TAOS, New Mexico, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the acquisition of approximately 3,700 acres of land adjacent to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The BLM acquired the property, located six miles southwest of Taos, from the Trust for Public Land, using funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. With wide support from Tribal, state, a  more

UKIAH, California, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Today, the Bureau of Land Management, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation signed a co-stewardship agreement to strengthen cooperation in managing Molok Luyuk - roughly 20,000 acres of Wintun Nation ancestral lands located in Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. This co-stewardship agreement stems from the amended 2022 Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will continue to hold Boeing accountable after reviewing the company's roadmap to fix its systemic safety and quality-control issues, Administrator Mike Whitaker said Thursday following a three-hour meeting with senior Boeing leaders at FAA headquarters. In February, Whitaker directed Boeing to develop a compre  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding another round of funding for 90 airport-related infrastructure grants across 34 states. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law for a  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The 12 Federal Reserve Banks have released a series of chartbooks that can be used to analyze data from the 2023 Small Business Credit Survey by city, state, owner demographics, industry, size, and other characteristics. The 2024 Firms in Focus chartbooks includes 43 sets of charts that provide insights on how different types of small businesses performed in 2023, the challenges   more

BOISE, Idaho, June 1 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, along with attorneys general from North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina, and South Dakota, sued the EPA and the Biden Administration to protect state rights over their water and wildlife resources. Idaho and North Dakota are leading the coalition of states, which filed their complaint in the U.S. District Court in the District of North Dakota.   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following agency statement on May 31, 2024: * * * NOAA Fisheries is working diligently to complete the analyses required by the District Court under remand in the Wild Fish Conservancy litigation. Specifically, we are finalizing: 1 A Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Expenditure of Funds to Increase Prey Availability for Southern Resident Killer Whales and an ass  more

SEATTLE, Washington, June 1 -- Port of Seattle issued the following news release: Lufthansa's new nonstop flight from Munich, Germany, touches down today at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), kicking off new service to the Bavarian capital. This continues SEA's streak of new international services announced and starting in 2024. Currently, a total of seven new services are expected to begin in 2024, compared to three in 2023 and four in 2022. Munich is a leading European center for bu  more