NELLIS AFB, Nevada, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Timothy Perish, 57th Wing Public Affairs The 820th RED HORSE Squadron (RHS) hosted the second annual Heritage Physical training (PT) Challenge on Aug 20. The Heritage PT Challenge was created to help prepare the next generation of Airmen by simulating difficult conditions and crucial tasks the RHS forebears faced in a deployed environment. "We did PT togethe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Colvin Construction also to pay a $10K penalty for willfully underpaying employees * * * LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment recovering $550,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 614 employees from a Las Vegas construction company whose pay practices deprived the workers of their full wages. Entered in the U.S. District Court for the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded 35 grants, totaling $18 million, under the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). The TVTP Grant Program provides financial assistance to eligible applicants to develop sustainable, multidisciplinary targeted violence and terrorism prevention capabilities in local communities, to pilot i  more

CARLSBAD, New Mexico, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant issued the following news release Sept. 17, 2024: * * * DOE selects solar-powered project at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, furthering the effort of clean electricity generation on DOE-owned land and helping to reach the nation's ambitious climate goals * * * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected NextEra Energy Resources Development, LLC, to enter realty negotiations for a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that REHA JANEE ARVIE, ("ARVIE"), age 33, of Westwego, LA, was indicted on September 6, 2024 for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud (Count1), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349; Mail Fraud (Counts 2 and 3), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: NAURSORI HIGHLANDS, Fiji Over the past week, In the remote jungles of the Nausori Highlands of Fiji, National Guard Soldiers retraced the steps of history in the South Pacific during Exercise Cartwheel a military training event that echoes its namesake, the pivotal World War II Operation Cartwheel. Like the 1943 operation in which forces from the U.S., New Zealand  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year marks the 75th anniversary of NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory, located in College Park, Maryland with field stations in Tennessee, Idaho and Nevada. Here are six facts about the lab. ARL is one of NOAA's oldest labs, was a product of the Cold War. ARL's research focus is on the boundary layer, the part of the atmosphere from a few feet below the soil up to 2-3  more