BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: The 2nd Bomb Wing is one of nine Air Force Global Strike Command bases competing in the 2023 Global Strike Challenge. They are competing against teams from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, Kirtland Air Force Bas  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Clovis, N.M. -- As part of the Biden-Harris administration's Investing in Rural America Event Series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton traveled to Clovis, New Mexico today to announce $65 million for rural water projects in fiscal year 2024 through President Biden's Investing in America agenda. Investments through Reclamation will supp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In September 2023, unemployment rates were higher than the previous month in 16 states and stable in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Compared with a year earlier, 24 states had jobless rate decreases, 10 states and the District had increases, and 16 states had little change. * * * Chart: State unemployment rates, September 2023, seasonall  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 2 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in nine Iowa counties and neighboring counties in Nebraska and South Dakota of the Dec. 1 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset eco  more

ABERDEEN, South Dakota, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on October 30, 2023. Jesse James Clairmont, age 54, was sentenced to four years and three months in fe  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced two Sioux Falls, South Dakota, women convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencings took place on October 30, 2023. Kessara Mikkelson, 35, was sentenced to nineteen years and seven months in f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 23-00006-03) on Oct. 24, 2023, entitled "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Royal C. Johnson Veterans' Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota." Here are excerpts: * * * Report Overview This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and   more