FORT CARSON, Colorado, April 17 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan Areana Villaescusa suffered pain before, but not like this. In late 2017, the Army World Class Athlete Program freestyle wrestler ruptured a disc in her neck that threatened to end her career at only 21 years old. At the 2022 U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Villaescusa tore her right ACL when an opponent grasped her leg during a takedown attempt. She felt something snap in her knee. Villaescusa th  more

BUCKLEY AFB, Colorado, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Reserve Personnel Center issued the following news: Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced results for the Calendar Year 2024 Air Force Reserve Line and Nonline Major Promotion Selection Boards today. The boards selected 688 Citizen Airmen for promotion. The selection boards convened at ARPC, 22-26 January, to determine those officers best and fully qualified to assume the next higher grade. Board members selected 688 of 956 o  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. Alejandra Angarita, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 28th Bomb Wing welcomed cadets from Air Academy High School located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Detachment 780 from South Dakota State University April 4 - 5, 2024. Under the guidance of project officers Capt. Chandler Bauer, 34th Bomb Squadron assistant flight commander, 1st Lt. Ethan Frazier,   more

MONTROSE, Colorado, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - issued the following news release: The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests' Ouray Ranger District announces the release of the draft Decision for the Blue Lakes Visitor Use Management Plan. The Deciding Official, Ouray District Ranger, Dana Gardunio, has chosen to implement Alternative 2 (the Proposed Action) based on pu  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3105): * * * In Re: College Athlete Compensation Antitrust Litigation ORDER DENYING TRANSFER Before the Panel:* Plaintiffs in the Northern District of California Carter action move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of California. This litigation consists of two actions, one pending in the District of Colorado and one pending in the Northern  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3106): * * * In Re: Recore Antitrust Litigation ORDER DENYING TRANSFER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in four actions move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the District of Colorado. The litigation consists of four actions pending in four districts, as listed on Schedule A. The Panel has been notified of one potentially related action pending in the Western Distri  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, April 17 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: Press Release | April 5, 2024 NORAD COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 5 April 2024. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian ac  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 17 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 5 April 2024. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: U.S. Space Command senior leaders and joint warfighters concluded a week of robust engagement at the Broadmoor Hotel as part of 39th Space Symposium April 8-11, 2024. Hosted by the Space Foundation, the annual event brought together more than 10,000 attendees across all sectors of the space community, to include many space-faring nations and space agencies, with an opportunit  more