WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * Best defense: A good 'offensive' * PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- Members of 4th Space Operations Squadron multiple U.S. Air Force security forces units and other military units stationed along Colorado's Front Range participated in a military exercise at Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site last week. In the early hours on a cold, rainy Tuesday, security forces members stood ready at Peterson Space Force Base m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice (Docket No. NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040364) entitled "Intended Repatriation: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden, CO." The musem intends to repatriate a cultural item. The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, located in Golden, Colorado, plans to repatriate a cultural item defined as an object of cultural patrimony. It has determined that this item has a cultural affiliation with Indian Tribes o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following fact sheet: * * * GENERAL AVIATION SAFETY OVERVIEW Improving the safety of the world's largest and most complex General Aviation (GA) community is one of the FAA's top priorities. This community encompasses more than 275,000 diverse aircraft, including propeller-driven airplanes, amateur-built aircraft, helicopters, balloons and highly sophisticated jets. This accounts for mor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Democratic HELP Members Demand Hearings on Impacts of Republican Budget Bill on Health Care * Lawmakers: "Failure to hold hearings and a markup on this reconciliation bill before it is considered on the Senate floor would be an abdication of our duty to the American people." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined every Democratic member of the U.S. Senate Health, Ed more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * New backcountry alert system warns Grand Canyon visitors about flash floods in areas without cellular signal * FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Visitors to backcountry areas of Grand Canyon National Park can now subscribe to a new emergency warning system that works in areas where cell phone signals are absent. The Grand Canyon River Alert System is a free, subscription-based service more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Crank Introduces Wildfire Bill to Improve Weather and Fire Management * WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Jeff Crank (CO-05), alongside Rep. Luz Rivas (CA-29), Rep. Nick Begich (AK-AL), and Rep. Jeff Hurd (CO-03) introduced the Fire Weather Development Act. The Fire Weather Development Act directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a program to  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN11982) on June 16, 2025, by natural resources policy specialist Andrew Feickert. Here are excerpts: * * * Responding to Drought in the Colorado River Basin The Colorado River Basin covers more than 246,000 square miles in seven U.S. states and Mexico. Basin waters are governed by multiple documents, known collectively as the Law of the River. The Colorado River Compact of 1922  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- A report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, titled "2024 SNAP-Ed: Improving Nutrition and Health Across America - A Multi-State Outcome Report on the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program," showcases how 23 states worked in fiscal year 2024 to improve food security, health behaviors, and community well-being through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education. The report was published in June 20 more ST

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: * * * USSPACECOM Hosts Keystone event * COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. Space Command hosted the annual National Defense University Keystone event with more than 40 fellows in attendance in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 8-10, 2025. The Keystone course educates command senior enlisted leaders who are currently serving, or slated to serve, a general or flag-officer level positi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Hickenlooper Calls Republicans' Budget Plan "Fiscal Madness" on Senate Floor * Hickenlooper: "Their lavish tax bill gives more to the top earners while taking away from the Americans with the least." Republicans' national budget will increase prices for Coloradans, gut critical services, and balloon the national debt to bankroll tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy WASHINGTON - Today, U.S more PR