SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 22, 2024, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Nevada - 2022": * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 60 in 2022 for Nevada, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Nevada was up from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal oc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Federal and state agencies, and a nonprofit conservation organization over the weekend finished aerially seeding 26,000-plus acres of eastern Nevada's fire-scarred public lands. Neil Frakes, emergency stabilization and rehabilitation program manager for the Bureau of Land Management's Ely District, said the seedings will enhance natural recovery and curtail invasive weed spr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across Nevada * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $45 million ($44,083,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Nevada drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This historic funding is part of over $50 billion in  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced initial 2024 water supply allocations for Central Valley Project water users. Water supply allocations are based on an estimate of water available for delivery to Central Valley Project water users and reflect current reservoir storage, precipitation, and snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. "The wet hydrologic c  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on February 21, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City, to 42 months' imprisonment. Sabrina Bradley, age 50, from Pahrump, Nevada, pled guilty on September 13, 2023, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that Bradley was involved in a conspir  more