WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that the Secretary of the Interior has transferred a total of 65.74 acres of federal public lands in Arizona and New Mexico to the Department of the Army (Army). The transfers will facilitate installation of power and other utility infrastructure and engineering of the road network to provide access along the southern border with  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on July 21: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Army Pfc. Glenn E. Collins, 21, of Tucson, Arizona, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for April 23, 2020. In late 1950, Collins, was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his uni  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Arizona dairy herds produced 1.23 billion pounds of milk during the April - June quarter, up 0.9 percent from the previous year. Colorado dairy herds produced 1.28 billion pounds of milk during the April - June quarter, up 6.1 percent from the previous year. Montana dairy herds produced 64.0 million pounds of milk duri  more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Prescott National Forest - issued the following news release on July 23: Attention target shooters! The Prescott National Forest will implement restrictions on target types effective July 24, 2020, in an effort to reduce the amount of refuse and trash being left on the Forest from target shooting. Forest Order #03-09-00-20-266 Only the following types of approved targets will be allowed during target   more

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona, July 24 -- The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command issued the following news: The world record for the highest altitude artillery shot--which reached past the Karman Line into space-- was set at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in 1966. The test fire more than 50 years ago proved the concept of ballistic suborbital space access, but funding for the program was cancelled the following year. Yet the idea of using artillery as a low-cost alternative to rockets   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $852,000 grant to the city of Yuma, Arizona, to construct a sewer system to serve an industrial area that will support commercial and industrial business enterprises. This EDA grant, to be matched with $213,000 in local funds, is expected to create 500 jobs and generate $50 mill  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed initial reviews on petitions to list two plant species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Las Vegas bearpoppy and Tiehm's buckwheat. Each listing petition presented substantial information that the petitioned action may be warranted and consequently, the Service will initiate full status reviews on these species.  more