WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: LAS VEGAS - The BLM Nevada Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands in the Jean Dry Lake area October 6-October 7, 2023, to ensure public safety during the 2023 Rise Lantern Festival. This temporary closure controls access to multiple points of entry to the festival location to minimize the risk of vehicle collisions with festival partici  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5835): * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko, Member I. Statement of the Case Arbitrator Mark J. Keppler issued an award finding: (1) the grievant voluntarily accepted a reassignment to a lower-graded, but higher-paid, position, based on Agency misinformation; (2) the Agency later wrongfully reduced the grievant's pay; and (3) the pay reducti  more

RENO, Nevada, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, Jason M. Frierson, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: A Northern Nevada man was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Miranda M. Du to life in prison, plus 20 years in prison, for murdering a pregnant indigenous woman on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation in December 2020. According to court documents, Michael Burciaga (36) stabbed his pregnant girlfriend, a registered member of the Pyram  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, Jason M. Frierson, issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a purported medical assistant for the distribution of large quantities of illegal prescriptions for opioids without a legitimate medical purpose. According to court documents and evidence presented during the eight-day trial, David A. Litwin (64) conspired with a licensed physician and others to sell prescriptions, including oxycodone, hydr  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: In the high desert of Nevada, Elizabeth Silber watched NASA's Sample Return Capsule from OSIRIS-REx descend into Earth's atmosphere on Sunday, but unlike most scientists, she wasn't there for the asteroid rocks. Silber, a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, is working with researchers from Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories, the Defense T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4461) on Sept. 25, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Michael D. Messina, CPA Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE AND CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 4C AND 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AND RULE 102(e) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES OF PRACTICE, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed the appointment of three military leaders to positions within the Defense Department. The Senate voted Sept. 20 to confirm Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Sept. 21, the Senate voted to confirm Gen. Randy A. George as Army chief of staff and Gen. Er  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is reevaluating the status of the Northern California-Southern Oregon (NCSO) Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of fisher to determine if listing under the Endangered Species Act is warranted. The Service encourages the public to provide information about this DPS to ensure our analysis contains the best available scien  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The White House issued the following news release: With less than one week before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts across the country--including putting vital nutrition assistance at risk for nearly 7 million women and children who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The White House issued the following news release: With less than one week before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts across the country--including undermining our national security and forcing servicemembers across the country and around the world to work without pay. During an Extreme Republican Shutdown, servicemember  more