JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Aneta Veedmont, AFIMSC Public Affairs Air Force Civil Engineer Center Wildland Support Module specialists at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, are taking action to preserve sacred ceremonial rock art located on the installation to protect the indigenous cultural heritage while supporting the Department of the Air Force's military mission. Located on California's cent  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update on June 6, 2024: APHIS updated the Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/fed-soilregs.pdf) to include the following changes: * Removed the Oriental fruit fly quarantine in Santa Clara County, California APHIS restricts the movement of domestic soil from areas within the continental United States that are under q  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Laetitia H. Delmau, a distinguished researcher and radiochemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the 2024 Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award. Delmau was presented with the award May 15 at the 47th Actinide Separations Conference in Petaluma, California. The annual award honors U.S. scientists and engineers who have made outstanding and lasting  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a California man for sending threatening emails to the FBI, including ones in which he threatened to bomb the FBI Los Angeles Field Office and referenced the notorious "Unabomber." Mark William Anten, 52, of Sun Valley, was found guilty of two counts of threats by interstate communication. He has been in federal custody since December 2023. According to evidence presented at a thre  more

MONTEREY, California, June 7 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: During a Changing of the Guard ceremony earlier this year, one Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum passed the colors to another CHDS alum as Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard. Major Gen. Keith Waddell (Executive Leaders Program cohort 2201) officially relinquished command of the Louisiana National Guard to Brigadier Gen. Thomas Friloux (E  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Robert Nichols, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs The 60th Air Mobility Wing conducted its first Mission Ready Airman-Mission Generation Academy May 20 to June 4, 2024. The MRA-MG Academy is the first of its kind for the 60th AMW; a codified training school where Airmen learn jobs outside of their Air Force Specialty Codes to prepare for ope  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 7 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * The NIH-funded Genomic Data Science Community Network unites institutions from across the country to diversify young researchers working in genomic data science. * * * In sunny central California, Rosa Alcazar, Ph.D., spends her days teaching biology at Clovis Community College. For the past few years, she has been bringing an unusual ad  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 7 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news on June 6, 2024: * * * The two-year increase in Keeling Curve peak is the largest on record * * * Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever -- accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography offsite link at the University of California San Dieg  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in five Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Washington are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses b  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in Maui and all Hawaii counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues cau  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 7 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today announced the opening of its second Disaster Loan Outreach Center to meet the needs of businesses and individuals who were affected by rural area severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occ  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle June 6 at 1:46 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that t  more

MENLO PARK, California, June 7 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on June 6, 2024: Researchers figured out how to spray and freeze a cell sample in its natural state in milliseconds, helping them capture basic biological processes in unprecedented detail. Cells are the basic units of life - but many of their fundamental processes happen so fast and at such small length scales that current scientific tools and methods can't keep up, preventing  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, June 7 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Jason Cutshaw, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command team played an important behind-the-scenes role in supporting the Air Force's Glory Trip-249, June 4, and GT-250, June 6. Two unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command's op  more