MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Brig. Gen. Regena Aye, Civil Air Patrol's incoming national commander/CEO, announces five appointments to her senior staff: Col. Rose Hunt, national executive officer A resident of Hebron, Illinois, with more than 25 years of service in CAP, Hunt is in her third year as the first female commander of the Great Lakes Region. In her role as region commander, she oversees more than 6,600 volun  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were higher in June 2024 than a year earlier in 336 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 40 areas, and unchanged in 13 areas. A total of 35 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 6 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent. In June 2024, Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had the l  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: On August 2, 2024, United States District Court Judge, Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Michael Anthony Woods II to 60 months imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. Documents filed with the court established that on May 1, 2023, officers with the Brewton Police Department had had an active arrest warrant for Woods for violation of a protection  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 7 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 21-state brief, urging a federal court to uphold Congress's law that protects American privacy rights by requiring TikTok to cut ties with the Chinese Communist Party or face a national ban. Earlier this year, Congress passed a bipartisan law banning TikTok unless ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese-owned parent company, sells its stake in th  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command issued the following news: By Chaplain (Maj.) Billy Betts The Office of Program Manager-Saudi Arabian National Guard (OPM-SANG) conducted a change of charter ceremony at the Ministry of National Guard 's (MNG) Command and General Staff College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Aug. 1, 2024. Brig. Gen. Richard Quirk, the Senior Defense Official-Defense Attache for Saudi Arabia presided over the ceremony, in which Col. Michael  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Aug. 7 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: Story by Jason Cutshaw, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The 2024 Space and Missile Defense Symposium hosted a panel entitled: The "New Triad: Cyber, Space, Special Operations" during the 27th annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Aug. 6. Moderated by retired Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, the panel consisted of Col. Ma  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Naval Academy issued the following news release: Latosha Baldwin has been selected as the Director for USNA's Class of 1963 Center for Academic Excellence, endowed by J. Ronald Terwilliger '63 and classmates, effective September 9. Ms. Baldwin, who currently serves as the Executive Director of the Student Engagement and Achievement Center at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, emerged as the successful candidate from a nationwide search. The Center f  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Governor Kay Ivey, this week, made appointments to the newly established Alabama Workforce Board and its Executive Committee. This marks a major milestone in the implementation of the Working for Alabama legislative package, which Governor Ivey championed and signed into law earlier this year. The Alabama Workforce Transformation Act, a key part of the package, created the Board and Execu  more