New Orleans in 2019. According to the bill of information, NOSC negligently discharged, without the knowl  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of three defendants in connection with cases involving the trafficking of narcotics and illegal possession of a firearm. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced the following individuals: Cedric Bell, 55, of Shreveport, was sentenced to 180 months in prison, followed b  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: Two men involved in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine have been sentenced in the Western District of Louisiana, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Robert Joseph Gant, 57, of Jennings, and Randall Tyler, 38, of Lake Charles as follows: Robert Joseph  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: JONATHAN LEWIS, age 39, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on May 25, 2023, to serve three concurrent sentences of 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to two counts of distribution of cocaine (Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C)) and one count of being   more

MONROE, Louisiana, May 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: Paul Anthony Lewis, 50, of West Monroe, was sentenced today on numerous drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge David C. Joseph sentenced Lewis to 240 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Lewis was convicted by a jury in February of conspiracy to posses  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56550) involving Louisiana Energy Services, Eunice, New Mexico: * * * Facility: Louisiana Energy Services Comments: Uranium Enrichment Facility Gas Centrifuge Facility Region: 2 City: Eunice State: NM County: Lea License #: SNM-2010 Docket: 70-3103 NRC Notified By: Dirk Lundgren HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith Notification Date: 06/01/2023 Notification Time: 20:16 [ET] Event Date: 0  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 1 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release: By Rebecca Ward, Office of Naval Research School may be out for summer, but an opportunity to gain valuable, professional experience in their field of study has just begun for students enrolled in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions' (HBCU/MIs'). Anthony Smith, director, Department of Navy's (DoN) HBCU/MI Program, said there are eight different inter  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 1 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Brian Brackens Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Public Affairs A B-52 from the 307th Bomb Wing arrived at a Boeing Co., facility in San Antonio, on May 25, to begin receiving the Active Electronically Scanned Array system (AESA), as part of the Air Force's B-52 Radar Modernization Program. "The arrival of this aircraft is a big deal, and signals the beginning of a key part of our effort to moder  more