EDWARDS AFB, California, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Laisa Leao, 412th Test Wing Public Affairs The 412th Test Wing answered the call of duty in support of Bamboo Eagle, a live-fly exercise that teams over 3,000 servicemembers across four branches to fly, maintain and support more than 150 aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and other operating locations. Combat warfighters are placed in a multi-domain, disaggregated high-end  more

NELLIS AFB, Nevada, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Micah Garbarino, 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs It's 1 a.m. They are hunched over maps and charts and data points like college students over an impossible equation. Tomorrow is coming fast. Hours of planning, briefing, revising, clarifying. Sleep. Eat. Brief again. Finally, time to fly. In the air, despite the gameplan, it's "controlled chaos" again. This night is a win, but   more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. In calendar year 2023, DEA seized nationally more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is the most fentanyl seized by DEA in a single year and amounts to more than 386 million deadly doses of fentany  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 16 mines in 11 states in December 2023, issuing 247 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners. MSHA's impact inspections i  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed six bills today. He has signed seven pieces of legislation from the 2024 General Legislative Session to date. Information on bills signed today can be found below: * SB 1 Higher Education Base Budget * SB 4 Business, Economic Development, and Labor Base Budget * SB 6 Infrastructure and General Government Base Budget * SB 7 National Guard, Veterans Af  more

DELTA, Colorado, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests welcome the arrival of Jason Lawhon on a 45-day temporary assignment and Jim Pitts for a 75-day assignment as the new Acting Forest Supervisors. Chad Stewart, GMUG Forest Supervisor, recently accepted a 120-day temporary assignment as   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: * * * Grant awards to over 7,000 projects represent the largest amount of annual federal funding provided through HUD's Continuum of Care program in history, expanding housing and services projects for people experiencing homelessness, including survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault * * * The U.S. Department of Housing and  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 31 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Today, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined 26 other states in a letter to the Biden administration supporting Texas's border defense. "If President Biden wants to stop the border crisis, he can start right now, today, by enforcing existing immigration laws, by reinstating the remain-in-Mexico policy that is required by federal law and by building the wall," Kobach said. "In  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Utah Exchange MILITARY STAR(R) cardmembers will receive double points on all Express purchases every Friday in February. Each Friday during the month, Express shoppers who use their MILITARY STAR card at any Army & Air Force Exchange Service Express will receive four points per $1 spent instead of the usual two points. Cardmembers earn unlimited rewards points on purchases and rece  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 1 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: After 33 years of dedication to children and service to the state, the Director of the Utah Attorney General's Office Division of Child Protection, Carol Verdoia, is retiring. Her role is to guide the legal work for the state Division of Child and Family Services, which works to ensure the immediate protection of children in situations of abuse and neglect in the home. Carol started in the office whe  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 1 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Trump v. Anderson. The filing, led by West Virginia and Indiana, supports Donald J. Trump's position that he was unlawfully removed from the ballot in Colorado by the state Supreme Court. On December 19, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump was ineligible to appear on the ballot under section 3 o  more