CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 27, 2023, entitled "North Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2023": * * * North Dakota had 26,000 job openings in July 2023, compared to 28,000 openings in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in North Dakota w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In July 2023, there were a total of 5,841,000 unemployed people and 8,827,000 job openings in the United States, yielding a ratio of 0.7 unemployed person per job opening. The national job openings rate was 5.3 percent. Among the states, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Vermont each had 0.3 unemployed person per job opening. Job openings  more

GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Master Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs, 319th Reconnaissance Wing Generation of airpower requires consistent and reliable airfield operations services. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. has clearly outlined his prediction in Accelerate, Change or Lose that future conflict will likely occur in contested, congested and austere environments. These future confli  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs Until recently, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) crew chiefs performing maintenance on the ground used headsets wired into the B-52H Stratofortress to communicate with the crew inside. The wires raised a number of concerns, to include mobility and the price of replacing the wires. "Today's Airmen need to be more maneuver  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs Until recently, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) crew chiefs performing maintenance on the ground used headsets wired into the B-52H Stratofortress to communicate with the crew inside. The wires raised a number of concerns, to include mobility and the price of replacing the wires. "Today's Airmen need to be more maneuve  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 28 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Small nonfarm businesses in 11 South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Minnesota and North Dakota are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of  more