EIELSON AFB, Alaska, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Spencer Hanson The Natural Resources Office Sportsman's Wingmen program is a new outdoor recreation-based mentor and volunteer program. Through the program, community members have the opportunity to sharpen their hunting, fishing, trapping, outdoor skills and share knowledge with others. The intent of the Sportsman's Wingmen program is to informally connect the communit  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District will host a public meeting to gather and consider public comments on the annual maintenance dredging project for Dillingham small boat harbor. The event will be held on Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, 141 Main Street, Dillingham, Alaska 99576. USACE representatives will be available to answer questi  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a land use planning proposal regarding livestock grazing within the Sonoran Desert National Monument. The proposal would make six allotments in the monument available for brief periods of grazing based on the availability of forage and subject to additional, allotment-specific analysis. The 2001 presiden  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By William H. Thiesen, Ph.D., Historian, Coast Guard Atlantic Area The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Asian nationals began serving in the United States Coast Guard   more

FAIRCHILD AFB, Washington, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Fairchild Air Force Base (92nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Matthew Arachikavitz, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Airmen assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, 141st ARW and 912th Air Refueling Squadron conducted exercise Royal Flush at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 29-May 7, 2024. During the first phase of the two-part exercise, Airmen launch  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA is awarding approximately $45 million to 21 higher-education institutions to help build capacity for research. The awards were made possible through the Minority University Research and Education Project Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO) and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants, which are funded by the agency's Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Engagement.  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. "The 161 high school seniors selected for the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Presidential Scholars represent the best of our nation's schools and inspire hope in the bright future of   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 11 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 25-state coalition in a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review and declare unlawful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently-released new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The rule would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack e  more