PORTLAND, Oregon, June 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Seattle District issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Brig. Gen. William C. "Bill" Hannan, Jr. assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division in a ceremony at Bonneville Lock and Dam on the Columbia River today. Brig. Gen. Geoff Van Epps, who led the division since 2021, relinquished command to Maj. Gen. William Graham, deputy Chief of Engineers and deputy commanding general of the U.S. Arm  more

LENEXA, Kansas, June 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, at City Hall in Waterloo, Iowa, EPA Region 7 Brownfields and Land Revitalization Branch Supervisor Stanley Walker presented a $1 million ceremonial check to the City of Waterloo as a Brownfields Multipurpose Grant selectee. EPA has selected the city to receive the grant through EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grants program, funded by the Bipar  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced more than $123 million for airfield, safety and other improvement projects at 235 airports in 35 states and the District of Columbia. "The Biden-Harris Administration continues to make our aviation system safer, more accessible, and more resilient through ini  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, June 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS Colorado's principal crop planted area, which includes acreage planted to all major crops and those expected to be cut for all hay, is down 2 percent from 2023 to 5.81 million acres, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultura  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: * * * Kansas Construction Trades Pension Fund Preserves Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Kansas Construction Trades Open End Pension Trust Fund (Kansas Construction Trades Pension Fund). T  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 28 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Marion County following the amendment to President Biden's April 28, major disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of the severe winter storm that occurred Jan. 8 - 16, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Adm  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in the following counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought that occurred in the following primary counties in Kansas, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for   more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in four Oklahoma counties and neighboring counties in Kansas and Texas 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 loan  more