JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force Security Forces Center recently transitioned its detachments to a squadron structure to return the units to a familiar organizational framework. The process began earlier this year when Air Force Materiel Command published a special order to inactivate AFSFC's Detachment 2 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, and Detachment 3 more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Debbie Aragon, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Security Forces Center recently transitioned its detachments to a squadron structure to return the units to a familiar organizational framework. The process began earlier this year when Air Force Materiel Command published a special order to inactivate AFSFC's Detachment 2 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Representative Kelly Armstrong (ND-AL) announced his four nominees to the U.S. Service Academies. The nominees are: Colten Rau to the U.S. Naval Academy, Ange Asongkeng to the U.S. Military Academy, Cooper Fjeld to the U.S. Military Academy, and Paul "PJ" Fleckenstein to the U.S. Air Force Academy. "Colten, Ange, Cooper, and PJ have committed to serving our nation in the U.S. Armed Forces, and I am  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By Ethan Johnson, Space Training and Readiness Command Public Affairs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- On Nov. 15, the U.S. Air Force Academy unveiled a plaque for its first Artemis Moon Tree -- an American Sweetgum sapling grown from seeds that orbited the moon on NASA's Artemis I mission. This historic event was made possible through a partnership between the Academy and Space Detachment 1 of Space Delta 13, under the Sp more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse released the following statement regarding the inclusion of his bill, the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act, in the final negotiated language for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025. Neguse's bill, which mirrors legislation championed by Senator John  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 10 -- Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera delivered opening remarks at the Learning Forward Annual Conference in Aurora. The conference brought together educators from across the country to discuss the importance of professional learning in meeting the needs of all students. Lt. Governor Primavera discussed the critical role education plays in shaping Colorado's future and driving the sta more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Elite Diesel Service Inc., formerly located in Windsor Colorado, and its owner, Troy Lake Sr., were sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act by disabling the monitoring components of the emissions control systems on hundreds of heavy-duty commercial trucks thr more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 10 -- The Colorado Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Operational planning is underway for the second capture and release season in support of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. The operation is focused on translocating up to 15 gray wolves from British Columbia to Colorado between January and March, 2025, as announced by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) in September. CPW has been listening to the concerns and recommendatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 --The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-739) on the College Cost Reduction Act (H.R. 6951), which aims to lower the cost of postsecondary education for students and families. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on Nov. 18, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act, is to lower the cost of postsecondary education for students and families. Committee Acti more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed ten House Committee on Natural Resources bills to support critical mineral development, reauthorize successful conservation programs, recognize important sites of American history and more. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Announcement represents last of the $2.5 billion authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law * * * The Department of the Interior today announced more than $65 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: The observatory will lend insight into what happened after the big bang, measure the glow of galaxies near and far, and search the Milky way for building blocks of life. NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency's next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/). Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, E more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on Dec. 9, 2024, on the establishment of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: * * * For a century and a half spanning the early 19th and mid- 20th centuries, the Federal Government removed American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children (Native children) from their families, Tribes, and homelands, often by force or coercion, and transported them to institutions across the United Stat more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $65 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding will support major water projects across the West to secure reliable water supplies for Tribes. The President's Investing in America agenda  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Albuquerque, N.M. -- Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing a notice of the not warranted finding on the petition to list the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. After completing a thorough review and consulting with scientists, state agencies, species experts and others, the Service concluded that the Rio Grande cutthroat trout is not in danger o more PR