WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Dec. 5, 2023, to offer 12 oil and gas parcels totaling 3,650.81 acres in North Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in July 2023 and held a public comment period in August 2023 on the parcels, potential deferrals, and the related environmental anal  more

GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Anthony Nunez-Pellicer, 319th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs In a combined effort, the newly organized 319th Reconnaissance Wing Integrated Resilience Office and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program unveiled their discovery room program, with an informal ceremony Oct. 11, 2023. The discovery rooms provide Airmen an interactiv  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging five defendants with a conspiracy to illegally acquire machineguns and other regulated firearms. Charged in the indictment, which was unsealed yesterday are: Sean Reidpath Sullivan, age 38, of Gambrills, Maryland; Larry Allen Vickers, age 60, of Charlotte, North Carolina; James Christopher Tafoya, age 45, of A  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL experts recently joined U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) leaders in North Dakota to learn about the development of technologies that can harness the state's massive reserves of lignite coal to extract key rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals (CMs), which are needed to manufacture nearly all high  more