WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Today, the Bureau of Land Management announced that it will begin assessing targeted updates to energy corridors across the West, to help speed deployment of transmission infrastructure. The analysis will examine potential changes to the designations that could strengthen energy security, promote renewable energy development in the West, improve reliability, relieve congestion  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: U.S. Customs and Border Protection today announced the continued expansion of its public-private partnership which allows for the reimbursement of additional travel and trade inspection services at ports and airports. CBP reaches agreements with private stakeholders and governments who reimburse CBP for overtime and additional support services. Und  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Orchids, mosses and ferns -- or epiphytes, defined as nonparasitic plants that grow on other plants -- are crucial for Earth's biodiversity and play essential roles in forests worldwide, building habitats in trees for a myriad of other life forms, from bacteria and insects to birds and reptiles. Epiphytes display an astonishing array of diversity, with 28,000 known species. However, the very attr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following Beige Book on Nov. 29, 2023: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Twelfth District economic activity softened slightly during the October to mid-November reporting period. Labor market tightness eased moderately, and employment levels remained generally steady. Wages and prices rose at a slower pace relative to the previous reporting period. Retail sales were flat, and activity in the services sectors   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 1 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: On Nov. 29, 2023, Gov. Cox and First Lady Cox honored Utah artists at the Governor's Mansion Artis Awards event. Continuing our great Utah tradition of honoring and supporting artists, we are pleased to present the Utah Governor's Mansion Artist Award to two artists who have brought us beauty that can be both seen and felt. Jeff Hein: Not originally from Utah, Jeff came out West to study painti  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Richard Essary, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Organizations at Hill Air Force Base played a key role in completing a data consolidation project that will enhance the logistics tracking and management of munitions across the Air Force. The project, which was initiated in response to a 2020 Headquarters Air Force directive to merge the Integrated Missile Data Base, was comple  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Todd Cromar 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs F-35 maintenance experts here are taking on a seemingly impossible task - stitching two mishap damaged aircraft together into a restored, fully operational F-35A Lighting II. Led by the F-35 Joint Program Office, the project requires a "dream team" of uniquely qualified individuals from the JPO, the 388th Fighter Wing, the Ogden Air  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Most NASA missions feature one spacecraft or, occasionally, a few. The agency's Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) is using half a dozen. This month, mission members completed construction of the six identical cereal box-size satellites, which will now go into storage and await their final testing and ride to space. SunRISE will launch as a rideshare aboard a United Launch Alli  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Today, the Department of the Interior announced that it has provided more than $468 million in fiscal year 2023 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to reduce wildfire risk, mitigate impacts and rehabilitate burned areas across the country. The influx of funding has allowed the Department to accomplish fuels management projects on over 2.5 million acres of land in fiscal year 2023, a 30 p  more