The Daily Rundown - April 10, 2026
🪖 Bill Galvin has spent much of the past month answering the phone."It's been very, very busy," he says. Galvin is the counseling director at the Center on Conscience and War, which helps run the 24-hour GI Rights Hotline, set up to inform service members of their options for military discharge. Most callers are asking how to apply to become conscientious objectors — a difficult, invasive and rarely used process.
But they're also airing their concerns and frustrations, often anonymously, as the hotline allows them a space to do so without repercussions. Military members are citing myriad reasons for wanting to leave, but the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has been a powerful motivator.
In March alone, Galvin's center took on more than 80 new clients — almost twice as many as it takes on in an average year. The busiest single day saw 12 new clients join, with one person saying four other members of their platoon were also interested.
Those numbers are a drop in the bucket compared with the more than 1.3 million people enlisted. But for outside observers and former military officials, those calls and conversations are an indication of a troubling disquiet within the ranks. Read the full story by NPR here.
🌲 A laboratory in Bozeman, Mont., studying invasive plants and pollinators, and another in Reno, Nev., focused on sagebrush conservation and post-wildfire recovery, are among dozens of research facilities the U.S. Forest Service plans to close in a sweeping reorganization.
The most prominent change is moving the agency’s headquarters — along with roughly 260 jobs — from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah. But the restructuring also includes major shakeups to the agency’s Research and Development arm.
The Forest Service plans to consolidate five regional research stations into a single hub in Fort Collins, Colo., saying the move will streamline decision-making and better connect science to land management. The plan also calls for closing 57 of its 77 research facilities nationwide, including two sites in Montana, three in Utah and one in Nevada.
Labs in Missoula, Fort Collins and Flagstaff are slated to remain. Others, including facilities in Albuquerque and Boise, are still “under review.” Read the full story by the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen here.
💻 Nevada ranked third nationally in the number of criminal cyber complaints in 2025, according to a report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. The report said about 400 people out of every 100,000 reported a cybercrime last year, losing more than $302 million.
Nevada ranked 18th for total number of complaints; however, it reported one of the highest per capita rates in the country. The average cost per incident in Nevada was $22,000. Greg Moody, director of UNLV’s cybersecurity program, told KLAS-TV that individual vigilance, due diligence and being a little less trusting are key to avoiding becoming a victim.
✈️ Harry Reid International Airport will get nearly $9 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration. The money will help create an environmental impact statement for the proposed new airport south of Las Vegas and upgrade perimeter gates at Reid. The funding was announced Tuesday by Sen. Jacky Rosen, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
The grants break down to $7.5 million to help prepare the impact statement and $1.5 million for the gates. Rosen stressed the importance of airports to Southern Nevada’s tourism industry. Last year, she helped secure more than $18 million in federal funding for airport improvements across the state and helped Reid obtain new firefighting vehicles.
🎭 Anyone who’s lived in Las Vegas long enough understands the unique qualities of the only-in-Vegas character: eccentric personalities who might fade into obscurity anywhere else but become beloved celebrities here precisely because of those eccentricities.
Four recent documentaries explore that phenomenon, examining the unlikely rises and unfortunate falls of fitness guru Susan Powter, professional wrestler Sabu, impressionist Danny Gans and stand-up comedian Vinnie Favorito.
None of these people were born or raised in Vegas, but they all came to town seeking redemption and renewal, and they all found it in some form — at least for a little while. Read the full roundup by Josh Bell here.
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