CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: GUAM Did you know that roughly one-third, or 500 million acres, of the U.S. is forest? And did you know that Puerto Rico's El Yunque National Forest is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. that is considered a jungle? By definition, a forest has many tall trees and can usually be traveled by humans, while a jungle is usually dense and overgrown with a tropical o more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Governor Tim Walz today announced more than $10.5 million for seven business expansion projects in the state. The projects are expected to support 755 jobs and leverage more than $86 million in outside investment. "Investments in business expansion support innovation, drive business growth, and create good-paying jobs," said Governor Walz. "The expansion of these seven businesses wil more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the following appointments to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Council on Disability, Executive Board of Direct Care and Treatment, Office of School Trust Lands, Statewide Independent Living Council, and the Supervised Release Board. Emily Viergutz - New Hope, MN Board of Trustees o more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 21 -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Informational webinar to be held on Jan. 28, 2025 * * * The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments through Feb. 21, 2025 on strategic master plans for each of the three primary categories of off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation: all-terrain vehicles (ATV), off-road vehicles (ORV), and off-highway motorcycles (OHM). The plans communicate the backgrou more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 21 -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2024: Once a week, Grace Brosnan, one of the worker-owners of Curbside Compost Co-op, hops on an e-bike with a trailer behind it and collects bagged organic waste from about 140 households in Northfield. While Curbside Compost also uses trucks to serve about 800 total households, Brosnan prefers the bike. "I can talk to people on the street this way and see our subscribers out and about more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 21 -- Minnesota Housing issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: On Thursday, the Minnesota Housing board of directors selected and advanced proposed housing developments totaling nearly $191 million in investments that will support the creation and preservation of 2,276 single-family homes, apartments, and manufactured home community lots. In total, these projects represent more than $480 million of housing development and will support 4,400 jobs. The tota more PR