ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, June 26 -- The U.S. Army Environmental Command issued the following news: By Thomas Milligan, U.S. Army Environmental Command The world is full of many different types of environments, just ask Robert Drumm, who has been in a few of them. From working as a fisheries inspector in the waters off Alaska, to conducting assessments in the heat and desert of Nevada's Yucca Mountain, to managing woodpecker habitat in the longleaf pine forests of the Southeastern Un  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1207) on June 25, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - May 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in May in 4 states, higher in 3 states, and stable in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-three states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decrea  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: * * * DOE Mentor of the Year and Service-Disabled Veteran Business of the Year * * * The Department of Energy has once again awarded Sandia National Laboratories for its work helping small businesses. One of those businesses, owned by a disabled veteran, was also awarded for its extraordinary work. DOE Mentor of the Year Sandia's small busines  more

FORT GREELY, Alaska, June 26 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Brooke Nevins, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Soldiers with the 49th Missile Defense Battalion and Texas National Guard recently proved their readiness to uphold the no-fail mission of protecting Americans from long-range missile attacks during exercise Guardian Strike 24, May 6-10, 2024, at Fort Greely. Over the course of the roughly 84-hour exercise, the battalion's fire dir  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a landmark Surgeon General's Advisory on Firearm Violence, declaring firearm violence in America a public health crisis. Firearm violence is pervasive, with more than half (54 percent) of U.S. adults or their family members having experienced a firearm-related incident in their lives. Over the last decade, the number of people   more