WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 27, 2025 AIR FORCE Rocket Lab National Security LLC, Long Beach, California (FA8811-25-D-B007); and Stoke Space Technologies Inc., Kent, Washington (FA8811-25-D-B006), have been awarded a multiple-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum cumulative ceiling of $5,600,000,000 for the National Security Space (NSS) Launch Phase Three Lane On  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Memphis Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine A Tennessee man was sentenced today to over seven years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl and methamphetamine in the Memphis area. According to court documents, Courtney Davis, 28, of Memphis, also known as Geo and Geo Grape, conspired with co-defendant Brian Lackland, also known as S  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 580) entitled "Knoxville & Holston River Railroad Co. Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Gulf & Ohio Railways Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - In Knox County, Tennessee": * * * Digest:/1 This decision permits Knoxville & Holston River Railroad Co., Inc., to abandon approximately 3.8 miles of rail line in Knox County, Tenn., subject to trail use, environmental,  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36845) entitled "OmniTRAX Holdings Combined Inc. and HGS Railway Holdings Inc. - Continuance in Control Exemption - Santa Maria Valley Railroad LLC": * * * OmniTRAX Holdings Combined, Inc. (OmniTRAX), and HGS Railway Holdings, Inc. (HGS) (collectively, Omni-HGS), both noncarriers, have filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue   more