WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 40 cooperative agreements for the conservation of water. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $1.5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, Indian tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery authority located in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Cal  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 15 cooperative agreements for drought resiliency projects. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $750,000. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery authority located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $150,000 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Corps of Minnesota and Iowa for invasive species treatment in North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. The agency description of the grant states: "The project goals are to improve and maintain the quality of prairies and woodlands in Northern Great Plains (NGP) NPS units. Objectives are to treat over 500 acres of invasive spec  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Many South Dakotans may believe they don't need to buy flood insurance. Their house has never flooded before. They don't live in a high-risk flood zone. But flooding this year in South Dakota has demonstrated that much of the damage can occur in areas not considered especially at risk and a flood insurance policy is a sound investment. One inch of fl  more

HURON, South Dakota, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service South Dakota office issued the following news release: The REDCO Food Sovereignty Initiative is a local foods project to create a modern Lakota food system that supports Tribal sovereignty and can feed the Sicangu Lakota Oyate. This geographic area can have extreme weather and presents environmental challenges for producing crops. The one-acre production and incubator farm uses soil heal  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release: At the request of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proclaimed Wednesday, August 7, 2019, as "Purple Heart Recognition Day," calling on all South Dakotans to honor those men and women who are recipients of the Purple Heart Medal. Our nation's oldest military medal, the Purple Heart is awarded to those men and wo  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Ron Parsons, issued the following news release: * * * - Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota * * * United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that a former Crow Creek Sioux Tribe councilmember and chair was indicted by a federal grand jury for embezzlement & theft from an Indian tribal o  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: While the deadline to register for federal disaster assistance has passed, the State of South Dakota, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal partners continue to work on recovery for South Dakota communities impacted by the severe storms and flooding in April and May. Residents who registered with FEMA can call 800-621-3362 (TTY 80  more

BELLEVUE, Nebraska, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: After almost half a century of combined military and federal service, Pat McVay, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of joint exercises, training and assessments (J7), and a Senior Executive Service member for the Department of the Air Force celebrated his retirement July 26, 2019, during a retirement ceremony in Bellevue, Nebraska. McVay, a native of South Dakota said that although USSTRATCOM has been  more